Muralitharan joins Australia coaching staff
Australia have made a dramatic move in their attempts to improve their spin credentials in Asian conditions, hiring Muttiah Muralitharan as a coaching consultant for this year's Test series against Pakistan in the UAE.
Test cricket's leading wicket taker of all time, Muralitharan is currently working with Australia's incumbent spinner Nathan Lyon in Sri Lanka and that will continue for the September-October tour of the UAE. The move continues head coach Darren Lehmann's plan to have specialists assist the team in mentoring capacities.
"Muttiah Muralitharan is a true great of the game and his involvement with the Australian team will bring enormous benefits," Lehmann said. "He really understands the conditions we'll face and will be able to impart a great amount of knowledge. Not only will he help guide our spinners during that tour, but he will also work with our batsmen to help them prepare to play Pakistan's dangerous spin bowlers.
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Australia have made a dramatic move in their attempts to improve their spin credentials in Asian conditions, hiring Muttiah Muralitharan as a coaching consultant for this year's Test series against Pakistan in the UAE.
Test cricket's leading wicket taker of all time, Muralitharan is currently working with Australia's incumbent spinner Nathan Lyon in Sri Lanka and that will continue for the September-October tour of the UAE. The move continues head coach Darren Lehmann's plan to have specialists assist the team in mentoring capacities.
"Muttiah Muralitharan is a true great of the game and his involvement with the Australian team will bring enormous benefits," Lehmann said. "He really understands the conditions we'll face and will be able to impart a great amount of knowledge. Not only will he help guide our spinners during that tour, but he will also work with our batsmen to help them prepare to play Pakistan's dangerous spin bowlers.
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How on earth they changed their mindset? 
Finally they have decided to take the services of the same bowler who they called a "
