Murali ruled out of Twenty20 Championship
Friday, 31 August 2007
Muttiah Muralitharan has sustained an elbow injury that will rule him out of next month's Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa. No replacement has been announced as yet but it is believed that Dilruwan Perera, the offspinning allrounder who was on standby when the original squad was announced, is the front-runner, reports Cricinfo.
"Murali is affected by an elbow injury and he will be out for four to six weeks," the secretary of the Sri Lankan cricket board, Kangadaran Mathivanan, told AFP. "He is definitely out of the Twenty20 [championship]." The injury also means that Murali may not be fit in time for the five-ODI home series against England which starts on October 1.
Murali walked off the field with a right bicep strain after bowling more than 33 overs on the first day of Lancashire's game against Kent Wednesday. Though he returned before the close of play, he did not bowl any further during Kent's innings.
"Murali is affected by an elbow injury and he will be out for four to six weeks," the secretary of the Sri Lankan cricket board, Kangadaran Mathivanan, told AFP. "He is definitely out of the Twenty20 [championship]." The injury also means that Murali may not be fit in time for the five-ODI home series against England which starts on October 1.
Murali walked off the field with a right bicep strain after bowling more than 33 overs on the first day of Lancashire's game against Kent Wednesday. Though he returned before the close of play, he did not bowl any further during Kent's innings.