{"id":9914,"date":"2011-02-10T11:52:17","date_gmt":"2011-02-10T11:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2011\/02\/10\/spin-king-murali-joins-gloucestershire\/"},"modified":"2011-02-10T11:52:17","modified_gmt":"2011-02-10T11:52:17","slug":"spin-king-murali-joins-gloucestershire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2011\/02\/10\/spin-king-murali-joins-gloucestershire\/","title":{"rendered":"Spin King Murali joins Gloucestershire"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sri Lankan ace signs up for Twenty20 Cricket<\/h3>\n
SPIN King Muttiah Muralitharan has signed for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club.<\/strong><\/div>\n

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The 38-year-old has agreed terms on a two-year deal to play exclusively in Twenty20 cricket during 2011 and 2012.<\/div>\n

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Muralitharan quit Test cricket last July after taking a record 800 wickets and recently announced that he would be retiring altogether from the international arena after the forthcoming World Cup.<\/div>\n

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He will join Gloucestershire after playing in the World Cup for Sri Lanka and the Indian Premier League for new franchise Kochi and will be available for the t20 domestic season. <\/div>\n

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Muralitharan said: \u201cI am really looking forward to playing for Gloucestershire. It is a young exciting team and I hope I can add some experience to the mix. The last time I played at Bristol I took five wickets and I look forward to an exciting t20 competition with the Gladiators.\u201d<\/div>\n

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There is an understandable buzz amongst the players over the arrival of the Sri Lankan ace.<\/div>\n

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Club captain Alex Gidman said: \u201cI can\u2019t wait to meet and to play with Muttiah Muralitharan. From the player\u2019s point of view, it will be a great experience and I am sure we will learn a huge amount from him. This has given us a huge boost going into the 2011 season.\u201d<\/div>\n

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Director of Cricket John Bracewell added: \u201cThis is an exciting and once in a lifetime opportunity to work and play with one of the greatest cricketers in the history of the game.\u00a0 Whenever I have watched and observed ‘Murali’ he has always had and shown an infectious love for the game of cricket.\u00a0 This is something that I personally am looking forward to working with.\u201d<\/div>\n

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Muralitharan, who helped Sri Lanka win the 1996 World Cup and was a losing finalist in 2007, has taken 517 wickets in 339 one-day internationals during a career which has spanned nearly two decades at the top level and left him as the world’s leading wicket-taker in both the major formats of the game.<\/div>\n

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In 133 Test appearances he claimed 800 wickets at an average of just 22.72. He also played in 12 Twenty20 internationals for his country. <\/div>\n

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