Sri Lanka can wrap-up the three-Test series against Pakistan in Colombo, but they will have to do so without Muttiah Muralitharan.
The world’s leading Test and one-day bowler has failed to recover from the knee injury that ruled him out of the enthralling first Test in Galle.
Sri Lanka team manager Brendon Kuruppu confirmed Murali had improved considerably but will sit out the second Test on his home ground as a precautionary measure.
“He won’t be playing the Test, but that’s more as a precaution than anything else,” Kuruppu said. “We are confident Murali will play the third Test.”
Sri Lanka were gifted the opportunity to secure the series 2-0 after Pakistan, chasing a modest target of 168 runs to win, collapsed from a comfortable 71-2 to 117 all out, losing their last eight wickets for 46 runs.
Ironically, Sri Lanka’s hero was left-arm spinner Rangana Herath, who was flown in from England where he was playing league cricket two days before the Test to replace Muralitharan.
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