FILE PHOTO: Born on April 17, 1972: Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lankan Cricketer Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan bowls in the first innings of the second day of the second cricket test match between India and Sri Lanka in New Delhi December 10, 2005. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo
(Reuters) - Batting great Sachin Tendulkar famously said "if people throw stones at you, turn them into milestones" -- a motto almost perfectly encapsulated by the cricket career of Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan.
Few modern-day athletes have endured more scrutiny than Muralitharan, whose bowling action was subjected to frequent and intrusive analysis, and even fewer emerged stronger from controversy.
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