The Sri Lankan off-spinner was left out of the team for the sixth one-dayer against India on Wednesday.
Sri Lanka clawed their way back into the second Test on Friday, snapping up six West Indies wickets in the final session. The home team was 268 for 7 at close on the second day, having gone into tea in complete command on 133 for 1 in reply to Sri Lanka's 278 all out.
The Sri Lanka off-spinner is only the third man after Courtney Walsh and Shane Warne to take 500 Test wickets.
The Sri Lankan off-spinner denied having close links with a Mumbai bar dancer being investigated by Indian police.
Cricket's ruling body is commissioning research into the bowling action of spinners to counter suggestions that certain bowlers are being protected.
They won the fourth ODI at Auckland, leveling their five-game series at 2-2.
The ace off-spinner bagged five wickets as Sri Lanka dismissed South Africa for 361 in the first innings on Day 1 of the second Test.
The Sri Lankan off-spinner faces up to 10 weeks on the sidelines after his surgeon recommended immediate surgery to avoid long-term tendon damage.
Sri Lanka off spinner Muttiah Muralitharan has passed himself fit to participate in the fundraising match for tsunami victims.
England's captain said Kevin Pietersen's first innings 142 paved the way for England's six-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the second Test.
The duo have been left out of the training squad for the New Zealand series.
Muttiah Muralitharan became the second man in history to claim 700 Test wickets as Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by an innings and 193 runs in the third and final Test.
Former Australia Test umpire Lou Rowan said players are unwilling to comment on the bowler's action because they will be accused of racism.
The ace off-spinner, who underwent a hernia operation in November, is likely to play in Thursday's game.
The Zimbabwe batsman was suspended for one Test for his comments regarding Sri Lanka off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan.
The Sri Lankan off-spinner equalled Courtney Walsh's world mark of 519 Test wickets on the first day of the first Test against Zimbabwe.
Sri Lanka Board officials said match referee Chris Broad made the report after the close of the third and final Test
The Sri Lankan off-spinner said that New Zealand were unsporting in executing his run out in the first Test.
After spending 11 months on the sidelines following two operations, his superb performance eased fears about his future in the sport.
International XI captain Brian Lara won the toss and elected to bowl in the tsunami appeal one-day match against the MCC at Lord's.
The ace off-spinner claimed six wickets to help Sri Lanka ease to an innings and 153-run victory over South Africa in the first Test.
Muttiah Muralitharan said Kevin Pietersen's innings of 142 was one of the best he had seen
The Sri Lankan off spinner will make a comeback to Test cricket in the series against New Zealand in January next year.
Australia one-day captain believes that playing against the Sri Lanka off-spinner is largely guesswork.
The Sri Lanka off-spinner claimed his 528th wicket on the third day of the first Test against South Africa before the visitors closed play at 347 for 7.
Warne has 520 career wickets, seven short of Sri Lanka off spinner Muttiah Muralitharan's world mark.
The ICC chief said match officials are well within their rights to raise concerns about any delivery from any bowler.
"What goes on the field should stay on the field," said the England batsman.
England batsman Graham Thorpe aims to relive one of his greatest achievements when the first Test against Sri Lanka.
Muttiah Muralitharan claimed his 300th wicket in ODIs as Sri Lanka beat England by 31 runs in the tri-series.
The ace off-spinner, called for throwing on his past two tours of Australia, said the umpires 'can't question me anymore, because it's gone. It's all past'.
Rain halted play in the first Test between WI and SL with the home side on 272 for four in reply to the tourists' 354.
The Sri Lankan off-spinner wants to cut down on injuries and stay fit for the 2007 World Cup.
The Aussies scored a four-wicket win in their triangular one-day series international.
Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, called for throwing on his past two tours of Australia, said on Thursday he did not expect any more trouble from local umpires.
Warne's management released a brief statement saying that he passed away in Koh Samui, Thailand.
India batsman Suresh Raina on Thursday completed a decade in international cricket in which he established himself as one of the key players in limited-overs cricket but failed to make an impact in Test cricket.
Banned Pakistani off-spinner Saeed Ajmal vowed to correct his illegal bowling action and return to cricket before next year's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
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