He hopes it will help the spin bowler regain his fitness following a long injury lay-off.
Australia's only fit specialist spin bowler is the 25-year-old off-spinner Jason Krejza, a virtual unknown.
He's an experienced spin bowler and so he'll be important to us in that regard.
The inaugural title was won, however, by Rajasthan Royals, captained by former Australia spin bowler Shane Warne.
Muralitharan, an off-spin bowler with a unique action, has a world record 792 wickets from 132 Test appearances.
And spin bowler Ashley Giles and Yorkshire captain Darren Gough both backed Richards's call for England to look to one-day specialists.
The second of the all-time greats is Shane Warne, the Australian leg-spin bowler.
The star of the show was spin bowler Laura Marsh, who took 5-15 as Pakistan were bowled out for only 78.
In two changes from the squad selected for Tests in Bangladesh, two non-white players, fast bowler Charl Langeveldt and spin bowler Robin Peterson, are in.
Former West Indies captain Richards cited Warwickshire captain Darren Maddy and Surrey spin bowler Nayan Doshi as two players who had proven expertise in Twenty20 cricket.
Yuvraj, who was captain of the Board side, believes the tourists' lack of an experienced spin bowler could be crucial during the four-Test series.
Newton top scored with 60 and spin bowler Birch claimed 4-22 as they came out on top by 99 runs in the second match in Colombo.
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South Africa named the same XI which played in the final Test against Pakistan, with left-arm spin bowler Paul Harris keeping out veteran all-rounder Shaun Pollock.
Star spin bowler Muttiah Muralitharan, meanwhile, came within minutes of being caught up in the huge tidal waves which swept across the Sri Lankan coastline at Galle.
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The right-hander, who is an occasional spin bowler, will be hoping to win back his place in the team in time for November and December's tour of India.
But that is only part of the spin bowler's art - and Muralitharan is also a master of the subtleties of flight, disguise, change of pace, line and length.
Former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott described it as "a sad day for cricket" and former India spin bowler Bishen Bedi said the ICC had "created a monster" by legitimising his action.
First-choice spin bowler Paul Harris suffered a broken thumb in the first Test against Bangladesh at Bloemfontein, which finished on Saturday with South Africa winning by an innings and 129 runs.
He gives every delivery a serious tweak, but has a superb arm ball, perfectly illustrated by the sliders that dismissed Ricky Ponting and Xavier Doherty - he is a brilliant spin bowler.
Her lawyers had told Mr Justice Stephen Silber that the Kara was as important to her as it was to England spin bowler Monty Panesar, who has been pictured wearing the bangle.
But the Indian saga has provided the backdrop to his life in recent weeks, as both he and spin bowler Nicky Boje were asked to submit written answers to questions supplied by Delhi police.
However, only seven runs short of this benchmark he mistimed a drive to a dipping delivery from Muralitharan and provided a catching chance to the spin bowler, who juggled the ball before claiming it.
It was speculated in some quarters the ICC would increase a spin bowler's level of tolerance - the extent to which he can straighten his arm - from five degrees to the paceman's amount of 10.
After an impressive bowling display, when Swann became only the fifth England spin bowler to take five wickets in a one-day innings, the hosts almost contrived to throw away a match which was there for the taking.
May has been a month of goodbyes in Australia - Claude Choules, the last living link to combat in World War I and the oldest Australian, the actor Bill Hunter, the Aboriginal world boxing champion Lionel Rose, the spin bowler and coach Terry Jenner.
Spin-bowler Vettori, 28, had already been named as skipper of the one-day and Twenty20 sides but will now take charge of the Test team when the Black Caps begin their tour of South Africa in October.
Maharoof recorded his maiden Test half-century, and smashed the part-time spin of Ashraful for six, before playing on to pace bowler Shahadat Hossain.
Seam bowler Amita Sharma took 3-24, but spin bowlers Nooshin Al Khadeer (3-39) and Neetu David (2-28) also played leading roles in snuffing out New Zealand's hopes.
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Michael Clarke's five overs of spin were safely negotiated - Australia's lack of a high-class slow bowler would become rudely exposed by the end of the day - and it was a surprise when the third wicket fell.
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