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Malinga says wet ball hampered bowling

Lasith Malinga has said he could not bowl yorkers in the final against India because the ball was wet, while Muttiah Muralitharan said the inability of the spinners to get wickets caused the loss

03-Apr-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Sangakkara leads ICC's World Cup XI

Kumar Sangakkara was named captain of the ICC's team of the World Cup 2011 that is dominated by players from India and Sri Lanka, with seven spots going to the finalists

03-Apr-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

'We're going to miss Murali terribly' - Sangakkara

Kumar Sangakkara rued not being able to give Muttiah Muralitharan the perfect send-off in what was his final international appearance for Sri Lanka

02-Apr-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Dhoni and Gambhir lead India to World Cup glory

Twenty-eight years on from the match that transformed the history of world cricket, India recaptured the crown that Kapil Dev and his men first lifted at Lord's in 1983, and this time they did in their very own back yard

02-Apr-2011•The Bulletin by Andrew Miller

Randiv replaces injured Mathews in Sri Lanka squad

A day ahead of the World Cup final, Sri Lanka have replaced injured allrounder Angelo Mathews with offspinner Suraj Randiv from their 15-member squad

01-Apr-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Murali will play even with discomfort - Bayliss

Sri Lanka coach Trevor Bayliss insists Muttiah Muralitharan will play in the World Cup final despite continued worries over his fitness

31-Mar-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Vaas, Randiv called up as injury cover for final

Injury concerns over Muttiah Muralitharan and Angelo Mathews have forced the Sri Lankan team to call up Chaminda Vaas and Suraj Randiv as standbys ahead of the World Cup final against India on April 2

31-Mar-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Sri Lanka survive jitters to reach World Cup final

Sri Lanka overcame a serious bout of the jitters to book their place in Saturday's World Cup final in Mumbai, as New Zealand bowed out in the last four for the sixth time in ten campaigns

29-Mar-2011•The Bulletin by Andrew Miller

Tharanga and Dilshan crush England

Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga put their team within touching distance of the World Cup semi-finals, as they overcame a tricky start to their innings to lay into England's bowlers with an unbeaten first-wicket stand of 132

26-Mar-2011•The Bulletin by Andrew Miller

Muralitharan fit for quarter-final

Sri Lanka received a huge boost ahead of their World Cup quarter-final match against England on Saturday when their key spinner Muttiah Muralitharan was declared fit to play

25-Mar-2011•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Bayliss backs Muralitharan to play quarter-final

Trevor Bayliss, Sri Lanka's coach, has said that Muttiah Muralitharan looks good to get back to match fitness for Sri Lanka's quarter-final against England on Saturday

23-Mar-2011•Sidharth Monga

Hamstring 'not a problem' - Murali

Muttiah Muralitharan will use the gap between Sri Lanka's last group match and their quarter-final to rest and recover from the hamstring trouble he faced against New Zealand

19-Mar-2011•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Murali and Sangakkara ease Sri Lanka top

Sri Lanka's old-guard combined to ease to a 112-run victory over New Zealand at the Wankhede Stadium. Kumar Sangakkara made his first ODI century since June 2008, supported by a controversial 66 from Jayawardene to haul Sri Lanka up to 265 before Muralith

18-Mar-2011•The Bulletin by Sahil Dutta

Muralitharan to skip Australia mentoring stint

Muttiah Muralitharan has pulled out of the proposed stint with the Brisbane-based Centre of Excellence in May, due to commitments with his IPL and English county teams

01-Mar-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Muralitharan signs up with Gloucestershire for t20s

Muttiah Muralitharan has signed a two-year deal with Gloucestershire exclusively for Twenty20 cricket

11-Feb-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Muralitharan in talks to be spin coach in Australia

The man whom Australia once treated as an outcast, Muttiah Muralitharan, is in talks to be signed on as a guest spin coach with the Brisbane-based Centre of Excellence

09-Feb-2011•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Murali to end international career with World Cup

Muttiah Muralitharan has said he will retire from all international cricket after the 2011 World Cup

21-Jan-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Herath, Mendis included for first two West Indies ODIs

Muttiah Muralitharan has been rested from the Sri Lankan side for the first two one-dayers of the upcoming five-match series against West Indies

04-Dec-2010•ESPNcricinfo staff

Sri Lanka break series drought on rainy night

Sri Lanka came on this tour with the goal of beating Australia in a series and achieved it with a match to spare

05-Nov-2010•The Bulletin by Peter English

No-ball controversy a distant memory for Murali

Muttiah Muralitharan has forgiven the umpire Darrell Hair and forgotten the no-ball call that threatened to derail his career

20-Oct-2010•ESPNcricinfo staff

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