Muttiah Muralitharan To Retire From Tests-Report
July 7, 2010 at 7:18 am · Mobile News · Sports
World leading wicket taker Muttiah Muralitharan will retire from tests after this month’s first test against India.
“Murali took a decision to retire from test cricket during the West Indies series in November but with an unscheduled Indian series coming up he has fast-tracked his retirement from Test cricket,” said his manager on Tuesday.Kushil Gunasekara. “The selectors want Murali to consider himself to be available for the 2011 World Cup which Sri Lanka is partly hosting with India and Bangladesh,” Gunasekara says.
The 38-year-old off-spinner is unlikely to play in the one-day Tri-Series against India and New Zealand next month but may play one-day internationals in the build-up to next year’s World Cup-report-JNW