Muralitharan expected to be fit for Australian tour
Sri Lanka spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan will resume training after a hernia operation in two and a half weeks time, according to Sri Lanka coach Dav Whatmore
Charlie Austin
27-Nov-2002
Sri Lanka spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan will resume training after a
hernia operation in two and a half weeks time, according to Sri Lanka coach
Dav Whatmore.
Muralitharan was flown to Melbourne, Australia for surgery straight after
the second Test at Centurion and could now be available for Sri Lanka's tour
of Australia in December.
"We have spoken to him in Australia and he is coming along well," said
Whatmore. "He will probably resume training in two and a half weeks."
Muralitharan's previous two visits to Australia have been marred by
controversy over his bowling action. There has been concern that he would be
subjected to similar scrutiny on this tour.
Sri Lanka will take on Australia and England in the annual one-day round
robin before the World Cup which starts on February 8.