Cricket: Tendulkar rest to break record

Sachin Tendulkar is set to become the most capped test cricketer while India plays Sri Lanka in the third and final match.
The 37-year-old batting huge, who is the most creative run getter in both tests and one-day internationals and who has the most number of centuries in both versions, will exceed former Australia captain Steve Waugh when he plays his 169th test.
"It has been a very long journey. The 169th test. I still remember the first test match that I played against Pakistan," Tendulkar said today. "Very happy that I have had the freedom of such a long journey at international level and this was my dream. To play for India was my dream and getting to play 169 test matches is unbelievable."

TEST APPEARANCES - ALL TIME LEADERS

168 - Sachin Tendulkar (India)
168 - Steve Waugh (Australia)
156 - Allan Border (Australia)
146 - Ricky Ponting (Australia)
145 - Shane Warne (Australia)
141 - Rahul Dravid (India)
140 - Jacques Kallis (South Africa)
134 - Mark Boucher (South Africa)

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muralitharan made unbeatable history

GALLE: One of the best but most hot spinners of his generation, Sri Lankan veteran Muttiah Muralitharan bid an emotional goodbye to his 18-year-old Test career on Thursday with an extraordinary tally of 800 wickets.

The 38-year-old bowler got the wonderful send off by guiding the Lankans to a 10-wicket victory over India in a match where he firmly etched his name in the pages of cricketing history by taking the required eight wickets to reach the 800-wicket mark.

Carrier Statistics:

• ODI Debut: vs India, On Aug 12, 1993
• Last ODI played: vs India, On Jun 24, 2010 at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Sri Lanka
• Test Debut: vs Australia, On Aug 28, 1992 at
• Last Test played: vs India, On Dec 2, 2009 at
• T20 Debut: vs New Zealand, On Dec 22, 2006 at
• Last T20 played: vs West Indies, On May 7, 2010 at Kensington Oval, West Indies
• Last IPL played: vs Mumbai Indians, On Apr 22, 2010 M at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, India

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