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Muthiah Muralitharan, is now just 8 wickets behind Shane Warne from snatching yet another unbeatable world record in the history of cricket. Beating the world record, is not even a doubt. But what keeps the entire world guessing and wondering is, can Murail take 1000 wickets ???

I would say, if Muralitharan decides that he takes 1000 wickets and only then hang his boots, then i already have an answer to my question. Murali is now 34. For more than a few years now, he has been consistently picking up 7 or more wickets in every test match he plays. Having said that, Murali requires 298 wickets more to achieve this feat. Going by his current stats and average, it would atleast cost him 42 test matches to take 298 wickets (@7wickets/test match). Which means, Murali should continue playing cricket for atleast 3 years from now.

What makes me really worried is, he has already made it clear that he’s not intended on breaking world records and he will call it quits when he feels he’s had enough. Muralitharan is a team man and he has never been behind records, instead records have inevitably followed him. I remember twice he came close to taking all 10 wickets in a test match, but he missed them twice. Well taking 9 wickets once, people can call it luck or whatever. But doing it twice, is no joke. Kumble beware. You may not hold on with the record for 10 wickets in an innings for long. Murali should definitely be doing it someday very soon. He’s already been so close twice and yet so far.

Guess what ? Muralitharan is going to become the leading wicket taker in the history of test cricket in Australlia. He is just 8 wickets shy of Shane Warne and he has got two test matches to play in Australlia. What better way to break a world record ? Well the stage is perfectly set for the man to go past Warne, and rub salts to the Aussie wounds. The world know, how much Aussies are jealous of this magician. Murali rocks, and lets wish him good look in his future endeavors.

How many out here think Murali will go on to take 1000 wickets ?? Well having said this much, i have a gut feeling that Muralitharan will go on and take 1000 wickets before hanging is boots. Especially the way he has been bowling for more than 5 years now, i dont see him getting any worser but a lot better.