Muttiah

"There is no sadness, no sadness at all," Muttiah Muralitharan says softly as, at the outset of the six-week marathon that is the cricket World Cup, he contemplates the imminent end of his own extraordinary career.

Muttiah Muralitharan out to finish on a high at the World Cup | Donald McRae 2011

This one has taken 87 balls, with just three fours; that might seem slow, but in the circumstances he has paced it perfectly.27th over: England 106-3 Trott 47, Bopara 38 Muttiah MuraPeterson comes back into the attack and Trott whips him expertly through square leg for four.

England v South Africa - live! | Rob Smyth 2011

Sri Lanka's star bowler Muttiah Muralitaharan will retire from international cricket without a second World Cup win.

India Beats Sri Lanka for Cricket World Cup 2011

For more information on Muttiah Muralitharan's Foundation of Goodness go to www.unconditionalcompassion.org

Muttiah Muralitharan out to finish on a high at the World Cup | Donald McRae 2011

Sri Lanka's star bowler Muttiah Muralitaharan will retire from international cricket without a second World Cup win.

India Beats Sri Lanka for Cricket World Cup 2011

The main reason for this has been the retirement of two of their three greatest bowlers, Muttiah Muralitharan and Chaminda Vaas, and from test cricket of the third, Lasith Malinga.

Sri Lankans Put on a Gutsy Show Richard Lord 2011

Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan, who is arguably the most celebrated exponent of the doosra, finished his career as the leading wicket-taker in both Test matches and international cricket.

Beware the Doosra Destroyer Jonathan Clegg 2012

Since the retirement of Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan, there hasn't been a devastating spinner, but there are plenty of good ones—among them Graeme Swann, who took six second-innings wickets for England against India on Monday.

Bowling Is Taking a Battering Richard Lord 2011

Since the retirement of Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan, there hasn't been a devastating spinner, but there are plenty of good ones.

Calling All Seamers! This Is Cricket's Bowling Crisis Richard Lord 2011

There was no grand finale for Muttiah Muralitharan, the old fellow creaking, held together with sticky tape it seemed, unable to recapture even a glimmer of the past to help carry his Sri Lanka side to a second World Cup win rather than a consecutive loss, unable even to finish his quota of overs and glad perhaps that it really was all over.

India's defeat of Sri Lanka feels like a destiny fulfilled | Mike Selvey 2011