Muttiah Muralitharan 8-70 against England | Wisden’s Test spell of the 2000s
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Date: 2020-10-25

3rd Test, Nottingham, Jun 2-5 2006, Sri Lanka tour of England
Sri Lanka 231 & 322  |  England 229 & 190  |  Sri Lanka won by 134 runs

The third and final Test of Sri Lanka’s 2006 tour of England was another top performance by Muralitharan that will still haunt Englishmen old enough to remember it. England were 1-0 up in the series and were chasing a target of 325. At 84 for no loss, it looked like England were on course for another victory but Muralitharan had other plans. The Sri Lankan spinner produced his devastating best against the England team and dismissed the hosts’ top six of Marcus Trescothick, Strauss, Alastair Cook, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood and Andrew Flintoff in the span of 22 overs. He finished with figures of eight for 70 to win the Man of the Match and help Sri Lanka win the Test to tie the series.