Musings about sports in general, & Cricket in particular. With baseball season coming up, will look into that, too. And lots of good cricket in 2007, including the World Cup.
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Finally, some good news to report about the Spitfires!: Kent have pulled off a major coup by signing Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan for the rest of the season. He will arrive at Canterbury on 23 July and make his debut four days later in a National League game against Yorkshire at Scarborough. "We are thrilled to have Murali with us for the latter part of the season," said Ian Brayshaw, Kent's director of cricket. "As we found with Steve Waugh last year, to have a player of such international standing has a huge impact throughout the club and it will be a particularly good opportunity for our younger players to learn from one of the world's greatest bowlers." The 31-year-old will initially replace Andrew Symonds, who has been picked by Australia for a home one-day series against Bangladesh. Murali's been travelling the world for a number of years and I don't think there's going to be a problem with him coming in and landing it on a sixpence. But he will stay with the club following Symonds' return because Pakistani pace bowler Mohammad Sami's short-term contract will have come to an end.
Muralitharan is one of the greatest spin bowlers to ever play the game. He has taken 459 wickets in 82 Tests at an average of 23.55 and 342 in one-day internationals. Kent will be his second county, having previously played for Lancashire in 1999 and 2001.
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