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Murali helps out tsunami victims once more

Muttiah Muralitharan has been helping in the post-tsunami reconstruction effort again

15-Mar-2005•Charlie Austin

Sri Lanka struggle with spate of injuries

Nuwan Zoysa will miss Sri Lanka's postponed tour to New Zealand because of a lingering knee injury that now requires surgery, and Muttiah Muralitharan is also virtually certain to miss the entire tour, which starts on March 26 and includes two Tests

07-Mar-2005•Charlie Austin

Officials accused of bullying Sri Lanka players

Shane Warne's recent visit to Sri Lanka, a trip designed to raise awareness of the plight of tsunami victims and raise much-needed funds for rehabilitation, has sparked a controversy that has erupted into the public arena this week after Arjuna

25-Feb-2005•Cricinfo staff

Murali's no chucker, says Warne

Australia's 'sheikh of tweak', Shane Warne, admitted that his main rival for the world Test-wicket record, Muttiah Muralitharan, does not throw

12-Feb-2005•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Mending fences

It's strange that it took a tragedy of the enormity of a tsunami to bring together people whose relationships had been strained over the years

11-Feb-2005•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Warne flies out to help Murali in Sri Lanka

Shane Warne will fulfil a promise to Muttiah Muralitharan by flying to Sri Lanka to help the rebuilding process after the Boxing Day tsunami

07-Feb-2005•Cricinfo staff

Murali set to marry Chennai girl

Muttiah Muralitharan, who is currently in Australia recovering from surgery on his problematic right shoulder, is set to marry an Indian girl, Mathimalar Ramamurthy, in a ceremony in Chennai on March 21, according to a report in the Hindustan Times

01-Feb-2005•Cricinfo staff

Surgeon plays down Murali injury fear

Reacting to a story about the possibility of Muttiah Muralitharan missing cricket for eight to ten weeks, the Australian surgeon who treated Muralitharan's shoulder downplayed the injury, saying it wasn't as bad as the MRI suggested

01-Feb-2005•Cricinfo staff

Murali to undergo immediate surgery

Muttiah Muralitharan needs immediate shoulder surgery and is now a serious injury concern for Sri Lanka's forthcoming tour of New Zealand in April

31-Jan-2005•Charlie Austin

Sri Lanka announce Provincial Tournament squads

Sri Lanka Cricket has announced four 15-man squads for the forthcoming Provincial Tournament, which will played in February and will be crucial to the selection of the senior team tour to New Zealand and the A team, which is due to start an intensive

26-Jan-2005•Charlie Austin

Fleming crushes World XI with a 54-ball century

Brilliant hitting by Stephen Fleming took New Zealand to a resounding victory by nine wickets over the FICA World XI at Jade Stadium with more than 33 overs to spare, in the first of three matches held to raise funds for South East Asia's tsunami

22-Jan-2005•The Bulletin by Lynn McConnell

Full house expected for New Zealand fundraiser

Christchurch, starved of international cricket since Nathan Astle's record-breaking Test double-century against England early in 2002, seems set to embrace the fundraising nature of the first one-day match between New Zealand and Shane Warne's World

21-Jan-2005•Lynn McConnell

Murali hits the road again

Within hours of his arrival back from Melbourne after the Tsunami fundraiser, Muttiah Muralitharan, was back in action once again, hurrying up lethargic customs officials and cutting through red tape so that three containers of emergency aid could be

19-Jan-2005•Charlie Austin

'I'll play in Australia again' - Murali

A year ago Muttiah Muralitharan threatened he would never tour Australia, but the reaction at the MCG on Monday changed his mind

12-Jan-2005•Cricinfo staff

Murali magic on an unforgettable night

Occasionally sport has a significance that transcends nationality, politics, and religion

11-Jan-2005•Roving Reporter by Christine Davey at the MCG

World Vision donates $500,000 to Cricket-Aid

World Vision (Australia) have pledged $500,000 to Sri Lanka Cricket's fundraising appeal called Cricket-Aid, which will provide emergency relief to 1000 tsunami victims in the short term and also house 200 families in four `Cricket Villages' in the

09-Jan-2005•Charlie Austin

Murali fit for international cricket

Muttiah Muralitharan has declared himself fit enough for his return to international cricket during the tsunami charity match at Melbourne on Monday after a five-month layoff following shoulder surgery

07-Jan-2005•Chalrlie Austin

Murali leads from the front

Charlie Austin travelled to the east coast of Sri Lanka to distribute food aid from the World Food Programme and see first-hand the devastation caused by the tsunami that struck on Boxing Day

05-Jan-2005

Sri Lanka Cricket set up disaster relief fund

Sri Lanka Cricket has launched a relief fund called Cricket-Aid to help victims of the Asian tsunami disaster on the island, reports Charlie Austin

05-Jan-2005•Charlie Austin

Impressive results in a tragic year

Memories of Sri Lanka's cricket in 2004 will fade quickly, though not because the year was uneventful

04-Jan-2005•Charlie Austin

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