Murali bags 700th Test wicket

Sri Lanka's champion bowler Muttiah Muralitharan became the second man to capture 700 wickets in Test cricket. He achieved this unique feat when he completed a match bag of 12 wickets in Sri Lanka's innings win over Bangladesh at the third Test concluded at Asgiriya Stadium yesterday.

The 35-year-old off spinner needs only a further eight wickets to equal Australian Shane Warne's world record of 708 scalps. Muralitharan's 700th victim was the Bangladesh number eleven batsman Syed Rasel who was snapped up by Farveez Maharoof with a good running catch at mid off.

The 35 year old playing in his 113th Test match also completed his 60th five wicket haul and the 20th occasion he had claimed over ten wickets in a match. His heroics also earned him the man of the match award as well as the man of the series award.