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| May 06, 2007 | Sunday | Rabi-us-Sani 18, 1428 |
Murali wants to stay away from cricket after retirement
COLOMBO, May 5: Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan says he won't be associated with the game in any other form after leaving it as a cricketer. “I am not thinking about it (staying on) because I have played this game since I was six or seven so when I retire I will retire properly.
“There's more than cricket you can do, there are so many things in life. If you get bored you can play a club match on Sunday or something to keep my mind occupied on cricket,” he added.
The 35-year-old world's highest wicket-taker said he was not yet decided about retirement plans but would play till things work smoothly for him.
“It's difficult to say. I'm just turned 35, I can go to 37 and then I may think I'll push it for one more year. I'm not thinking far ahead, just about one or two years then if everything goes right I'll just keep on playing. If everything goes wrong I'll say 'Thank you very much',” Muralitharan said.
He also said next World Cup in Asia was a distant dream for him. “It depends on how the team does. It's a long time. This is 2007 and 2011 is too far away... I will play for another two or three years and see how things go.”
Murali said Australia did not have a quality spinner after retirement of Shane Warne and were beatable. “Australia are beatable now. They don't have a quality spinner.”—Agencies
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