Australia's 14-year domination of international cricket is officially over after they failed in their attempt at a smooth succession plan.
Shane Warne, Adam Gilchrist and Glenn McGrath made it to Cricinfo's all-time Australian XI but Ricky Ponting was deemed good enough only for the 12th man's slot.
Contradicting his former captain Ian Chappell's statement, Australian pace bowling great Dennis Lillee said there is no reason why India cannot sustain their numero uno Test status.
Australian Brett Lee, one of the fastest bowlers of the modern era, announced his retirement from Test cricket on Wednesday with the aim of extending his international career in shorter forms of the game.
Coming out in support of Andrew Symonds, former Australian cricketer Dean Jones has criticised the exclusion of the troubled all-rounder from the national squad.
Senior Advisor of Delhi Daredevils team, Dennis Lillee thinks the presence of a few all-rounders will stand the side in good stead in the Indian Premier League.
The Australian all-rounder will start a 12-day camp under Dennis Lillee this week in a bid to combat injury.
Australian fast bowling great Dennis Lillee on Wednesday joined Delhi Daredevils, the Delhi Indian Premier League team owned by GMR Sports. "It feels great to be a part of GMR Sports and Delhi Daredevils. I've known many of the young players in the Delhi Daredevils squad and am naturally delighted to be part of this team," he said.
Along with elder brother Yusuf Pathan, Irfan will try to make an impression during the Twenty20 tournament.
Australia, the West Indies and England will play six-a-side matches in Australia in Jan-Feb 2007.
The duo interacted with India's top pace bowlers at a pre-season camp on Saturday.
Four upcoming Pakistani bowlers have started their training under Dennis Lillee at the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai.
The 22-year-old left-hander was hailed as a future successor to retired all-rounder Kapil Dev after his impressive debut as a teenager until his bowling form deserted him last year.
Three Test and an under-19 bowler will train under Dennis Lillee between June 25 and July 6.
This unknown lad from a nondescript Gujarat village Ikhar in Bharuch has been sending down 140-150 kmph zingers on a regular basis.
The England fast bowler is taking tips from Dennis Lillee on his comeback from ankle surgery for the upcoming tour of India.
Mitchell Johnson's Ashes rampage has got the highest praise from former Australian cricketer Jeff Thomson who was reminded of the hurricane force that he and Dennis Lillee were in the 1974-75 series against England, according to reports.
After an exceptional year, Shane Warne is being urged to extend his Test career until the 2009 Ashes tour
ICC Chief Executive Speed also said the ICC is not taking all the money generated from tours.
The West Indies fast bowler will train at the MRF Pace Foundation for ten days.
Former Australia speedster Dennis Lillee said some 'Sikh boys and a few others are really good and look to be long-term future prospects'.
The Pakistan captain said the PCB should utilize the services of Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis.
The Pakistan Cricket Board has said that it wants the young pacers to gain from Dennis Lillee's expertise at MRF
Hank Hall of West Indies is the first player from the land of fast bowling to train at the Chennai-based academy.
The Australian bowling legend was unhappy with a new proposal from the Centre of Excellence.
The Aussie fast bowling legend says Viswanath was the best Indian batsman against Australia.
The 36-year-old Australia leg spinner already holds the world record for the most Test wickets in a career and now owns the mark for the most in a calendar year.
After restricting the Proteas to 296 in their first innings, Australia were 38 for 1 in their second essay.
The Australian leg-spinner broke Dennis Lillee's world record for the most wickets in a calendar year on the second day of the first Test.
Tendulkar, Lara, Waugh, Lillee were declared joint winners in the MRF Karting event.
On the verge of breaking the world record, Shane warne reckons Dennis Lillee is still the best Aussie bowler ever.
"Win, lose or draw, it will be a lesson for them, a step forward for them," said the Australian wicketkeeper.
"Involving struggling countries in quality events such as the World Cup and Tests simply makes a mockery of records," said the legendary Australian fast bowler.
Dennis Lillee hit back yesterday after being described as a "huff and puff" merchant.
The trio of Pathan, Balaji and Zaheer will be at the MRF Pace Foundation for a month, from May 28.
The Australian pace bowling ace said one needs to have 'inherent qualities' and 'muscular efficiency' to bowl fast.
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