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- Updated: July 28, 2016
Former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene has revealed that one of the biggest challenges he faced during his tenure as captain was to convince Muttiah Muralitharan to overcome his “defensive mindset” as a bowler. Jayawardene made the comments on the second episode of ESPNcricinfo Talking Cricket, to be aired on SONY ESPN on Friday night. According to Jayawardene, Murali, who is the highest wicket-taker in Test history with 800 scalps, tended to be “a bit stubborn” about his methods and needed cajoling from captains to employ more aggressive tactics.
“Murali was a defensive bowler, but the thing is, they couldn’t take him down because he had everything covered,” Jayawardene said. “But I was a different captain. I wanted to attack with Murali more, and Murali only attacked when he felt he was in control of the situation, then he’ll go all out on attack. But for me it was different, I wanted to use him in a different way. I wanted to create opportunities for him rather than us …
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