Australian cricket legend Shane Warne last night declared he’s not worried about prolific Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan breaking his world record this summer.

Murali needs nine wickets to surpass Warne's record of 708 Test scalps.

"Murali can get a thousand if he wants, it doesn't worry me,'' Warne said.

"I think I have always played the way I wanted to. People will have an opinion on the way I have played the game and I hope they have enjoyed it.

"It will be a bit of a sad day, but at the end of it all I am very proud of what I have achieved and if someone breaks your record, then well done.''

Muralitharan will arrive in Australia on Tuesday for a two-Test series, the first starting in Brisbane on November 8 and the second in Hobart, starting on November 16. Warne has no doubt Muralitharan will reclaim the record the Sri Lankan held briefly in 2004.

"Good luck to Murali, but hopefully the Aussie boys can make it a bit of hard work for him,'' Warne said.

"At the end of the day, he probably will get to 1000, so good luck to him. I said that he would probably get to 1000 wickets 10 years ago and I am sure he will.

"I don't play for records and all that sort of stuff. I am pretty confident that I have left my mark on the game and the way that I played the game. I think I played in the right spirit throughout my career. I would like to think I have entertained.''

Warne called for calm ahead of Sri Lanka’s arrival in Australia amid fears Muralitharan may be subjected to racial taunts. Those concerns are heightened by the fact that when Muralitharan toured here in 2002-03, the off-spinner had bananas thrown at him by some members of the crowd at the Gabba. "If there has been any racism, well there is no place for that in any sport," he said.