"It's just a matter of time" says the wife of spin king Murali

by. Bipin Dani reporting from Mumbai

(November,15, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Madhimalar, Muralidharan's Indian wife has started taking interest in the game. But will have no regrets even if her husband can't break Shane Warne's highest Test wicket record during Hobart Test commencing tomorrow. "It is a matter of time whether he creates a world record here or during the home series against England but I am glad his record will be intact for many years to come. It will not be an easy task for someone to break it in the near future ", she said from her 15th floor Wrest Point hotel room on Thursday evening.

She is the only member of Murali's family present on this tour. "Yes, I have been boosting his morale. I am always supporting him. He keeps a balanced mind and is a hard worker. And his immediate thoughts are not about the record", she said.

Madhi is unsure whether she would be present on Thursday at the Hobart ground. "I shall decide whether to go to the grounds on Friday. If our team is fielding first, I shall reach grounds early. Otherwise....".

Not only Ricky Ponting and company but the Australian supporters too would not want Murali to break Warne's record in Australia. In order to avoid crowd abuse, Cricket Australia have taken extensive measures. "Cricket Australia has an absolute right to determine who enters venues and who does not", Peter Young, the General Manager, CA, said. "Separately, the International Cricket Council anti racism policy, which applies to all ICC members, stipulates that spectators can be banned for life if such a ban is merited.

We do not publish the detail of our security processes because to do so creates the risk of people being able to analyse the detail and to try to work out ways to circumvent those security processes. However, in the hypothetical event of having to ban a person for life - and we hope we never have to so do - we have the right to do so and we have the processes at our disposal to enforce such a ban", he further added.

Courtesy-Daily Mirror