Muttiah Muralitharan claimed eight wickets in England's second innings on Monday, and Sri Lanka won by 134 runs to level the series 1-1 on day four of the third and final Test at Trent Bridge.
Chasing 325 to win, England was bowled out for 190 in its second innings.
Off-spinner Muralitharan tore through England's top order, taking 6-13 in 69 balls during an outstanding second session for Sri Lanka after the home side had gone to lunch at 49 without loss.
The world's second-highest wicket-taker didn't stop after tea either, and closed the innings with 8-70 off 30 overs after taking 8-26 in 105 balls, his 53rd five-wicket haul in Tests.
Muralitharan also took 3-63 in England's first innings, making it the 16th time he's taken 10 wickets or more in a Test. He now has 635 wickets from 106 Tests. Australia's Shane Warne has 685 from 140.
Monty Panesar claimed his first Test five-wicket haul to help bowl Sri Lanka out for 322 in its second innings. England made 229 in reply to the tourists' first-innings 231.
A day of high drama on Monday ended with West Indies chasing 392 for victory in the opening Test against India at the Antigua Recreation Ground.
The controversial dismissal of Mahendra Dhoni however, took the gloss off a fine maiden Test double-hundred from opening batsman Wasim Jaffer that helped India declare their second innings on 521 for six.
With five overs available to them before stumps were drawn on the fourth day, West Indies reached 13 without loss with Chris Gayle not out on one and Daren Ganga not out on 10 looking to return yesterday to set a solid base for the home team to consider victory.
Ganga was part of the controversy that erupted over Dhoni's dismissal. He appeared to hold a spiralling catch on the deep mid wicket boundary off left-arm bowler Dave Mohammed, whom Dhoni had struck for successive sixes off the three previous balls.
Umpires Asad Rauf and Simon Taufel however, referred to TV replay umpire Billy Doctrove to legitimize the catch, since it appeared that Ganga had stepped on the boundary ropes.
The TV replays however, were inconclusive and the umpires ruled in the favour of Dhoni.
Incensed West Indies captain Brian Lara challenged the decision, and a further attempt was made to rule on the TV replays -- and again it failed.
The umpires again ruled in favour of Dhoni, but a fuming Lara appealed to Dhoni to take the word of Ganga that he had not walked on the rope, but the batsman refused, and an animated Lara snatched the ball from the hand of Rauf and walked away. By this time, almost 15 minutes had elapsed, and Indian skipper Rahul Dravid put both sides out of their misery by making the declaration.
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