subject: Muralitharan Will Make A Farewell Tour Of Australia [print this page] Record makes farewell Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka in Australia limited overs series down under.
Muralitharan, 38, is the leading wicket beneficiary, and test and one-day international cricket and, after announcing his withdrawal form the five-day game in July is likely to occur again in Australia.
Muralitharan made his last Test appearance against India earlier this year, but made himself available for a limited overs aims to compete in 2011 World Cup won 1996.
Chaminda Sanath Jayasuriya and Vaas Sri Lanka are reportedly said to make a surprise return to the team limited overs, but the veterans did not ask the selectors.
Record-breaker Muttiah Muralitharan will make a farewell tour of Australia in Sri Lanka's limited-overs series down under.
Muralitharan, 38, is the leading wicket taker in both test and one-day international cricket and, after announcing his retirement from the five-day form of the game in July, is unlikely to appear in Australia again.
Muralitharan made his last Test appearance against India earlier this year, but has made himself available for limited overs selection with the objective of competing in the 2011 World Cup, a tournament he captured with Sri Lanka in 1996.
Sri Lanka Twenty20 tour match starting in Perth, Australia October 31 at the first of three ODIs in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in early November.Injured Angelo Mathews has been named the team, Thilina Kandamby willing to pay in the Matthews case, if all-rounder able to demonstrate its capabilities.
