Top teams need to find young players to replace their retiring big names, says ICC chief Malcolm Speed.
The master batsman, who had surgery on his finger recently, said he's looking forward to the series against New Zealand.
The Indian captain will be aiming to restore his dented reputation after being drafted in as a late replacement for Ramnaresh Sarwan in Tuesday's match.
The visitors recalled in-form Shivnarine Chanderpaul to bolster the batting in their bid to square a series they trail 2-1.
The West Indies, set 269 for victory, cruised to 270 for seven in 43.4 overs to post their first win in the series.
All-rounder Joginder Sharma comes in place of S Sreesanth, while Ramesh Powar replaces Suresh Raina.
West Indies captain Brian Lara won the toss and elected to field in the first ODI against India in Nagpur.
The visitors are scheduled to play four one-dayers against India, starting January 21.
The India batting ace will play in a Twenty20 match at The Oval in June for victims of the Asian tsunami.
Shahid Afridi struck a 45-ball century, equalling the second fastest of all time, in the fifth one-day international against India on Friday.
Sarwan injured his finger while practising with the Guyana squad last month and failed to recover in time.
Pakistan are well on course for victory in the third and final Test against West Indies on Friday after reducing the tourists to 144 for four wickets at lunch.
Set an improbable 444 to win the third Test against Pakistan, the West Indies were 39 for 2 in their second innings at close on day 4.
He suggested that Tendulkar should show the same aggression as Lara.
Captain Graeme Smith says his team will be giving 100 per cent at all times on the upcoming tour.
Pakistan made 39 for one after pacer Umar Gul took five for 65 to help skittle out West Indies for 206 on day one of the first Test.
Dwayne Bravo scored a quickfire 108 in the drawn two-day tour match against a PCB Patrons XI.
The West Indies will seek a rare title triumph when they cross swords with Australia in the final of the cricket tri-series in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, fully aware that the brittle batting line-up needs to put up a far more inspired show.
India need to win their remaining two league matches to qualify for the final of the DLF Cup tri-series.
He was place behind Don Bradman and Viv Richards in the Test and ODI format.
New West Indies coach Bennett King believes his side have shown good application in their preparations for the one-day tour of Australia in January but still wants the players to give more.
This is how Steve Waugh described his former teammate after he claimed the world record for highest Test wickets.
India made two changes in the line-up, Harbhajan Singh and S Sreesanth coming in place of VRV Singh and Irfan Pathan.
Responding to Chappell's request, Roberts was at the nets watching Irfan bowl.
He refused to be drawn into the incident in which Lara snatched the ball from an umpire.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul has recovered from a hamstring injurt and is fit for the first Test against India
West Indies captain Brian Lara won the toss and elected to field in the fourth One-Day International against India.
West Indies named an unchanged 14-man squad for the third ODI against India
The Indian captain is keen to play for another four to five years and help India scale new heights.
The 31-year-old left-hander, who succeeded Brian Lara as skipper, led the side to just one win in 14 Tests and two victories in 16 ODIs.
Mervyn Dillon, a veteran of 98 ODIs, also returns to the squad.\n\n
The 36-year-old who had originally planned to quit Tests last year, said his retirement was overdue.
Sachin Tendulkar's 50th fifty in Test cricket is his tenth against Australia. He became the second Indian and the fourth in Tests to post 50 half-centuries or more. Allan Border tops the chart with 63 such knocks, followed by Rahul Dravid (53), Steve Waugh (50) and Tendulkar (50).
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