Editing Muttiah Muralitharan (section)

==Recognition==
In 2002, [[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]] carried out a statistical analysis of all Test matches in an effort to rate the greatest cricketers in history, and Muralitharan was ranked as the best Test bowler of all time.<ref name="bbc-12/13/02"/> However, two years earlier, Muralitharan was not named as one of the five [[Wisden Cricketers of the Century]]. Former Australian captain [[Steve Waugh]] called him "the [[Don Bradman]] of bowling".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://in.rediff.com/cricket/2004/mar/11murali.htm |title=Murali is Don Bradman of bowlers: Steve Waugh |work=Rediff.com |date=11 March 2004 |access-date=8 August 2014 |archive-date=22 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622035116/http://in.rediff.com/cricket/2004/mar/11murali.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

Muralitharan was selected as the [[Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World]] in 2000 and in 2006.<ref name=Wisden2007>{{cite web |url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/287072.html |title=Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World 2006: Muttiah Muralitharan |author=Barnes, Simon, ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack]]'' 2007 |date=28 March 2007 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=1 January 2008 |archive-date=11 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111220351/http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/287072.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 15 November 2007, the Warne-Muralidaran Trophy was unveiled named after the two leading wicket-takers in Test cricket, Shane Warne and Muralitharan. The trophy displays images of the two spin bowlers' hands each holding a cricket ball. This trophy will be contested between Australia and Sri Lanka in all future Test series.<ref name="Warne-Murali Trophy">{{Cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/11/15/2091733.htm?section=sport |title=Warne-Muralidaran Trophy unveiled |publisher=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |date=15 November 2007 |access-date=28 December 2007 |archive-date=9 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100809190147/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/11/15/2091733.htm?section=sport |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On 3 December 2007, just hours after Muttiah Muralitharan became Test cricket's leading Test wicket-taker, [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC) announced it had unveiled a portrait of the Sri Lanka off-spinner at [[Lord's]].<ref name="MCC honour">{{cite press release|url=http://www.lords.org/latest-news/news-archive/record-holder-muralitharan-honoured-at-lords,969,NS.html |title=Record holder Muralitharan honoured at Lord's |publisher=[[Marylebone Cricket Club]] |date=3 December 2007 |access-date=28 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613072530/http://lords.org/latest-news/news-archive/record-holder-muralitharan-honoured-at-lords%2C969%2CNS.html |archive-date=13 June 2010 }}</ref> On the same day the Philatelic Bureau of the Department of Posts in Sri Lanka issued a circular stamp with a denomination of Rs. 5 to mark the world record set by Muttiah Muralitharan. The circular design was meant to denote the cricket ball.<ref>[http://sinhale.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/new-postal-stamp-to-mark-the-world-record-set-by-murali/ New Postal Stamp To Mark The World Record Set By Murali « Sinhale Hot News] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310221112/http://sinhale.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/new-postal-stamp-to-mark-the-world-record-set-by-murali/ |date=10 March 2012 }}</ref>

Australian musician Alston Koch provoked worldwide interest when he recorded the only official tribute song to Muralitharan. The song was even mentioned on the BBC's [[Test Match Special]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.worldmusiccentral.org/article.php/20071227150012690 |title=World Music Central – Worldwide interest in Alston Koch's Murali Song |access-date=12 February 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213060211/http://worldmusiccentral.org/article.php/20071227150012690 |archive-date=13 February 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXsI_mmYc80 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616033437/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXsI_mmYc80&gl=US&hl=en&amp;has_verified=1| archive-date=2011-06-16 | url-status=dead|title=Alston Koch's Murali Song |via=YouTube |access-date=16 June 2008}}</ref> The Muralitharan Song video was also released after he broke the world record.

On 10 January 2008, the [[Parliament of Sri Lanka]] felicitated Muttiah Muralitharan for his world record breaking feat of being the highest wicket taker in Test cricket.<ref name="honoured in Sri Lanka's parliament">{{Cite news|date=10 January 2008 |title=Muralitharan honoured in Sri Lanka's parliament |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/007200801101723.htm?section=sport |work=The Hindu |location=Chennai, India |access-date=15 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117175949/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/007200801101723.htm?section=sport |archive-date=17 January 2012 }}</ref>
This was the first time that a sportsman had been honoured in the country's Supreme Legislature.<ref name="First sportsman honoured in Sri Lanka's Supreme Legislature">{{Cite news |date=10 January 2008 |title=A lesson from cricket |url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2008/01/12/main_Editorial.asp?section=Editorial |work=Daily News (Sri Lanka) |access-date=15 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212154214/http://www.dailynews.lk/2008/01/12/main_Editorial.asp?section=Editorial |archive-date=12 February 2009  }}</ref>

The Central Provincial Council in [[Kandy]] has renamed the [[Pallekele International Cricket Stadium|International Cricket Stadium in Pallekele]] after Muttiah Muralitharan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.islandcricket.lk/news/65160727/pallekele_stadium_be_named_after_muralitharan |title=Pallekele Stadium to be named after Muralitharan. Cricket |publisher=Islandcricket.lk |access-date=8 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830152059/http://www.islandcricket.lk/news/65160727/pallekele_stadium_be_named_after_muralitharan |archive-date=30 August 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>