If I set off 20 minutes earlier, would have been caught in the waves: Muttiah Muralitharan recalls 2004 Tsunami that wreaked havoc in Sri Lanka
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The former Sri Lanka cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan has recounted the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004 that wreaked havoc in the country. He sid, we luckily turned back and raced back to Colombo. When we switched on the TV, we see the effect of what has happened. If I set off 20 minutes earlier, I would also have been caught in the waves.’ saw the WHO count saying 30,000 people were dead but it looked like 100,000 people would have died.