Murali Retires from International Cricket

[Faisal1985]

Well Bowled Murali! Wish you Best of Luck!

 

[G.I.Joe]

WAG. Krazy Eyes Killah.

 

[Jono]

^ such a good character

 

[Jarquis]

AWGelman.
What an absolutely brilliant player and fantastic person.

 

[Furball]

WOW

I thought I would see him at the World Cup at least..

Unless I'm mistaken, Murali's last ever Test will come at Galle against India.

He hasn't yet retired from the shorter forms of the game.

 

[Agent TBY]

So he's finally thrown in the towel, eh?

Ok ok, I'm out, I'm out.

That forced a chuckle out of me.

 

[G.I.Joe]

^ such a good character

such a cunning linguist

 

[stumpski]

He's struggled for wickets in his recent Tests hasn't he - I think eight will be beyond him, expecting him to finish with 795 or 6. A record that will probably stand for all our lifetimes though.

 

[ankitj]

Take a bow Murali

In my books, the finest cricketer of post 90's era. I can never get tired of singing praises for him.

 

[Cruxdude]

Think it might be a bit tough for him to get to 800 wickets. He is definitely the one spinner I worried about against India.

 

[Cevno]

Great player and a Legend of the game as well.

A absolute Great Character and a good person too. Carried the Srilankan attack with Vaas for so long now.Absolute Champion.

Will certainly be missed.

 

[Cevno]

His smile While playing the game was pretty characteristic of him.Specially while batting.

He was a pleasure to watch .

Btw,now only Sachin Tendulkar is left from the greats of that generation .

 

[Matt79]

Well played Murali. It took me a long time to get past the doubts re his action, but I did in the end and came to appreciate what a unique bowler he was. Whether he finishes on 795 or 800 is ultimately pretty irrelevant - what he'll hopefully take away are great memories of nearly two decades playing the great game with teammates and opponents and the knowledge that he, more than anyone else, turned SL into an international force in cricket.

Btw cevno, not to derail but there's still a couple of guys named RT Ponting and JH Kallis going around.

 

[Faisal1985]

Sometimes i really get emotional on the thought that if we will ever be able to see the likes of Murali and other greats ever again.....How many similar greats do we have in the making from this newish generation of cricketers...

 

[Top_Cat]

Sometimes i really get emotional on the thought that if we will ever be able to see the likes of Murali and other greats ever again.....How many similar greats do we have in the making from this newish generation of cricketers...

The same number we had before these guys.

 

[Craig]

So he's finally thrown in the towel, eh?

Ok ok, I'm out, I'm out.

You're bending the rules.

I'll show myself out.

 

[Cevno]

Btw cevno, not to derail but there's still a couple of guys named RT Ponting and JH Kallis going around.

Certainly.

Though i was thinking more towards late 80's,early 90's rather than middle to late 90's .Though you are right.

 

[Bruce Campbell]

Any replacement for SL ?

Mendis
Bandara or anyone there??

 

[Migara]

He's irreplaceble
May be Sachithra Senanayake can step in to those boots.

 

[Shri]

np10 could impersonate him and take the required 8 wickets in 8 years tbh.