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.

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.