On this day in 2010: Muttiah Muralitharan hung up his boots with 800 Test wickets
On this day in 2010: Muttiah Muralitharan hung up his boots with 800 Test wickets
On this very day in 2010, Sri Lanka spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan picked up 800 wickets in Test cricket. The moment was bittersweet as it was the final game of his Test career.
The spinner was eight wickets short of the record when the match between India and Sri Lanka began at Galle on 18 July. The hosts put up a massive total of 520, with both skipper Kumar Sangakkara and opener Tharanga Paranavitana slamming centuries.
On this day in 2010, Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan retired from the longest format of the game, finishing with 800 Test wickets
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