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03-Mar-2010 09:35:00 GMT
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Muralitharan to Retire From Test This Year, ODI After WC

Colombo: Cricket's highest wicket taker Muttiah Muralitharan plans to retire from Tests at the end of the year and from all forms of international cricket after the 2011 World Cup.

The 37-year-old, who has taken a world-record 792 wickets in 132 Tests, will finally retire after the West Indies' two-Test tour of Sri Lanka in October.

He needs only eight more scalps to become the first and only player to take 800 wickets.

"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," he said

"If I am fit and good I will play until the World Cup and the 2011 World Cup will be the end of the road," he added.

Sri Lanka's Test schedule for 2010 is completed by three Tests in India in July, although that series is yet to be confirmed. Muralitharan said his aim was to reach the 800 Test wicket mark before retiring.


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