Sri lankan spin Wizard Muthiah Muralitharan has said
he won't be associated with the game in any other form after leaving it as a
player.
"I am not thinking about it (staying on) because I have played this game
since I was six or seven so when I retire I will retire properly," Muralitharan
said. 
"There's more than cricket you can do, there are so many things in life.
If you get bored you can play a club match on Sunday or something to keep my
mind occupied on cricket," he was quoted as saying by the 'Bigstarcricket'.
The 35-year-old world's highest wicket-taker said he was not yet decided about
retirement plans but would play till things work smoothly for him.
"It's difficult to say. I'm just turned 35, I can go to
37 and then I may think I'll push it for one more year. I'm not thinking far
ahead, just about one or two years then if everything goes right I'll just keep
on playing. If everything goes wrong I'll say 'Thank you very much'," Muralitharan
said.
He also said the next World Cup in Asia was a distant
dream for him.
"It depends on how the team does. It's a long time. This is 2007 and 2011
is too far away... I will play for another two or three years and see how things
go," he said.
Murali said Australia did not have a quality spinner
after the retirement of Shane Warne and were beatable.
"Australia are beatable now. They don't have a quality
spinner," he said.
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