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Next month’s two-Test cricket series between Australia and Sri Lanka is expected to be fought for a trophy named after spin rivals Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan.

Sri Lanka Cricket said they had written to Cricket Australia suggesting that the winner of the two-Test series, opening in Brisbane on November 8, be awarded the Warne-Murali Trophy. “We have sent our proposals and have got a very good response,” SLC secretary Kangadaran Mathivanan told reporters.

Cricket Australia public affairs manager Peter Young said the trophy should be finalised by the conclusion of next month’s two-match series which will mark the 25th anniversary of Tests between the countries.

“There have been discussions between Australia and Sri Lanka for two or three years about introducing a perpetual trophy of the Border-Gavaskar type,” Young said in Melbourne on Wednesday.

Muralitharan is just nine wickets away from surpassing the retired Warne’s world record of 708 Test wickets. The Warne-Murali Trophy will become the latest series named after famous players.

Source:Cricket News

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