Two bowlers have, in the past week, reached the magic score of 500 wickets taken in their test match careers. The man at the top of the list, Courtney Walsh, is a paragon of the game, a hard player respected by everyone in cricket, further down the list you have the likes of Kapil Dev, Sir Richard Hadlee, Ian Botham, Wasim Akram and Glenn McGrath, all honourable stalwarts of the game. The two men now ranked as the number 2 and 3 players of all time are respectively, a drugs cheat, and a man who most of the cricketing world regards with some disquiet because of his bowling action. His bowling action aside, Muri is otherwise a decent enough player, Warne on the other hand............... Well, where to start, the betting allegations, were Australian wickets really thrown at particular points during games to allow huge wins on spread bets ? I suspect we shall never really know, the Australian cricket authorities also responded quickly, and with a big broom and carpet, when it was revealed that Warne (and Waugh) had received money for, ahem, no laughing at the back there, for 'weather reports', right. Warne and Waugh both studied meteorology and greenkeeping at university and were therefore well placed to give weather and pitch reports to dodgy backstreet bookies, not. It's a sad day when these two have become the creme de la creme of modern cricket. On a happier note, India vs. Pakistan, I'm not the biggest fan of ODI matches, I far prefer the 5 day game, but these two national sides have so far produced two of the best one day matches I have ever seen, well done both teams.