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‘Aus, Eng behind it’

AFP/REUTERS, Colombo
Pressure from Australia and England fuelled the ban on his controversial 'doosra' delivery, Sri Lanka's star spinner Muttiah Muralitharan said on his return home Thursday.
Arriving to a hero's welcome after the Zimbabwe tour during which he set a new world record for Test wickets, Muralitharan told reporters he could live without the "doosra."
"Even if they insist, I don't mind, I can bowl several others," Murali-tharan said. "This ban is because of
pressure from Australia and England. There is no problem in Asia. No one in Asia has complained about it."
The off-spinner said he was moved by the support he received within the country as well as from neighbouring Test playing nations following the International Cricket Council's (ICC) move to outlaw the 'doosra'.
Affectionately known as Murali, the 32-year-old drove in an open truck from the Bandaranaike International Airport to the capital Colombo where several receptions awaited him. He was garlanded as he stepped into the airport's VIP lounge and mobbed by the media.
Muralitharan's arrival in Sri Lanka was broadcast live on
national television and a host of politicians, sports administrators, family members and close friends flocked to pay tribute to the bowler.
"I'm very happy to have achieved this record for the country, " Muralitharan said. "It's a huge honour and I am very grateful for all the support I have received. Everyone has done so much for me."
Prime Minister Mahinda Raja-pakse was also hosting a reception to which several lawyers had been invited to mount a legal challenge to the ICC ban on the controversial delivery. The player is due to meet Rajapakse on Thursday night for dinner.
Muralitharan got past retired
West Indian paceman Courtney Walsh's previous world mark of 519 during the first Test of the Zimbabwe tour at Harare and reached 527 by the second and final Test at Bulawayo.
Muralitharan, whose unorthodox action has seen him no-balled for 'throwing' in the past, has come under fresh scrutiny because of the 'doosra' and has been told that if he persists with it he could face a yearlong ban.
Match referee Chris Broad had reported Murali to the ICC after the spinner used the 'doosra' during Sri Lanka's home Test series against Australia in March.
Muralitharan was then sent to Australia to work on his bowling action with a biomechanical expert.
In London, the ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed said the report forwarded to him by Sri Lanka Cricket, but compiled by the University of Western Australia,
meant the 'doosra' could no longer be tolerated.
Sri Lanka, who in Zimbabwe won the two-Test series 2-0 and the one-day series 5-0, start a two-Test tour of Australia in June.
But Muralitharan, unhappy about Australian Prime Minister John Howard's comments over his bowling action, has said he may boycott the tour.
His advisors have confirmed that he will be releasing a full statement outlining his plans for the future shortly.
Sri Lanka's Sports Minister Jeewan Kumaratunga announced that the government would soon be launching a postage stamp to commemorate his achievements.
The public celebrations will continue on Saturday when he will be paraded through the streets of Kandy, the hill-country hometown where his family runs a confectionery business.