Deshabandu Muttiah Muralitharan (Tamil: muttaiyaa murlliitrnnn, Sinhalese: muttyiyaa murlidrn; also spelt Muralidaran; born 17 April 1972) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who was rated the greatest Test match bowler ever by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2002. He retired from Test cricket in 2010, registering his 800th and final wicket on 22 July 2010 from his final ball in his last Test match. Muralitharan holds the world record for the most wickets in both test and one-day cricket.

In May 2004, Muralitharan overtook West Indian Courtney Walsh's record of 519 Test match wickets to become the highest wicket-taker. Zimbabwe's Mluleki Nkala becomes Muralitharan's 520th scalp in Tests. Muralitharan held the record until Shane Warne claimed it in October 2004. Warne surpassed Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan's mark of 532 wickets by dismissing India's Irfan Pathan. Warne said he enjoyed his duel with Muralitharan, who was sidelined following shoulder surgery at the time.  After an outstanding year Muralitharan was adjudged as the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World in 2006. In six Tests, he took 60 wickets. He took ten in each of four successive matches, the second time he performed such a feat. The opponents for his 60-wicket haul were England away, South Africa at home and New Zealand away: serious opposition. In all, Muralitharan took 90 wickets in 11 Tests in the calendar year.  In July 2007, Muttiah Muralitharan became the second bowler after Australia's Shane Warne to capture 700 Test wickets. The off-spinner reached the landmark when he had Bangladesh's last man Syed Rasel caught in the deep by Farveez Maharoof on the fourth day of the third and final Test at the Asgiriya stadium in Kandy. The dismissal signalled Sri Lanka's victory by an innings and 193 runs to give the host a 3-0 sweep of the series. Muralitharan finished with six wickets in each innings to claim 10 wickets or more in a Test for the 20th time. However, he was unable to pass Warne's record of 708 wickets when Sri Lanka toured Australia in November 2007, capturing just four wickets in two Test matches.  Muralitharan reclaimed the record for most Test wickets during the first Test against England at Kandy on 3 December 2007. The spinner bowled England's Paul Collingwood to claim his 709th Test victim and overtaking Shane Warne in the process. Muralitharan reached the mark in his 116th Test - 29 fewer than Warne - and had conceded only 21.77 runs per wicket compared to the Australian's 25.41. This was Muralitharan's 61st 5-wicket haul. Warne believed that Muralitharan would take "1,000 wickets" before he retired. Former record holder Courtney Walsh also opined that this would be possible if Muralitharan retained his hunger for wickets. Muralitharan himself believed there was a possibility that he would reach this milestone.  An aggressive lower order batsman who usually batted at No. 11, Muralitharan was known for his tendency to back away to leg and slog. Sometimes, he could be troublesome for bowlers because of his unorthodox and adventurous ways. Once, in a Test match against England, while playing Alex Tudor, he moved back towards his leg stump trying to hook the ball and ended up lying on the ground sideways after the shot. He was infamously run out in a match against New Zealand when he left his crease to congratulate Kumar Sangakkara, who had just scored a single to reach his century; the New Zealand fielder had not yet returned the ball to the wicketkeeper, so the ball was still in play. His highest Test score of 67 came against India at Kandy in 2001, including three sixes and five fours. He made valuable scores on occasion, including 30 runs against England at the Oval in 1998, including 5 fours, 38 runs (4 fours, 1 six) against England at Galle in 2003, 43 runs (5 fours, 3 sixes) against Australia at Kandy in 2004 36 runs against the West Indies at Colombo in 2005, and his highest-ever ODI score, 33 not out (4 fours and 2 sixes off 16 balls) against Bangladesh in the final of the 2009 Tri-Series in Bangladesh. In the latter match, Muralitharan's effort, which included three fours and a six off one over, played a key role in Sri Lanka winning the match and series after the first eight overs saw them reduced to 6 for 5, the lowest score ever recorded in an ODI at the fall of the fifth wicket. Muralitharan has a strike rate close to 70 in Test cricket and scored over 55% of his Test runs in fours and sixes.  