The Cricketers' Association says a number of players are uncomfortable heading to Pakistan.
Champions Trophy boycott threat grows
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The Australian Cricketers' Association has called on Cricket Australia (CA) to pull out of September's Champions Trophy in Pakistan.
Muralitharan leaves India reeling in first Test
Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan snared four wickets to leave India struggling at 6 for 159 when bad light ended play early on the third day of the first Test in Colombo on Friday.
Muralitharan claimed the wickets of Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Dinesh Karthik to leave the tourists with a tough fight to save the follow on in replying to Sri Lanka's 6 for 600 declared.
At stumps VVS Laxman was 19 not out and captain Anil Kumble was on 1.
Earlier, Tillakaratne Dilshan stroked 125 not out to become the fourth Sri Lankan batsman to hit a century in the innings.
Sri Lanka, resuming the day on 4 for 422, added 130 runs during an extended morning and a further 48 after lunch before making their declaration.
Indian openers Virender Sehwag (25) and Gambhir (39) started the innings positively, adding 36 in just five overs.
But Sehwag then top edged a hook off a well-directed bouncer from Nuwan Kulasekera as Sri Lanka set a leg-side trap.
After tea Sri Lanka seized the upper-hand with Gambhir, defeated by Muralitharan's flight, mistiming a drive to short cover.
In the next over Ajantha Mendis, Sri Lanka's new unorthodox finger spinner, bowled Rahul Dravid (14) with a perfectly pitched leg break that clipped his off stump.
Tendulkar, who started the series needing to score 172 runs to become the highest run-scorer in Test history, steadied the innings for a while before losing an intriguing duel with Muralitharan as he opted to leave the ball too late and chopped the ball onto this stumps having made 27.
After a 21-minute break for bad light, Muralitharan then dismissed Ganguly for 23 courtesy of a fine running catch from Kulasekera off a top-edged sweep.
Wicket-keeper Karthik finished the day badly for India being caught and bowled by Muralitharan off a wild slog sweep.
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