CANTERBURY,(England), July 4: Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan will join English county Kent to replace Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds, the club said on Friday.
Muralitharan, 31, has been with Sri Lanka on their tour of the West Indies. He will make his debut for Kent against Yorkshire on July 27 in a one-day match.
He will initially replace Symonds, who will be on international duty with Australia, but will stay until the end of the season. Pakistani paceman Mohammad Sami is due to return home when Symonds rejoins the county in August.— Reuters