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Gough to be missed too

Murali unlikely for second Test

AFP, Chester-Le-Street
Sri Lanka coach Dav Whatmore said Darren Gough would be missed just as much by England as Muttiah Muralitharan would be by the tourists.
Sri Lanka will definitely be without off-spinner Muralitharan, who is nursing a shoulder injury, while paceman Gough looks increasingly unlikely to be present at Lord's for the first Test which starts on May 16 as he battles to overcome a knee problem.
"It appears he (Gough) is struggling for the first Test and I'm sure England would miss him as we will miss Murali," Whatmore said.
"I think he's important for the England team and he seems to spark them up. His value to the side cannot be underestimated," the Sri Lanka coach added after watching his bowlers struggle as Durham made 219 for four on a rain-interrupted first day.
With Muralitharan out of action, the responsibility for leading the attack falls on the shoulders of leftarm fast bowler Chaminda Vaas.
He is likely to take the new ball with fellow lefty Nuwan Zoysa and they could be joined by Ruchira Perera for that rarest of sights in Test cricket -- an all southpaw pace attack.
"It would be unusual but sometimes it happens like that. No one says anything about South Africa having all right-armers. If they are the best three (Vaas, Zoysa, Perera)
they will play," Whatmore added.
But Sri Lanka captain Sanath Jayasuriya admitted that Vaas would be the cornerstone of the attack.
"We miss Murali badly but we've got Chaminda who is coming close to 200 Test wickets and he has a lot
Muralitharan, 30, is recovering in Australia after tearing ligaments in his left shoulder during the Sharjah Cup final against Pakistan in April, cricket officials said.
"He is very determined, but it's unlikely he will play in the second
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of experience in Test match cricket. How much he bowls depends on whether we go with three fast bowlers or four fast bowlers," Jayasuriya said.
Sri Lanka have one more game, against Middlesex at Shenley, ahead of the first of their three Tests.
Few of the fringe bowlers advanced their case for selection on Tuesday where England one-day international all-rounder Paul Collingwood made an unbeaten 103.
Meanwhile, reports from Colombo say, Muralitharan is also likely to miss the second Test that begins on May 30.
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Test," the Sri Lankan cricket board's interim secretary Kushil Gunasekera told Reuters on Tuesday.
Board chairman Hemaka Amarasuriya told reporters the bowler's shoulder was in a brace supported by pulleys.
A doctor will see Muralitharan next Monday to decide if the shoulder has healed enough to remove the brace and the team should know next week whether he would be able to play in the third Test starting on June 13.
Muralitharan became the youngest bowler to take 400 Test wickets last year.