Muralitharan, together with Chaminda Vaas, holds the record for the highest 10th wicket partnership in Tests for Sri Lanka. The pair put on 79 runs for the last wicket at the Asgiriya Stadium against Australia in March 2004. Muralitharan also holds the record for scoring most runs in Test cricket while batting at the number 11 position.  Muralitharan currently holds the record for the most ducks (dismissals for zero) ever in international cricket (Tests, ODI's and Twenty20), with a total of 59 ducks.  Muralitharan voiced his frustration at routinely being heckled by Australian crowds who accuse him of throwing - one common jeer directed at him was "No Ball!". Following the then Australian Prime Minister John Howard's statement that Muralitharan was a "chucker", in 2004, Muralitharan indicated that he would skip future tours to Australia.  Tom Moody, the former Sri Lanka coach and former Australian Test cricketer, said he was embarrassed by the derogatory reaction and negative attention directed towards Muttiah Muralitharan by Australian crowds. Moody stated that "As an Australian when I have been with the Sri Lankan team in Australia, or playing against them in the World Cup, it's the only situation we find in the whole of the cricketing world where we have this disgraceful slant on a cricketer".  During the 2008 CB series in Australia, some members of the Sri Lankan contingent including Muralitharan, were the target of an egg throwing incident in Hobart. The Sri Lankan cricket selector Don Anurasiri was hit by an egg, while Muralitharan and two others were verbally abused by a car-load of people as they were walking from a restaurant back to the hotel. Due to the incident taking place at night, it is unclear whether Muralitharan was indeed the target of the culprits. Even though the Australian coach of the Sri Lankan team, Trevor Bayliss, down-played the incident as "a non-event", Cricket Australia tightened security around the team. In response to this episode Muralitharan was quoted as saying "When you come to Australia, you expect such incidents".  At the conclusion of Muralitharan's test career cricket writer Rahul Bhattacharya summed up Muralitharan's trials thus: "Murali is described often as a fox. This seems right. Unlike hedgehog bowlers who pursue one big idea, Murali, like a fox, had many ways of pursuit. Like a fox he did not hunt in a pack. Like a fox he was himself cruelly hunted for sport in some parts of the world. Fox hunting was banned a few years ago in England, but is still legal in Australia." CANNOTANSWER

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Deshabandu Muttiah Muralitharan (tamil: mutaliaya murlliitrnnn, singalesiska: mutatyiyaa murlidrn; även spelt Muralidaran; född 17 april 1972) är en före detta Sri Lankan cricketspelare som rankades som den största Test match bowler någonsin av Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2002. Han drog sig tillbaka från Test cricket 2010, och registrerade sin 800:e och sista wicket den 22 juli 2010 från sin sista boll i sin sista Testmatch. Muralitharan innehar världsrekordet för flest wickets i både test och endags cricket. I maj 2004 hann Muralitharan om West Indian Courtney Walshs rekord på 519 Test matchwickets för att bli den högsta wicket-taker. Zimbabwes Mluleki Nkala blir Muralitharans 520:e hårbotten i Tests. Muralitharan höll rekordet tills Shane Warne gjorde anspråk på det i oktober 2004. Warne överträffade Sri Lankas Muttiah Muralitharans märke på 532 wickets genom att avfärda Indiens Irfan Pathan. Warne sade att han njöt av sin duell med Muralitharan, som var åsidosatt efter axelkirurgin på den tiden. Efter ett enastående år dömdes Muralitharan 2006 som Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World. I sex test tog han 60 fickor. Han tog tio i var och en av fyra på varandra följande matcher, andra gången utförde han en sådan bedrift. Motståndarna till hans 60-vekars drag var England borta, Sydafrika hemma och Nya Zeeland borta: allvarligt motstånd. Totalt tog Muralitharan 90 wickets i 11 Tests under kalenderåret. I juli 2007 blev Muttiah Muralitharan den andra bowlaren efter Australiens Shane Warne att fånga 700 Testwickets. Off-spinnern