England all rounder Andrew Flintoff has advocated the need to cut down the number of Test matches being played to save the charm of the traditional format of the game.
The Australian opener expects to be peppered by a salvo of short deliveries from the England bowlers during the Ashes.
India won the toss and elected to field in the seventh and final ODI against England.
The England all rounder enhanced his case for the first Test against West Indies with a ton in the three-day game against Jamaica.
Pakistan, after conceding a 144-run lead, were 125 for 2 in the second innings on day 3 of the first Test against England.
The Australian opener said he hoped the world team would react better if they lost the Super Test.
Five England bowlers are ranked in the top-20 following superb performances in the on-going Ashes series
"We got off to a reasonable start but we didn't capitalise on it," said the SA skipper.
Both were named in the squad to face Zimbabwe, in the second Test, starting on Thursday.
Indian captain Saurav Ganguly failed to make the cut for the ICC World XI preliminary squads, for October's Johnie Walker Super Series against Australia.
Shaun Pollock took two wickets as England struggled to 114 for four before a storm ended play on the third day of the fifth Test.
England and Sri Lanka will eye a possible Champions Trophy semi-final against Australia.
The duo put on a 172-run run stand in a score of 184 for 2 at close on day 2 of the second Test against England.
Chris Cairns has taken three wickets in his final Test to leave England wavering on 225 for five in reply to the Kiwis total of 384 on day two of the third Test.
England's Monty Panesar has shot up 14 places in the latest LG ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers following his ten-wicket haul in the third Test against the West Indies at Old Trafford.
South Africa, replying to England's first innings of 445, were 84 for two wickets at the close on the second day of the third Test.
Darren Gough took four for 26 as Zimbabwe were routed for 92 after being asked to bat first.
With a busy 12 months ahead, the England captain could be given a break.
"It reminded me a little bit of Flintoff in 2005 and the impact of that over to Ponting and Langer, but in the context of this game it was huge," Root said.
England all-rounder Ben Stokes was named the 'Leading Cricketer in the World' in the 2020 edition of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, the publication said on Wednesday. The 28-year-old played a leading role in England's 50-over World Cup victory at home last year while his brilliant unbeaten knock of 135 helped the side to a thrilling one-wicket win over Australia in the third Ashes Test at Headingley.
Presenters Andrew Flintoff, Kass Naidoo, Zainab Abbas, and Jacqueline Shepherd will lead the coverage. They will be joined by cricketing stars from around the world, including Dinesh Karthik, Stuart Broad
He was the manager of the Indian team during its memorable NatWest Trophy triumph over England at Lord's way back in 2002 and Rajiv Shukla has revealed that Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman refused then skipper Sourav Ganguly's request of taking off their shirts and wave it.
Chris Gayle made a special visit to the house of Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan. Bachchan's interest in the ongoing World T20 tournament has been enormous. The Bollywood Shehenshah was present during the epic India-Pakistan match at the Eden Gardens and was pumped up when India hit the winning runs to seal the high-pressure game. Bachchan also took a dig at former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, when the latter had tried to make fun of India's champion batsman Virat Kohli
The others are Australian bowling greats Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath, South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis and West Indian batsman Brian Lara.
He became only the seventh all-rounder in the world to score 2,000 runs and take 100 wickets in a particular country.
Tendulkar and Warne planned to recruit 28 players to play 15 matches.
Rajneesh Gupta picks instances of sledging which backfired spectacularly.
'I've done absolutely no training, the longest distance that I've ever run is 8 kilometres. So, I don't even know I'm going to be able to complete it but hopefully, I can'
It was the greatest series in the history of the game but what has become of those Australian and English players a decade on?
Mitchell Starc's first ball of the match was as good as Steve Harmison's was poor, a full yorker which went behind the legs of hapless England opener Rory Burns and swung into the base of his stumps
England's 2005 Ashes-winning side were better than the team that sealed a series victory over Australia with a game to spare in Nottingham on Saturday, according to Kevin Pietersen.
The Headlingley triumph marked the start of a new and important chapter in Indian cricket, with the Indians winning consistently away from home from that point onwards.
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