Australia beat England by seven wickets to level the series 1-1.
The Australian pace bowling ace said one needs to have 'inherent qualities' and 'muscular efficiency' to bowl fast.
All-rounder Shane Watson swore he saw ghosts at the Lumley Castle hotel in Chester-le-Street, where Australians are staying.
A selection of musings from around the cricket World Cup
The Australian fast bowler said the India-Australia Test series could be termed the unofficial world championship and is now more important than the Ashes.
It was only the third time in his career that world number one Woods had missed the cut.
Cricket should be seen as a game only and not be mixed with politics, former Indian Test cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar said.
Australian speedster Brett Lee will be the brand ambassador of Timex' Billenium watches, and will make select appearances in India in coming months.
Kiwi star Brendon McCullum must have given nightmare to many bowlers around the world during his international playing days. The former New Zealand captain, who recently retired from international cricket, named the four toughest bowlers he found difficult to face against during his 14-year dream career. "Murali (Sri Lanka champion Muthiah Muralitharan) was always, for me, incredibly difficult to face, mainly because you had no idea which way it was spinning," McCullum told Star Sports. "Brad Hogg, as well, because of his uncanny bowling action and his ability to turn it both ways. "I think Brett Lee when he was in his pomp. He was fast, wasn't he? "And probably Mitchell Starc too of more recent times."
Chad Campbell fired a sizzling eight-under-par 64 to grab a two-stroke lead over fellow American Brett Wetterich after the first round of the $5.5 million Honda Classic.
The Australian fast bowler is poised to return to Test cricket after terrorising New Zealand in the recent one-day series.
Australia's coach says the Indian skipper's mental games have propped the confidence of his players.
Ishan Porel is fully aware that there is no shortcut to success and says he will have to perform in domestic cricket to make the boys-to-men transition.
They will replace fast bowler Jason Gillespie and all-rounder Ian Harvey, who are rested.
Brett Lee and Jason Gillespie replace the duo in Australia's squad for the tri-series involving India and Zimbabwe.
Andrew Symonds led the way with the bat and Glenn McGrath and Brett Lee claimed three wickets each in an 18-run victory.
Brett Lee captured four wickets and smashed 38 runs in a fine allround performance to steer Australia to a 73-run win over West Indies.
Lee and Hogg took five wickets for 10 runs in 5.1 overs to bowl South Africa out for 186 in 47 overs and give Australia a 59-run victory.
Fast bowler Brett Lee struck twice in three balls to help Australia A to a 51-run win over West Indies in a one-day tour match in Hobart on Sunday.
'I mean, a charge made -- was said to have occurred 36 years ago, and nothing happened since then. And look, I feel badly for all parties'
West Indies captain Brian Lara stroked an unbeaten 116 to lead his side to a four-wicket win over Australia A.
Glenn McGrath, Adam Gilchrist and Brett Lee have been left out of a 12-man Australian squad to play South Africa in a one-off Twenty20 international next week.
Left-handed batsman Jimmy Maher, who also keeps wicket, is likely to play his first game of the tournament on Sunday.
Pakistan were bowled out for 262 against Western Australia on Thursday in a worrying sign for the tourists ahead of next week's first Test against Australia.
India face a tough task to avenge their World Cup final defeat by Australia in the tri-series starting on Thursday.
Australia's LOI captain was unbeaten on 137 with Test captain Steve Waugh on 43 when rain forced an early end to the second day of the second Test against Zimbabwe.
The match is being held in Perth. This is Zimbabwe's first Test in Australia.
The world number one moved into a two-shot lead after the second round of the $5.6 million Wachovia Championship on Friday.
'You have to be courageous to score runs in Perth,' Steve Waugh said.
The Australian fast bowler complained of soreness in his left ankle and is doubtful for the first Test against Sri Lanka.
Kohli, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Mohammad Shami, Yuzvendra Chahal, Dinesh Karthik, Kedar Jadhav played all their 14 league games.
The $140,000 event will be staged in Hyderabad from February 16.
The Best versus The Rest super series will witness the top Test team play the rest of the world's finest players in September 2005. Select your Test and ODI teams.
