Muttiah Muralitharan was right on the money yesterday when he spelt out why Test cricket is such a tough arm of the game. "The hardest game in cricket is Tests.
Muttiah Muralitharan was right on the money yesterday when he spelt out why Test cricket is such a tough arm of the game. "The hardest game in cricket is Tests. The hardest part is you have to take wickets and get batsmen out and sometimes you have to spend two days on the field. You have to mentally prepare yourself for every game," said Muralitharan who has claimed 770 wickets in 127 Tests.
After leading Sri Lanka to a win over Pakistan in the first ODI at Dambulla yesterday, the offie revealed that he would retire from Test cricket next year. "In Twenty20, you look to contain the batsmen and he tries some shots and gets out. Fifty-over cricket is also the same. In Test cricket you have to read the batsmen, set the fields properly and get the wickets."
The offie's knee injury kept hin out of the recent Test series against Pakistan. "I put in a lot of effort in the last one month to be fit. He said. "I trained very hard with the physio Tommy (Simsek) and trainers Jade (Roberts) and Mario (Villavarayan) who helped me to get through the difficult period. I also enjoyed the rest. I trained hard although I knew my knee was not right.
"The doctors said that I have to go through with it and train harder. I can't go for an operation because I will be out for six to seven months. That will mean my career is almost over and that I am not going to play for a long time," he said.
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