Or if the BBC website front page as of 0947 this morning is anything to go by, is he bowing to us?

Plus how many other bowlers have managed to take 800 wickets on any given day in their fine Test careers, let alone their final day?

Sigh:

  • Muralitharan reaches 800 landmark New

    Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan becomes the first bower to take 800 wickets on the final day of his Test career.