The only black mark for Yorkshire was a three-point penalty imposed on bowler Steven Patterson who had to be taken out of the attack in his final over after being
no-balled twice for head-high bouncers.
Muralitharan, who was
no-balled for chucking at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 2005, and had regularly been subjected to barracking by Australian fans, was eager to experience being a crowd favourite at the 100,000-capacity ground.
In a match of fluctuating fortunes, Yorkshire saw a fifth consecutive victory slip away as Darren Gough was
no-balled in the penultimate over by umpire Allan Jones because they had insufgcient fieldsmen inside the circle.
But Harmison failed to claim a wicket in a six over spell that cost him 48 runs and saw him
no-balled for overstepping on half-a-dozen occasions.
After he controversially
no-balled Muttiah Muralitharan for throwing in a Test match in 1995, Hair was not appointed to stand in any Test match involving Sri Lanka until 2003.
Cricket: Which bowler was controversially
no-balled by Darrell Hair for throwing in 1995?
The spinner's career has been plagued by controversy over the legality of his bowling action since he was
no-balled for 'throwing' in Melbourne by umpire Darryl Hair in 1995.
Muralitharan first ran into trouble with his action when he was
no-balled by Australian umpire Daryl Hair in the second Test at Melbourne in 1995 and was
no-balled twice more in Australia after that.
CRICKET: Despair turned to delight for Sri Lanka off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan as he hit the winning run against England in Adelaide after being
no-balled for throwing.
Tye, who has bowled his first two overs for 10 runs, was ordered out of the Gloucestershire attack after being
no-balled twice for high full-tosses in the 15th over.
Sri Lanka do not have particularly fond memories of the MCG, where their spin great Muttiah Muralitharan was
no-balled seven times when the islanders last played a test here in 1995.
The tourists' lowest ebb came when Broad had Jayawardene caught and bowled with the deficit at 293, only to be retrospectively
no-balled.