nådde landmärket när han lät fånga Bangladeshs sista man Syed Rasel i djupet av Farveez Maharoof den fjärde dagen av det tredje och sista Testet på Asgiriya stadion i Kandy. Avskedandet signalerade Sri Lankas seger genom en innings och 193 körs för att ge programledaren en 3-0 svepning av serien. Muralitharan slutade med sex wickets i varje innings för att göra anspråk på 10 wickets eller mer i ett test för 20:e gången. Han lyckades dock inte passera Warnes rekord på 708 wickets när Sri Lanka turnerade i Australien i november 2007, fånga bara fyra wickets i två testmatcher. Muralitharan återtog rekordet för de flesta Testwickets under det första Testet mot England på Kandy den 3 december 2007. Spinnern bowlade Englands Paul Collingwood för att göra anspråk på sitt 709:e testoffer och köra om Shane Warne i processen. Muralitharan nådde målet i sitt 116:e test - 29 färre än Warne - och hade medgett endast 21,77 löpningar per wicket jämfört med australiensarnas 25,41. Det här var Muralitharans 61:a 5 wicket-drag. Warne trodde att Muralitharan skulle ta "1000 wickets" innan han drog sig tillbaka. Tidigare rekordhållaren Courtney Walsh opined också att detta skulle vara möjligt om Muralitharan behöll sin hunger efter wickets. Muralitharan trodde själv att det fanns en möjlighet att han skulle nå denna milstolpe. En aggressiv underordnad slagman som oftast slog på No. 11, Muralitharan var känd för sin tendens att backa undan till ben och slog. Ibland kunde han vara besvärlig för bowlare på grund av sina oortodoxa och äventyrliga sätt. En gång, i en testmatch mot England, när han spelade Alex Tudor, rörde han sig tillbaka mot sin benstump när han försökte kroka bollen och hamnade liggande på marken i sidled efter skottet. Han blev ökända slut i en match mot Nya Zeeland när han lämnade sin veck för att gratulera Kumar Sangakkara, som just hade gjort en singel för att nå sitt århundrade; den nyzeeländska fältmannen hade ännu inte återlämnat bollen till wicketkeepern, så bollen var fortfarande i spel. Hans högsta testpoäng på 67 kom mot Indien på Kandy 2001, inklusive tre sexor och fem fyror. Han gjorde värdefulla poäng vid tillfällen, bland annat gjorde han 30 löpningar mot England vid Oval 1998, varav 5 fyror, 38 löpningar (4 fyror, 1 sex) mot England vid Galle 2003, 43 löpningar (5 fyror, 3 sexor) mot Australien vid Kandy 2004 36 löpningar mot Västindien vid Colombo 2005, och hans högsta ODI-poäng någonsin, 33 inte ut (4 fyror och 2 sexor utanför 16 bollar) mot Bangladesh i finalen av 2009 års Tri-Series i Bangladesh. I den senare matchen spelade Muralitharans insats, som omfattade tre fyror och en sexa off en over, en nyckelroll i att Sri Lanka vann matchen och serien efter att de åtta första overs såg dem minskas till 6 för 5, den lägsta poäng som någonsin noterats i en ODI vid hösten av den femte wicken. Muralitharan har en strejkfrekvens nära 70 i Test cricket och gjorde över 55% av sina Testruns i fyror och sexor. Muralitharan innehar tillsammans med Chaminda Vaas rekordet för det högsta 10:e wickenpartnerskapet i Tests for Sri Lanka. Paret satte på 79 löpningar för sista wicketen på Asgiriya Stadium mot Australien i mars 2004. Muralitharan innehar även rekordet för poängmässigt flest löpningar i Test cricket samtidigt som man slår på nummer 11-positionen. Muralitharan innehar för närvarande rekordet för flest änder (avskedar för noll) någonsin i internationell cricket (Tests, ODI:s och Twenty20), med totalt 59 änder. Muralitharan uttryckte sin frustration över att rutinmässigt bli häcklad av australiska folkmassor som anklagar honom för att kasta - en vanlig skämtare riktad mot honom var "No Ball!". Efter den dåvarande australiensiske premiärministern John Howards uttalande att Muralitharan var en "chucker", 2004 angav Muralitharan att han skulle hoppa över framtida turnéer till Australien. Tom Moody, den före detta Sri Lanka-tränaren och före detta Australian Test cricketer, sade att han var generad över den nedsättande reaktion och negativa uppmärksamhet som riktades mot Muttiah Muralitharan av australiska folkmassor. Moody uppgav att "Som australisk när jag har varit med Sri Lankas lag i Australien, eller spelat mot dem i VM, är det den enda situationen vi finner i hela den krickande världen där vi har denna skamliga sned på en cricket". Under CB-serien 2008 i Australien var några medlemmar i Sri Lankas