Shane Warne seemed almost subdued when he broke the Test wicket-taking world record, raising an arm before being congratulated by his team mates. Perhaps it was because the wicket was only that of nightwatchman Irfan Pathan, caught off an edge to slip by Matthew Hayden, and not that of, say, Sachin Tendulkar or Rahul Dravid. Perhaps it was because Australia still had much to do on Friday to get back into the second Test against India. Or perhaps it was because the leg spinner did not expect to hold the record for long. The record, however, giving him 533 wickets to rival spinner Muttiah Muralitharan’s 532, was a new first for a man who has achieved almost everything on a cricket field. He had equalled the record before, but never broken it. To do it in India, where he has never managed to dominate as he has done elsewhere, should have made the moment doubly sweet. (Reuters) Murali will challenge him again
