Muralidaran The legend in cricket

Aryabhatta

Muttiah Muralidaran, on Thursday, surpassed Wasim Akram's record of most wickets in ODIs. He becomes only the sixth bowler to do so. Akram held onto the record for nearly a decade and a half. Here is how the baton has passed

Bowler	Wkts	Record set on	Record held for
DK Lillie	103	07-12-1980	4 years, 1month
MA Holding	142	17-01-1985	2 years, 1 month
J Garner	146	06-02-1987	1 year, 8 months
Kapil Dev	253	16-10-1988	5 years, 10 months
Wasim Akram	502	24-08-1994	14 years, 6 months
M Muralidaran	503*	05-02-2009	-

I was my own enemy last year: Brett Lee

The workload not just took a toll on Lee’s form but also left him down with an ankle injury.

Injured Australian pace spearhead Brett Lee has blamed himself for the current breakdown, saying he ended up being his own enemy by bowling long spells despite having no strength to carry on.

Lee bowled a massive 4500 deliveries, over 580 overs, in the year gone by. The workload not just took a toll on his form but also left him down with an ankle injury, which required a surgery -- fourth of his career.

"I'd be OK in the first spell because the adrenaline's going and you've got the brand new ball in your hand, but then I would ...