Sri Lanka almost storm off as Murali "chucking" row boils over
ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 23 (AFP) - The Muttiah Muralitharan "chucking" row
boiled over at Adelaide Oval Saturday when play was held up for 12 minutes
after the Sri Lankans protested umpire Ross Emerson's no-ball call for
throwing in the one-day international against England.
Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga gestured to his players to walk off to
the dressing room after Muralitharan, 26, had been called from square leg by
umpire Emerson -- one of three Australian umpires who had no-balled the Sri
Lankan for throwing three years ago.
Players stopped on the edge of the field as heated discusions took place
with Emerson, his co-umpire, Tony McQuillan, and match referee, Peter Van
der Merwe, of South Africa.
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