<p>After conflicting statements this week from officials in Colombo, who said he was coming home with a tournament-ending groin injury, and the team in the Caribbean, Murali played in Sri Lanka’s 57-run Super Eights win over hosts the West Indies here at the Kensington Oval on Friday.<br /><br />He bowled his full quota of four overs but did not take a wicket in a return of none for 26 and after the match Bayliss said of Murali: “He’s getting treatment, he’s pulled up a bit sore.<br />“We will just have to wait and see how it comes up tomorrow (Saturday) morning, that will be the real test. At the moment it doesn’t look great.”<br /><br />The Australian added: “You take the word of the player. Murali thought that he was right, that he was ready to go and so when a player of that calibre like Murali says he is right to go, he knows what his body feels like.” Muralitharan suffered the injury during Sri Lanka’s tournament-opening loss to New Zealand in Guyana and missed the subsequent victory over Zimbabwe, where his place was taken by fellow off-break bowler Suraj Randiv.</p>
<p>After conflicting statements this week from officials in Colombo, who said he was coming home with a tournament-ending groin injury, and the team in the Caribbean, Murali played in Sri Lanka’s 57-run Super Eights win over hosts the West Indies here at the Kensington Oval on Friday.<br /><br />He bowled his full quota of four overs but did not take a wicket in a return of none for 26 and after the match Bayliss said of Murali: “He’s getting treatment, he’s pulled up a bit sore.<br />“We will just have to wait and see how it comes up tomorrow (Saturday) morning, that will be the real test. At the moment it doesn’t look great.”<br /><br />The Australian added: “You take the word of the player. Murali thought that he was right, that he was ready to go and so when a player of that calibre like Murali says he is right to go, he knows what his body feels like.” Muralitharan suffered the injury during Sri Lanka’s tournament-opening loss to New Zealand in Guyana and missed the subsequent victory over Zimbabwe, where his place was taken by fellow off-break bowler Suraj Randiv.</p>