Muthaiyah muralidharan announced retirement from test

Sri Lankan spin bowler, Muttiah Muralitharan, is going to take retirement from Test cricket. This veteran player has already announced officially that the Test match against India inGalle will be his final test match for Sri Lanka. However, he is yet to announce his ODI retirement. Perhaps he will end his cricketing career after taking part in the upcoming ICC World Cup next year.

According to his announcement, he will quit the oldest format of cricket game, Test, after taking part in the opening match of the home Test series that will start from July 18, 2010. The reason of taking retirement has been revealed through the speech of his manager, who said that Murali is physically unable to take the vigorous demand of a five-day match. He is almost at the end of his career.

Thirty-eight year-old Muralitharan decided to take retire from Test Cricket during the West Indies series in November, but he had to move the date up for an upcoming Indian series.

No doubt, it will not be an easy work to find a suitable replacement for him for the 2011 World Cup. That is why, national selectors don’t want to leave him. They want Muralitharan to be around if they cannot find a suitable replacement.

The announcement of Muttiah Muralitharan’s retirement came as shocking news for Sri Lankan cricket team. On the other hand, it came as a blessing for other test playing nations.

Australian skipper, Michael Clarke, said that a lot of batsmen around the world will be happy to think that they won’t have to face him anymore.

Muttiah Muralitharan also made controversy in cricket after becoming expert in doosra. His technique became controversial as many complained that it was impossible to bowl the delivery legally.

Fans should remember him not only as the leading wicket taker of ODI and Test cricket but also for his bowling action.