Muttiah Muralitharan, Keen on World Cup Revenge over Australia

Sri Lanka legendary spinner Muttiah Muralitharan is keen to take revenge over Australia on Saturday’s World Cup clash. Sri Lanka was defeated in the edition of World Cup finals in 2007, after four long years Murali ready to take on the challenge.

Sri Lanka lost the finals of World Cup 2007 in a controversial manner, where Australia was celebrated their third Consecutive World Cup win. Australia has defeated all the sub continent teams in last three world cup finals. Australians are the World Champions and every team will play their tail up against them. Sri Lanka is very desperate to win over Australia said Muralitharan.

Australia has the upper hand over Sri Lanka; both the teams have played 72 ODIs in which Sri Lanka have won only 23 matches. Muttiah Muralitharan is playing in his fourth World Cup and it is the final one. Australian batsmen are able to handle spinners on the sub continent pitches, but newly laid wicket at Premadasa Stadium will provide some assistance to spinners at the same it would be batting friendly.

Murali feels that the Sri Lanka and Australia fight might not be a high scoring game. If the team is really batting well they can score 300 runs, but in the Indian small grounds and fast outfield 350 runs is easily achievable. In Sri Lankan conditions 280 to 290 is a wining total.

Muttiah Muralitharan will retire from international cricket after World Cup; he announced his retirement from Test cricket in July last year. Muralitharan holds the record of 800 Test wickets and 513 one day international wickets.