Prior spouts nonsense… sorry… gyan

Prior batted two-and-a-half hours in England's second innings and faced 64 balls from Muralitharan and as a result, he has become the resident expert on Muthiah Muralitharan.

"You have to be so watchful against Murali," said Prior. "I tried to have a
lot of energy in my footwork. If you go forward, be positive and if you go back,
be positive. Where you get stuck is if indecision creeps in and you don't really
go back or forward, hang your bat out and bring the close fielders into play.
Although you're looking to keep out the good balls, the other important thing is
that if you do get a bad ball you must put it away. You don't want to get into a
position of blocking half-volleys."

What rot! If only it was this simple. If these dumb asses still persist in reading him off the pitch, they are always in danger.

Wish someone would shut him up.

Murali – more dominating than Bradman

RICHARD BOOCK - Sunday Star Times:

If Murali manages to realise the 1000-wicket dream or even get close to it,
surely he'll then deserve to be remembered as the game's greatest player; more
dominating than The Don or W.G., more influential than Sobers or the three Ws,
and a much bigger match-winner than any of the 80s all-rounders Ian Botham,
Imran Khan, Richard Hadlee or Kapil Dev.

He also asks us to enjoy him as he is

above all else, he is the once-in-a-100-year flood, the biggest phenomenon to
hit the game since Bradman wandered in from the sticks in 1928, and maybe the
biggest ever.

Readers, I leave the floor to you with my assurance that expletives will not be expunged.

Murali's Bunnies

He has dismissed 10 batsmen seven or more times in his 704-wicket haul and a close scrutiny will show that there are no Indian, Australian or New Zealand batsmen.

Mark Boucher SA 12

Grant Flower Zim 10

Khaled Mashud Bang 9

Mohammad Yousuf Pak 9

Waqar Younis Pak 9

Marcus Trescothick Eng 8

Daryll Cullinan SA 7

Mohammad Rafique Bang 7

Shahriar Nafees Bang 7

Graham Thorpe Eng 7

Jolly good fellows!

News emanating out of Sri Lanka is that Muthiah Muralitharans bunnies are getting ready to sacrifice themselves for the greater good.

Somehow it is an Englishman’s fate to be a part of a world record.

In this regard, fans of Lara will gratefully recollect how the English team as a whole contributed their mite in Lara establishing a world record.

Doubtless, the present lot will fall over like nine pins and help Murali establish a world record without a fight.

Jolly good fellows aren’t they?

Murali surrenders to the Australians

Murali, a renowned ‘chucker’ had avoided touring Australia all these years for the fear of being no-balled and banned.

Wary of being targeted by the Australian public, who know a genuine spinner when they see one, he tries to deflect the Australian public’s ire towards the Indians, who are to visit Australia next.

By alluding to the Indian cricket team’s aggressive tactics during the just concluded series, Murali hopes that the Australian public will leave him alone.

Be a man, Murali, fight your own battles.

Murali honoured -Warne-Murali Trophy

Cricket Australia has gone and done the right thing.

In a move to honor two of the greatest spinners of modern era, Sri Lanka and Australia are all set to fight for the Warne-Murali trophy when they lock horn in a two-Test cricket series starting next week.

It has not only honored two spinners of the current era, but also put an emphatic seal of approval over Murali’s bowling action.