Melbourne, Nov 27: Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan will miss the start of the Australian triangular one-day cricket series following a hernia surgery. Muralitharan underwent the operation in Melbourne yesterday and is out for at least three weeks and possibly up to six weeks. Melbourne surgeon Peter Nottle, who operated on the bowler, said most hernia patients took between three and six weeks to "get back to work or full activity". Sri Lanka's first tri-series match is against England in Brisbane on December 17.

Bureau Report