Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan
'Record Pursuit'
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Limited Edition of 350 Lithographs
Personally hand signed by:
Shane Warne & Muttiah Muralitharan
Officially Licensed by:
Cricket Australia & Sri Lanka Cricket
Authenticated and Certified by: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Framed Size: 800mm x 600mm
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Rivals, friends, headline-makers and two of the world's greatest bowlers, Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan will remember 2004 as a watershed in their colourful careers, with both spinners passing 500 Test wickets and continuing their ‘battle' to become the world's greatest-ever wicket taker.
Their race to be the first spin bowler to take 500 wickets was a classic ‘ cat and mouse' struggle during Australia's 3-Test series in Sri Lanka in March 2004. After a well-publicised and determined duel, Warne was victorious, taking wicket number 500 on March 12, during the 1 st Test in Galle. By the end of the tour, the ledger read: Warne 517 wickets, Muralitharan 513 - with West Indian great Courtney Walsh's world record of 519 wickets ready to be broken.
It was Muralitharan who first claimed that illustrious ‘crown', passing Walsh's record during Sri Lanka's Test series against Zimbabwe in May 2004. The champion off-spinner set a new world record when he captured his 520 th wicket in the 1 st Test in Harare on May 8. Muralitharan then dismissed a further seven Zimbabwean batsmen in the series to take his tally to 527.
Shane Warne's quest to overhaul Muralitharan in the world wicket-taking began in the two-Test series against Sri Lanka in Darwin and Cairns in July. Warne took 3 wickets in the 1 st Test in Darwin to move within reach of Muralitharan, before equalling his world record mark with a sensational haul of 7 wickets in the 2 nd Test in Cairns!
Warne now holds the record in his own right, after passing Muralitharan's total in India in October 2004!
The battle to claim the mantle of world record wicket-taker is far from over ...
Record Pursuit
Now for the first time, you have the chance to salute their gripping personal duel, with the release of 'Record Pursuit'. A striking action lithograph, it takes you on a photographic and factual journey through Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan's continuing battle to become the world's greatest wicket taker.
Personally signed by both spinners and independently authenticated and certified by the major chartered accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, ‘Record Pursuit' is now available in a strictly limited edition of 350.