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Live: Ishant gets rid of Jayawardene
Ishant Sharma claimed his second wicket of the day in the form of Mahela Jayawardene (48) as Sri Lanka lost their 5th wicket against India in the 1st Test.
'Won't let captaincy affect my batting'
Newly-appointed Pak Test skipper Salman Butt assured that he wouldn't let captaincy pressures affect his form and said he was mentally prepared for job.
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India said the takeover must wait until investigations against Lalit Modi have been concluded.
Ajmal may replace Kaneria in final Test
Pakistan could be without Danish Kaneria if they decide to recall off-break bowler Saeed Ajmal in a bid to counter the left-handers in Australia's top order.
Strauss expects Ponting to fire in Ashes
Ricky Ponting may have scored just one Test century in the past 12 months but Andrew Strauss believes there's plenty of devil still left in the Tasmanian.

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Four new players were added to New Zealand's elite group of 20 contracted cricketers who will form the basis of Black Caps squads over the next year.

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Bates stars as New Zealand draw level
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* 1st ODI: Kiwis bear Brunt of England win
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PROFILES
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Muttiah Muralitharan
Team: Sri Lanka, Chennai Super Kings
ODI Debut: India vs Sri Lanka-Aug 12, 1993
Bowling averages
Class Mat Balls Runs Wkts
Twenty20s 11 258 266 13
TESTs 133 43669 17989 792

* MS Dhoni

* Sachin Tendulkar


ICC RATINGS

* ODIs
* Tests

Rank


Team

Points




1

AUS

Australia

133
2

SA

South Africa

119
3

IND

India

118
4

NZ

New Zealand

114
5

ENG

England

110
6

SL

Sri Lanka

109
7

PAK

Pakistan

104
8

WI

West Indies

71
9

BAN

Bangladesh

52
10

ZIM

Zimbabwe

32
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Batting

Bowling

All-Rounder

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Rank


Team

Points




1

IND

India

124
2

SA

South Africa

120
3

AUS

Australia

119
4

SL

Sri Lanka

115
5

ENG

England

108
6

PAK

Pakistan

80
7

NZ

New Zealand

80
8

WI

West Indies

77
9

BAN

Bangladesh

9




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Batting

Bowling

All-Rounder

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RECORDS & STATS

* ODIs
* Tests

AName

Matches

Runs

Average

100

50
ATendulkar

442

17598

45.12

46

93
AJayasuriya

444

13428

32.43

28

68
APonting

351

13072

42.85

29

79
AInzamam

378

11739

39.52

10

83
AGanguly

311

11363

41.02

22

72
AKallis

303

10838

45.72

17

78
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All-time Batsmen Rankings

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IPL Twenty20 Stats

CL Twenty20 Stats
Name

Matches

Innings

Runs

Average

100

50
Tendulkar

166

271

13447

55.56

47

54
Lara

131

232

11953

52.88

34

48
Ponting

144

243

11928

55.22

39

51
Dravid

139

240

11395

53.75

29

58
Border

156

265

11174

50.56

27

63
Waugh

168

260

10927

51.06

32

50
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Trivia

* Tharanga Paranavitana and Kumar Sangakkara shared a second wicket stand of 181 - Sri Lanka's highest at Galle, surpassing the 133 between Sangakkara and Warnapura against India in 2008.
* Australia's first Test win against Pakistan at Lord's was their 13th consecutive victory over Pakistan, a new record for one country over another.