Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan has been given the all-clear to resume bowling and start the second stage of his rehabilitation from shoulder injury.

Muralitharan will travel to England on Monday to start pre-season training with Lancashire and now hopes to regain full fitness by the end of April and possibly play a one-day match against Glamorgan on April 17.

"The shoulder is feeling great and although it feels stiff in the morning it is now completely pain free when I bowl," Muralitharan told Reuters.

Sri Lanka Cricket's Melbourne-based surgeon Dr. David Young declared himself satisfied with the shoulder after a consultation earlier this week. Muralitharan underwent surgery on it in August and February.

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The off spinner, desperate to return after the longest injury layoff of his career, immediately returned to the nets at his club Tamil Union and now bowls between 20-40 deliveries per day to gradually build-up strength in the shoulder.

Sri Lanka are due to tour India immediately after their rearranged two-Test tour to New Zealand but Muralitharan will not be ready for a full international return in time for the five-match one-day series.

Muralitharan will stay with Lancashire for the first half of the season, returning to Sri Lanka in time for a two-Test series with West Indies starting on July 15.