GALLE, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan has pulled out of the first test against Pakistan with a knee injury.
Muralitharan, who holds the record for the most test wickets, has injured his patella tendon. Selectors have called up off-spinner Suraj Mohamed and left-arm spinner Rangana Herath as cover for the opening test, which starts on Saturday.
Herath has been rushed back to Sri Lanka from England where he was playing club cricket while Mohamed took three wickets against Pakistan in a warm-up game this week.
