Sri Lankan cricket legend Muttiah Muralitharan has announced that he is eager to continue playing T20 and county cricket for another two or three years just days after ending his Test career with a record haul.

Muralitharan retired from the traditional five-day format last month after becoming the first player to claim 800 Test victims with his last ever delivery in Test cricket. Less than three weeks later, he has turned his sights on helping Sri Lanka win their second ODI World Cup when they co-host the event with India and Bangladesh next year.

Muralitharan said his decision to retire from Test cricket had not been due to any physical problems but rather a desire to leave whilst still at the top of his game. He will be playing for the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the competition contested by the 10 teams which reached the finals of their domestic T20 tournaments.

Although Muralitharan enjoyed a fairytale ending to his Test career with his haul spurring the Sri Lankans to victory in the first Test against India, the spinner admitted that for a while he thought he would end his career stranded on 799 wickets.