kontingent inklusive Muralitharan, måltavla för en äggkastningsincident i Hobart. Den lankesiska cricketväljaren Don Anurasiri blev påkörd av ett ägg, medan Muralitharan och två andra blev verbalt misshandlade av en billast människor när de gick från en restaurang tillbaka till hotellet. På grund av incidenten som ägde rum på natten är det oklart om Muralitharan verkligen var måltavlan för de skyldiga. Även om den australiensiska tränare för Sri Lankas lag, Trevor Bayliss, nedspelade händelsen som "en icke-händelse", skärpte Cricket Australia säkerheten runt laget. Som svar på denna episod citerades Muralitharan som säger "När du kommer till Australien, förväntar du dig sådana incidenter". Vid avslutningen av Muralitharans testkarriär sammanfattade cricketförfattaren Rahul Bhattacharya Muralitharans försök sålunda: "Murali beskrivs ofta som en räv. Det här verkar rätt. Till skillnad från igelkottsskålare som följer en enda stor idé hade Murali, likt en räv, många sätt att jaga. Som en räv jagade han inte i flock. Som en räv blev han själv grymt jagad för sports skull i vissa delar av världen. Rävjakt förbjöds för några år sedan i England, men är fortfarande lagligt i Australien." CANNOTANSWER Svar på följande fråga genom att ta ett citat från artikeln: Vad gjordes åt det
Deshabandu Muttiah Muralitharan (tamil: mutaliaya murliitrnnn, Sinhalese: muttyiyaa murlidrn; also spelt Muralidaran; born 17 April 1972) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who was ranked as the greatest Test match bowler ever by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2002. He retired from Test cricket in 2010, registering his 800th and final wicket on July 22, 2010 from his final ball in his final Test match. Muralitharan holds the world record for the most wickets in both test and one-day cricket. In May 2004, Muralitharan overtook West Indian Courtney Walsh's record of 519 Test matchwickets to become the highest wicket-taker. Zimbabwe's Mluleki Nkala becomes the 520th scalp of Muralitharan in Tests. Muralitharan held the record until Shane Warne claimed it in October 2004. Warne surpassed Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan mark of 532 wickets by dismissing India's Irfan Pathan. Warne said he enjoyed his duel with Muralitharan, who was sidelined after shoulder surgery at the time. After an outstanding year, Muralitharan was convicted in 2006 as Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World. In six tests, he took 60 pockets. He took ten in each of four consecutive games, the second time performing such an achievement. The opponents of his 60-wicket move were England gone, South Africa at home and New Zealand gone: serious resistance. In total, Muralitharan took 90 wickets in 11 Tests in the calendar year. In July 2007, Muttiah Muralitharan became the second bowler after Australia's Shane Warne to capture 700 Testwickets. The off-spinner reached the landmark when he had Bangladesh's last man caught Syed Rasel in the depths of Farveez Maharoof on the fourth day of the third and final Test at the Asgiriya stadium in Kandy. The firing signaled Sri Lanka's victory by an innings and 193 runs to give the host a 3-0 sweep of the series. Muralitharan finished with six wickets in each innings to claim 10 wickets or more in a test for the 20th time. However, he was unable to pass Warne's record of 708 wickets when Sri Lanka toured Australia in November 2007, capturing only four wickets in two test matches. Muralitharan regained the record for most Testwickets during the first Test against England at Kandy on 3 December 2007. The spinner bowled England's Paul Collingwood to claim his 709th test victim and overtake Shane Warne in the process. Muralitharan reached the goal in his 116th test - 29 fewer than Warne - and had conceded only 21.77 runs per wicket compared to the Australians' 25.41. This was Muralitharan's 61st 5 wicket move. Warne believed Muralitharan would take "1000 wickets" before retiring. Former record holder Courtney Walsh opined also that this would be possible if Muralitharan kept his hunger for wickets. Muralitharan himself believed that there was a possibility that he would reach this milestone. An aggressive subordinate batsman who usually hit No. 11, Muralitharan was known for his tendency to back off to legs and hit. Sometimes he could be troublesome to bowlers due