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Muttiah Muralitharan vs Ricky Ponting — Spin's Greatest Challenge

Sri Lanka vs Australia

2004-03-09

Muttiah Muralitharan's extraordinary spinning arsenal — off-break, doosra, top-spinner, and variations — created the most complex spin-bowling challenge that Ricky Ponting, Australia's best batsman, encountered across his career, with Murali dismissing him repeatedly through deliveries Ponting couldn't consistently read.

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Jim Laker's 19 Wickets in a Test — The Unsurpassable Bowling Record

England vs Australia

1956-07-31

Jim Laker took 19 wickets for 90 runs in a single Test match — 9/37 in the first innings and 10/53 in the second — a bowling performance so dominant it remains the most extraordinary individual bowling feat in the history of the game.

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