Muttiah Muralitharan is a phenomenon. At only 36 years of age the quirky spin bowler is already crickets leadingTest wicket taker with over 700 victims and at the moment is THE number one spin bowler in the world.

He is set to break record after record in the next few years and will be feared by even the best batsmen in cricket. Never before in the history of cricket has one man's elbow been the centre of so much controversy. Murali has had to explain his strange bowling action on many occasions but he is certainly a cricketing legend and his record number of Test victims will not be beaten in the near future, that's for sure.

Murali was born with a slightly deformed elbow, and so he bowls without straightening his whole arm, no matter how hard he tries. Therefore his deliveries are different to your average off-spinner. Instead of using his fingers to turn the ball, he uses his whole body to get that extra 'spin' he needs to put his opponents in trouble at the crease. His facial expression when delivering the ball is fascinating to watch and shows the effort he is putting in. Like his former Test wicket-taking rival Shane Warne, Murali mixes up his deliveries to keep the batsmen second guessing, changing the flight, pace and spin almost every delivery. And, boy, does he cause some trouble!