The 35-year-old's career tally stands at 683, just 25 away from equalling retired Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne's world record of 708 wickets.

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And the spinner, who holds the world record for Test wickets, has threatened to miss the tour to Australia in June and July as a result.

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Makhaya Ntini was caught at deep mid-wicket by Upul Chandana off Muttiah Muralitharan before the spinner struck again to dismiss Rudolph, caught behind, taking his Test record haul of wickets to 531 in the process.

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That paved the way for leg-spinner Kaneria to claim the three remaining wickets, including that of Sam Northeast, who scored 71 to record his second half-century of the game.

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