Muttiah Muralitharan (38), gentleman cricketer, spinner extraordinaire, a player who divided the cricketing world like none other, but who also united Sinhala and Tamil Sri Lanka like none other, made a simple wish. He wanted to add eight more wickets to his Test tally. It was a casually made remark, but in cricketing terms, it gave the world notice — a mindboggling statistic might be around the corner. After all, Murali already had 792 Test wickets. Unfortunately, both for the stats-gurus and the legions of Muralitharan fans who have marvelled through the years as he left bowling record after record by the wayside, that 800 Test wicket milestone might be one cricketing frontier that will never be reached.
yeah its a big blow for team sri lanka, but murali said he'll play if the board want's him in the world cup.
yes he is retiring now he is legend player,He is highest wicket taker in both form of the games he is legend.
i cannot believe he is retiring, although he is getting quite old now and he's still in the twenty20, ODI's and things so it's not as a blow to sri lanka as it's only test's but none the less still quite a shock.