703 for Shane Warne

Shane Warne achieved yet another first in his cricketing career. First bowler breached 700 wickets yesterday.

Shane Warne now has a number which is double than his childhood hero Dennis Lillee, who is another legend in the cricket. Shane Warne's spin bowling threatens any world class batsman. Shane Warne holds a number of records including highest number of 5 wickets haul. Shane Warne overtook Murali who is at 674 wickets. Shane Warne can extend his wickets for another match since Shane Warne announced his retirement after Ashes.

Shane Warne's first wicket in his cricketing career is an Indian who is famous for his play. Ravi Shastri, former Indian player who gave the castle to Shane Warne as first wicket for him after scoring a mammoth 206 runs. The 700th wicket was Strauss of England.

The only contender of the record is Muttiah Muralitharan with 674 wickets. It is projected that Muttiah Muralitharan will take 900 wickets since he is having a lot of cricket. But for Shane Warne another match is left. So what will be the target for Muttiah Muralitharan?

Before two decades Dennis Lillee's breathtaking wicket haul made the media to go fizzy. How many years it needs to take a 400 wicket haul? But now Shane Warne believes that he will loose the record to Muttiah Muralitharan soon, Shane Warne predicted that Muralitharan will take a wicket haul of 1000 during his career but he wasn't sure about number of days his record going to stand in the center stage.

How many days you need Murali?