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| Murali to retire from all forms of cricket |
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| Category: Shorts |
| Written by Luke Tagg |
| Tuesday, 02 March 2010 19:38 |
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Sri Lanka's iconic spin bowler, Muttiah Muralitharan, has said that he will retire from Test cricket by the end of this year (his last series will be against the West Indies) and from all other international cricket by the March next year. Murali (37) is the world's leading Test wicket-taker, needing just eight more wickets to reach 800. On the evidence of the Windies' inability to play Zimbabwe's spinners, you'd have to give him a fair shot of getting there. He says he will continue to play ODI cricket until the World Cup in India next March, after which he will retire from the short forms of the game as well. He didn't mention whether he would give up the IPL, but did confirm that Sri Lanka's players will be attending it this year. See International stars will play in the IPL "Maybe I will play one or two Test matches, that's it, and then retire. The Tests against the West Indies will be the last ones I will play," Muralitharan told the Sydney Morning Herald on Tuesday. "My future is all about playing one-dayers until the World Cup. If I am fit and good I will play until the World Cup and the World Cup will be the end of the road." Sri Lankans can't complain too much - 800 Test wickets is a fair enough haul. He'll also be going out on his own terms in front of his home fans. And bonus - he'll retire just in time to miss the Sri Lankan tour of Australia, which starts directly after the West Indies series. You don't want to bow out of a Test career somewhere deep into the fourth day of a New Year's Test on a hot day in Sydney - trust me. It's going to be a long time until anyone reaches his Test wickets haul. Well chucked, mate. 
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