When you perform well from an ordinary country people think there is something wrong Muttiah Muralitharan

Murali, banned from bowling one of his deliveries, has accused Brett Lee, Jason Gillespie and Glenn McGrath.

Murali said: "The [Australian] people are not a problem, it is the cricket-playing people that are a problem, they are a little bit ignorant."

But Cricket Australia said: "It is unfair on individuals for their names to be used in emotional public debate."

The International Cricket Council is proposing to let bowlers straighten their arms by up to 15 degrees.

Murali, one of only two bowlers with more than 500 Test wickets, has long courted controversy for his action.

Currently, his 'doosra' - which spins sharply in the opposte way from his regular off-spinner - is outlawed.

But under the new ICC guidelines he could be equipped with his full armoury of weapons once again.

Murali believes 99% of bowlers are chucking, including McGrath, Lee and Gillespie.

"McGrath is bowling about 13 (degrees), Gillespie about 12 and Brett Lee about 14 or 15, so what about them then, the Australian players?" Murali observed in an interview with Melbourne-based Radio Sport 927.

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But Cricket Australia hit back, arguing in a statement: "In standing behind the good name of current players such as McGrath, Gillespie and Lee, we call on all observers to examine the detail of the ICC's draft findings.

"This includes the ICC's own comment that it is false to suggest its expert bowling panel's work has labelled a number of great bowlers as chuckers".