Murali on verge of making 100th ODI appearance

by Sa'adi Thawfeeq
24 October 1998



Quite a few personal milestones will be achieved by the Sri Lankan cricketers during the 10-day Wills international knockout cricket tournament in Dhaka from October 24 to November 2. Nearest to doing so is ace spinner Muthiah Muralitharan who will be making his 100th appearance for his country when Sri Lanka meet the winners of the New Zealand-Zimbabwe tie in their quarter-final game on Monday.

Other milestones which are in line during the tournament are Hashan Tillekeratne's 3,000 runs (18 runs short), Roshan Mahanama's 5,000 runs (158 runs short), and skipper Arjuna Ranatunga's 7,000 runs (164 runs short).

Considering the fact the maximum number of matches that Sri Lanka will play in the tournament is three (if they go up to the final), these batsmen have a very slim chance of achieving these milestones, excepting Tillekeratne, who has only a handful of runs to get.

Two other colleagues of Muralitharan, Romesh Kaluwitharana and Pramodya Wickremasinghe may have to await the next tournament in Sharjah, for their 100th one-day appearance. Both have played in 96 matches each.


Source: The Daily News
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