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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 10627409" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://www.dawn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/muralitharan-ret-afp543.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Sri Lanka’s legendary off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan has  warned Australia of pulling out of a tour to his country after a poll  conducted by The Age cited almost 3000 respondents as opposing the  visit.“Sport and politics are different. If Australia  is not going to play any more in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Zimbabwe … If they  only play in some countries, world cricket will die and IPL ( Indian  Premier League) will take over,” The Age quoted Muralitharan, as saying.Murali’s  warning comes in the wake of a poll involving 3527 people in which 2856  (81 percent) said that the tour should not be undertaken after a  documentary, alleging Sri Lankan war crimes, was screened in Australia .While  there is no official word from Cricket Australia (CA) or the Australian  government, it has been reported that some members of the team have  expressed reservations about the visit.Muralitharan said that  while players were entitled to make individual decisions, withdrawing  from the tour would have dire consequences for world cricket. </blockquote>

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