Tribute to Murali from a Fan
Written by: Damith Samarakoon
(8 votes, average: 4.5 out of 5)
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Thank you Murali,from All of us.
What else can you say about Muttiah that hasn’t already been said. Everyone was busy typing up columns and articles for their respective bosses when he over took Shane Warne as the most successful bowler in the history of the game.
But in my opinion those articles cannot be compared to what us fans have been treated to by Murali over the years. So its fitting that this post is all about us- the fans, and we have to say about the man.
Here is what Muralis fans had to say about their favorite Murali Moment(s)
“Everytime he hits a six (his) arms and legs goes everywhere and somehow the ball manages to clear the rope - and usually he has fallen on his backside attempting the shot”
-Lee Barnes from Australia
“Murali’s just an absolute champ on and off the field, with his philanthropy and he’s cool with explaining the tricks of his trade to the opposition (watch that Ch9 masterclass).
Ok lets see. Definitely that one off test in England. Fav moment cos back then people didnt really rate Murali as they do now. Little Murali came and just blew england away
And dont forget Murali’s batting. Specially the first time I saw Murali hit boundary with his trademark pull away hook shot.”
-Karolaya from Australia
“Murali unusual pull shot, you can call it a hook too, lol in that test series against England he fell down after playing it I think”
-Keshan from Sri Lanka
“In the 2003 WC when SL played WI, WI were cruising to their target with crazy Sarwan batting in spite of getting injured. Then, Murali got Powell bowled and he couldn’t believe it. he was so stunned that his eyes almost popped out! I dunno why i remember this moment so much…”
-Thushal from California
“One of my favourite moments was when he got together with Vaas and took apart Mcgrath, Shane warne, Gillespie and kasprovicz in a last wicket stand of 90 odd. Australia scored a 120 in the first and we managed 220 thanks to Vaasy and Murali and guess what? We still lost. This was in 2004 when they came over here and Tillekaratne was the skipper..Dark times for SL then..Dark times..”
-Aman Harees from Sri Lanka
“Getting 7/30 against India in Sharjah. India were all out for 49″
-$@!3311 from Sri Lanka
“His performance in Eng in 2006 sticks out massively for me!
Great performance to save the test there!
Watched all of it without missing anything and even better as it was with Eng fans!”
-Rudeboy from England
“One of my other favourite moments was when he got 4 for 9 against Pakistan…We defended a really shite total and done well, cheers to him..”
-Aman Harees from Sri Lanka, comes back for more!
“His effort in the Oval to rip the poms up made me quite happy”
-Laurence from Australia
“Whenever he’s criticised the SL govt (alot of times), and his work in the aftermath of the Tsunami.”
-Sanjane from Australia
“I will never forget that delivery he produced to get rid of Dhoni in our WC 07 group game against India. In the earlier month when we toured India, they won the series very comprehensively and Dhoni was the wrecker in chief. So obviously he was the danger man for us. But it didn’t take long for Murali to produce that delivery which struck him on his pads and Dhoni looked as plumb as gone. Infact he even started walking even before the umpire gave it out. That was PRICELESS!!!”
-Kanishka from Sri Lanka
“His batting bcoz you will always get your money’s worth “
-Pro Lion from Australia
“When we lost to India in 2005 6-1 and then lost again in India 3-1, the Indians were all over us and cockahoop. But once it got the real business in the WC I was pumped up for the ultimate revenge mission. 2 balls from Murali changed the game. One to Dravid and the very next ball to Dhoni sealed the deal and we sent the Indians packing. Revenge was never sweeter!!!”
-Damith from Sri Lanka
“Murali ’s 50, 2007 World Cup Dhoni dissmissal !!!!”
Mad-Police from New Zealand
“The Cobra Ball, First Ball MS DHONI LBW B Muralidaran 0 India 110-6″
-NSK from Sri Lanka.
“There you go! My fav Murali moment!”
-Romesh from Italy
“I’m from St. Anthony’s as well, and I was in Grade 5 when Murali played for the First XI team in his last year.
It was the Limited Overs game against Trinity.
Here is the match scorecard:
1991 - 12th Encounter - Katugastota
Captain - T C K - S. Gunathilake
S A C K - N. Kalpage
Scores - SACK - 164-9 in 42 overs
(A. Ekanayake 4-42)
TCK - 165-9 in 41.2 overs
(A. Ekanayake 58)
TCK won by 01 wicket.
Murali was fielding in the outfield in those last few overs. We were near him behind the ropes and talking to him. Even then he was our hero!
So the things weren’t good for us and we asked him:
“Murali ayya, we’re going to win, right?”
And he goes, “Not sure malli, our batsmen didn’t get enough runs ne… I think they will win”!!!
And we were sooooooooooo disappointed, but as he predicted, Trinity won - though it must be said that one our slip fielders (yes, a slip in the 40th over) dropped a catch!
Wink
That is one of my earliest memories of this legend Murali, and even then he hated batsmen not getting enough runs!”
Sachintha from Sri Lanka
I guess what we are all trying to say is, Thank You Murali for all the great moments in your career. And we all wish the best in getting the 1000th wicket that you richly deserve.
Feel free to post your favorite Moments in the comments section!
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Truly Sri lankan.. Your mother lanka is always proud of you murali..
yes! we love murali
Wow damith awesome post and cheers for including my comment as well..Murali is a true champion and I just hope someday he could read this! We luv ya murali..
Damith if can syndicate the site to slBlogs.org.. K
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