Murali seals world record

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Muralitharan, 35, went wicketless in his initial nine-over spell at Asgiriya today but sparked huge celebrations when he bowled Paul Collingwood in the first over of his return.

That took the Sri Lankan beyond Shane Warne's career haul and secured a 61st five-wicket haul in Test cricket.

Murali's colleagues mobbed him in the middle after a delivery bounced to clip Collingwood's middle-stump, a dismissal which left England 266 for eight.

Fireworks exploded in the stand to celebrate the achievement of hometown hero Murali, who has held the record once before - when he surpassed Courtney Walsh's tally of 519 wickets in 2004.

Earlier his wait to become Test cricket's leading wicket-taker was extended by a determined England batting effort this morning.

Thwarted by the wet weather on the second day of the opening Test at Asgiriya, 35-year-old Muralitharan proved unsuccessful for more than one hour and Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene was forced to turn to the new ball for a breakthrough.