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Motto look forward

Mohammad Isam
I Muttiah Muralidaran doesn't dwell on the past. He takes bagful of wickets, terrorises batsmen, takes the accolades, breaks record after record and moves on and looks forward to the next day.
The magician from Kandy uses this very principle in his personal life too. When asked of his memory of the devastating tsunami of 2004 that took more than 30,000 lives, Muralidaran said that sitting back and thinking about the day doesn't help. His motto is to look forward. On that fateful day, Muralidaran left Galle just twenty minutes before the first waves hit his country. He was in the coastal town distributing bats to the kids. ,
He also did not want to think back too much on Arjuna Ranatunga's axing as Sri Lanka Cricket president. He thinks that one's past (as a player) cannot ensure a positive future (as an administrator).
A closer look into the great man's mind would be his praise for the new spin sensation Ajantha Mendis. Age is taking him over and while taking a thousand Test wickets could be realistic, he wants Mendis to take the wickets from now on.
Clearly, here is a man who thinks of the
future with a positive frame of mind.
SHAKIB PROVES RAFIQUE WRONG! Mohammad Rafique predicted that Mosharraf Hossain would be his true successor as the leading left-arm spinner in the country.
But both the left-arm spinners are playing together in the banned Indian Cricket League for Dhaka Warriors after Mosharraf decided that he would take the easy option.
It could have been Abdur Razzak to take Rafique's spot in the Test team but nobody expected all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan to become the main spinner in the space of three months. In eleven Tests now, Shakib has four five-fors and skittled out three top batting lineups and has the second best strike-rate for any Bangladeshi bowler.
Rafique took three five-wicket hauls in his first eleven appearances and his were under different circumstances, personally. For Shakib. he calls it a bonus but it definitely has helped himself become the chief contributor.
THE MAN FOR BAD WEATHER
Thilan Samaraweera is your everyday hero. He doesn't look too flash but the man will score you the runs when all else fails. On the first day Sri Lanka looked to be in deep trouble at 172 for six but with Samaraweera around, nobody really should have been worried.
Yesterday's 90-run knock brought back memories of his 138 made against Bangladesh at Colombo's P Sara Stadium in 2005, made at a time when Srl Lanka were really struggling at 48 for four. He added 280 for the fifth wicket with Tillakaratne Dilshan. The Tigers lost that match by an innings and 69 runs.
While he had no Dilshan to partner him on this occasion, the ever-reliable Chaminda Vaas helped him rescue a dire situation by adding 99 for the seventh wicket and that gave the Lankan bowlers something to bowl at.