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 Sri Lankan cricket team management said on Sunday that a long-running Australian campaign to discredit off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan was not justified.The team closed ranks here on Sunday after a former Australian umpire was reported in Sunday papers as saying Muralitharan's bowling action was illegal.Team manager Ajith Jayasekara refused media requests to talk to Muralitharan and slammed the Sunday Telegraph newspaper report claiming it was part of a long-running campaign.
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