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Murali to make full recovery - surgeon MELBOURNE, Tuesday (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan had shoulder surgery overnight and will be back to full fitness in five months, the off spinner's surgeon David Young said on Tuesday. "He'll have his arm in a sling for four weeks and after about three months he will start bowling," Young told Reuters. "He would have a view towards playing in the test series in New Zealand in January. I think he can be ready for that. "He would be able to bowl in the nets over in New Zealand during the one-day series and we could monitor his progress for the tests." Young had advised world record test wicket-taker Muralitharan his future in the game could be under threat if he did not have surgery on his troublesome right shoulder. New Zealand host a five-match series of one-dayers against Sri Lanka from December 26 to January 8. The first test starts in Hamilton a week later. Young said he was pleasantly surprised by the condition of the 32-year-old Muralitharan's shoulder joint after 12 years of international cricket. Muralitharan has 532 wickets, five more than Australia leg spinner Shane Warne. |
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