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Muttiah Muralitharan's road to 700 Test wickets Magical Murali 
Darrell Hair no-balls Muttiah Muralitharan in Melbourne in December 1995. It was the first time an international umpire had called him for a suspect action. Muralitharan was later cleared by the ICC © Getty Images . This image may not be reproduced without specific consent from Getty Images 
Muralitharan took 16 wickets to bowl Sri Lanka to a ten-wicket win in the one-off Test against England at The Oval in August 1998 © Getty Images . This image may not be reproduced without specific consent from Getty Images 
Muralitharan's 26 wickets helped Sri Lanka defeat hosts Pakistan 2-1 in the three-Test series in 2000 © AFP 
With 23 wickets, Muralitharan spun his side to a 2-1 series victory at home against India in 2001 © AFP 
Muralitharan continued to trouble the English batsmen, and his 26 wickets at home resulted in Sri Lanka's first series win over England in 2003 © AFP 
Muralitharan celebrates his 500th Test wicket, against Australia in Kandy in March 2004 © Getty Images . This image may not be reproduced without specific consent from Getty Images 
Muralitharan is carried by his team-mates after breaking Courtney Walsh's record for the most Test wickets in May 2004 © AFP 
Muralitharan bowls in his 100th Test, against Bangladesh in February 2006. He picked up 9 for 141 in the match as Sri Lanka won by eight wickets © Getty Images . This image may not be reproduced without specific consent from Getty Images 
Muralitharan holds aloft the ball that got him his 50th five-wicket haul in March 2006, against Bangladesh in Bogra © AFP 
Muralitharan is congratulated on taking his 600th Test wicket. He claimed 7 for 141 in another resounding win over Bangladesh © AFP 
Muralitharan leaves the field after taking eight wickets against England in June 2006. Thanks to that stellar performance, Sri Lanka levelled the Test series 1-1... © Getty Images . This image may not be reproduced without specific consent from Getty Images 
Against New Zealand at Wellington in December 2006, Muralitharan ran circles around the batsmen, finishing with 10 for 118 in a 217-run victory © Getty Images . This image may not be reproduced without specific consent from Getty Images 
Muralitharan polished off the Bangladeshi tail in double quick time in the second Test in Colombo, the 100th time he took a fourth-wicket haul © AFP 
Muralitharan spun a web around the Bangladesh batsmen in the first innings in Kandy, picking up 6 for 28 © AFP 
On the fourth day of the third Test at Kandy, Muralitharan picked up 6 for 54 to make it 12 for the match - his 20th ten-wicket haul - and became just the second bowler in history to get to 700 Test wickets © AFP 
Cricket's ultimate spin twins, Muralitharan and Shane Warne at a tsunami relief match © Getty Images . This image may not be reproduced without specific consent from Getty Images 
And finally, the moment: Muralitharan dismisses Paul Collingwood to celebrate his 709th wicket in the first Test against England in December 2007. He became the highest wicket-taker in Tests, beating Warne's record of 708. © AFP |
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