to his unorthodox and adventurous ways. Once, in a test match against England, playing Alex Tudor, he moved back towards his leg stump as he tried to hook the ball and ended up lying on the ground sideways after the shot. He was infamously finished in a game against New Zealand when he left his fold to congratulate Kumar Sangakkara, who had just made a single to reach his century; the New Zealand fielder had not yet returned the ball to the wicketkeeper, so the ball was still in play. His highest test score of 67 came against India at Kandy in 2001, including three sixes and five fours. He scored valuable points on occasions, including scoring 30 runs against England at the 1998 Oval, including 5 fours, 38 runs (4 fours, 1 six) against England at Galle 2003, 43 runs (5 fours, 3 sixes) against Australia at Kandy 2004 36 runs against the West Indies at Colombo in 2005, and his highest ever ODI score, 33 not out (4 fours and 2 sixes outside 16 balls) against Bangladesh in the final of the 2009 Tri-Series in Bangladesh. In the latter match, Muralitharan's effort, which included three fours and a sixth off an over, played a key role in Sri Lanka winning the match and the series after the first eight overs saw them reduced to 6 for 5, the lowest score ever recorded in an ODI at the fall of the fifth wicket. Muralitharan has a strike rate close to 70 in Test cricket and scored over 55% of his Test runs in fours and sixes. Muralitharan, along with Chaminda Vaas, holds the record for the highest 10th wicket partnership in Tests for Sri Lanka. The couple put on 79 runs for the last wicket at Asgiriya Stadium against Australia in March 2004. Muralitharan also holds the record for scoring the most runs in Test cricket while turning on the number 11 position. Muralitharan currently holds the record for the most ducks (dismisses for zero) ever in international cricket (Tests, ODIs and Twenty20), with a total of 59 ducks. Muralitharan expressed his frustration at routinely being heckled by Australian crowds accusing him of throwing - a common joker directed at him was "No Ball!". Following then Australian Prime Minister John Howard's statement that Muralitharan was a "chucker", in 2004, Muralitharan indicated that he would skip future tours to Australia. Tom Moody, the former Sri Lankan coach and former Australian Test cricketer, said he was embarrassed by the disparaging reaction and negative attention directed at Muttiah Muralitharan by Australian crowds. Moody stated that "As Australian when I've been with Sri Lanka's team in Australia, or played against them in the World Cup, it's the only situation we find in the entire crumbling world where we have this shameful slant on a cricket". During the 2008 CB series in Australia, some members of Sri Lanka's contingent including Muralitharan, were targeted for an egg throw incident in Hobart. Sri Lankan cricket selector Don Anurasiri was hit by an egg, while Muralitharan and two others were verbally beaten by a carload of people as they walked from a restaurant back to the hotel. Due to the incident that took place at night, it is unclear whether Muralitharan was indeed the target of the culprits. Although the Australian coach of Sri Lanka's team, Trevor Bayliss, played down the event as "a non-event", Cricket Australia tightened safety around the team. In response to this episode, Muralitharan was quoted as saying "When you get to Australia, you expect such incidents". At the conclusion of Muralitharan's test career, cricket writer Rahul Bhattacharya Muralitharan's attempt thus summarized: "Murali is often described as a fox. This seems right. Unlike hedgehog bowlers following one big idea, Murali, like a fox, had many ways of hunting. Like a fox, he didn't hunt in packs. As a fox, he himself was cruelly hunted for sports in some parts of the world. Fox hunting was banned a few years ago in England, but is still legal in Australia." CANNOTANSWER Answer to the following question by taking a quote from the article: What was done about it
Cricket Australien skärpte säkerheten runt laget. Som svar på denna episod citerades Muralitharan som säger "När du kommer till Australien, förväntar du dig sådana incidenter
Cricket Australia tightened security around the team. In response to this episode, Muralitharan was quoted as saying "When you get to Australia, you expect such incidents