Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan prepares to bowl to teammate Thilkaratne Dilshan during a training session in Mumbai on November 9, 2009. The Sri Lankan cricket team arrived in India for a seven-week tour of the country to play three Tests, two Twenty20 matches and five One-Day Internationals. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 week ago

Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan prepares to bowl to teammate Thilkaratne Dilshan during a training session in Mumbai on November 9, 2009. The Sri Lankan cricket team arrived in India for a seven-week tour of the country to play three Tests, two Twenty20 matches and five One-Day Internationals.

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  1. England cricketer Owais Shah (L) dives to make it to the crease as Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan tries to run him out during the during The ICC Champions Trophy match between England vs Sri Lanka at The New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on September 25, 2009.
  2. A combo of pictures shows England's captain Andrew Strauss droping a catch of Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan off the bowling of Stuart Broad during the ICC Champions Trophy group match between England and Sri Lanka at Wanderers in Johannesburg on September 25, 2009. Sri Lanka scored 212 runs after England won the toss and elected to field.
  3. Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan gets clean bowled by England's Stuart Broad during the ICC Champions Trophy group match between England and Sri Lanka at Wanderers in Johannesburg on September 25, 2009. Sri Lanka scored 212 runs after England won the toss and elected to field.
  4. Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan is clean bowled for 18 by unseen England cricketer Stuart Broad during The ICC Champions Trophy match between England vs Sri Lanka at The New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on September 25, 2009.
  5. Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan (top) gets clean bowled by England's Stuart Broad (C) during the ICC Champions Trophy group match between England and Sri Lanka at Wanderers in Johannesburg on September 25, 2009. Sri Lanka scored 212 runs after England won the toss and elected to field.
  6. CENTURION, SOUTH AFRICA - SEPTEMBER 22: Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka in action during the ICC Champions Trophy Group B match between South Africa and Sri Lanka played at Super Sport Park on September 22, 2009 in Centurion, South Africa.
  7. SANDTON, SOUTH AFRICA - SEPTEMBER 19: Muttiah Muralitharan poses during the ICC Champions photocall session of Sri Lanka at Sandton Sun on September 19, 2009 in Sandton, South Africa.
  8. SANDTON, SOUTH AFRICA - SEPTEMBER 19: Muttiah Muralitharan poses during the ICC Champions photocall session of Sri Lanka at Sandton Sun on September 19, 2009 in Sandton, South Africa.
  9. SANDTON, SOUTH AFRICA - SEPTEMBER 19: Muttiah Muralitharan poses during the ICC Champions photocall session of Sri Lanka at Sandton Sun on September 19, 2009 in Sandton, South Africa.
  10. Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan delivers a ball during a practice session at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on September 10, 2009. Sri Lanka , New Zealand and India began a one-day international series on September 8 in Colombo with India scheduled to face Sri Lanka on September 11.
  11. Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan delivers a ball during a practice session at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on September 10, 2009. Sri Lanka , New Zealand and India began a one-day international series on September 8 in Colombo with India scheduled to face Sri Lanka on September 11.
  12. Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan looks on during a practice session at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on September 10, 2009. Sri Lanka, New Zealand and India began a one-day international series on September 8 in Colombo with India scheduled to face Sri Lanka on September 11.
  13. Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan plays a shot during a practice session at The R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on September 7, 2009. Sri Lanka, New Zealand and India begin a one-day international series on September 8 in Colombo.
  14. Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan plays a shot during a practice session at The R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on September 7, 2009. Sri Lanka, New Zealand and India begin a one-day international series on September 8 in Colombo.
  15. Sri Lankan bowler Muttiah Muralitharan, right top, celebrates the wicket of New Zealand batsman Jeetan Patel, bottom left, during the fifth day's play of the second test cricket match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009.
  16. Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan (R) celebrates with captain Kumar Sangakkara (L) and wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardene (C)after the dismissal of New Zealand cricketer Jeetan Patel during the fifth day of the second and final Test match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand at The Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) grounds in Colombo on August 30, 2009. New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori and Jacob Oram hit robust half-centuries to keep Sri Lanka's seemingly inevitable victory on hold in the second and final Test.

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