WARNE VS MURALI
The master has finally decided to hang up his boots.probably,the most decorated bowler of all time announced his retirement which was long over due.700 would be a personal milestone for him and he would go down as "the first player to take 700 test wickets".when pics of shane warne are being flashed in newspapers across the world,we would in all probability hail him as "the greatest ever",but the stealthy progress of a man named murali is being ignored here.the guy has already taken a handfull against kiwis who have put the best dancers across the world to shame.all too easy for murali....no surprise...its been like this all along for him....so,where does murali stand in comparison with warney?statistics say he's second to warne,but a sneak peak at his test record reveals certain startling contrasts between the two....zimbabwe,bangladesh!!!!hmmmm,these are a bunch of guys who make up the "mazzacane" and "gene"(for all those who have forgotten the two F1 greats,these guys fought with great determination for the last two places in the qualifying rounds week in,week out,yeah...they made minardi proud...dint they????) of cricket....these countries have been happy hunting grounds for murali....also,murali should be thankful to his cricket board who further helped his cause by inviting these teams on a return series...almost like following the ashes suit....the lad has captured 137 wickets against the two as opposed to warne's 17....murali truly is nowhere in the picture....i hope critics start looking at statistics closely and analyze them....also,murali and warne have probably been the two most controversial bowlers of our generation.murali's "hand of god" has produced magical deliveries in the form of "doosras"....the chap is still waging his battle against those opposing it....fresh appeals have been made,the latest to question being martin crowe(who would probably have danced better to murali compared to the present lot....and this guy talks???)he's defy not a chucker,but a more controversial bowler compared to warne,on-field....we all know who the winner is when it comes to controversies off the field....does it even matter?...no,i guess....warne's is not the "hand of god" and cannot defy science by rotating 360 deg....u know where im getting at....his action is clean and has never been the subject of a talking point....as navjot sidhu would have it "as clean as a whistle"(can't quite get the comparison,but anyway we ll take it,given sidhu)....and so as the legend may have it,"warne is the best".
