Multiple choice general knowledge

Muttiah Muralitharan is considered as not only the greatest off-spinner, but also the most controversial. In 1995 in the Boxing day test in Australia, he was called for throwing by an on-field umpire, creating a controversy. Who was the umpire who no-balled Murali seven times in the match for throwing?

  1. Tony Crofter

  2. Shakoor Rana

  3. Steve Bucknor

  4. Darrell Hair
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Explanation

During the 1995 Boxing Day Test in Melbourne, Australian umpire Darrell Hair no-balled Muttiah Muralitharan seven times for throwing. This sparked a major controversy as Muralitharan's bowling action was questioned, though biomechanical analysis later cleared him.

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