India spinner R Ashwin says England defeat not haunting team and squad is in a positive mindset after clinical performance against Aussies in Chennai.
Joshi, who took 110 wickets for India in 15 Tests and 69 One-Day Internationals from 1996-2001, had already began working with the bowlers ahead of the first Test starting in Dhaka on Sunday, the Bangladesh Cricket Board told local media.
Test opener Phillip Hughes was among seven new players awarded contracts with Cricket Australia for the 2009-10 season.
After the Ashes debacle exposed their bare spin cupboard, Cricket Australia is likely to make it mandatory for the state teams to include tweakers in a new national under-23 tournament scheduled later this summer.
The second Test against India starts in Adelaide on Friday.
West Indies took their first innings total to 255 for four in reply to Australia's 479 for seven declared at the end of the third day.
Fast bowler Shaun Tait and all-rounder Brad Hogg have been recalled to the Australia side for the first Test against India.
Australia coach Tim Nielsen has said that Australia will not hesitate to unleash four fast bowlers against India in the Boxing Day Test at the MCG.
Australia's Phil Jaques will replace the retired Justin Langer in the first Test against Sri Lanka.
Rodger Waugh was disappointed he was not invited to a party to celebrate his son Steve's final Test match for Australia.
Greg Chappell was happy for Ganguly, who showed the Australians that there is a degree of steel in his system.
Glenn McGrath captured four wickets and Brett Lee and Stuart MacGill grabbed three each as Australia took early command of the second Test.
'India's strength is batting and it is under attack right now. It is time to stand up and be counted.'
Cricket should be seen as a game only and not be mixed with politics, former Indian Test cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar said.
Pace bowler Nathan Bracken has been named ahead of legspinner Stuart MacGill for Australia in the first Test.
Ricky Ponting said the key to playing two spinners in the future is the addition of promising all-rounder Shane Watson.
Sydney-born Chris Rogers hit a double century for Leicestershire to deny Australia a win before the Ashes series.
Team sources said a request to hire the former Aussie left-arm fast bowler as bowling coach for the Australia tour has been made to the BCCI.
Australia's fast medium bowler returns to the Test and ODI team after sitting out a year because of an ankle injury.
The tourists were 11-0 off 6.1 overs when rain stopped play.
It was not long ago that Australia wicketkeeper Tim Paine was considering giving up the game entirely. Now he is set to captain the team as they look to pick up the pieces following the ball-tampering scandal.
Batsmen have dominated Australia's series against New Zealand, but the pink ball and a green-tinged wicket should swing the balance of power back to the bowlers when Adelaide hosts Test cricket's inaugural day-night match.
When he had Jonny Bairstow (5) caught behind on the second day of the third Test at Edgbaston, the 33-year-old reached the milestone, in what is his 69th Test.
Penpix of England players in England's Ashes squad.
Ravichandran Ashwin has become the fastest Indian bowler to take bag hundred Test wickets during the second match against West Indies at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Virat's 248 runs in the second Test, the highest by an Indian captain against England. Ashwin, only the second Indian bowler to take 50 wickets in consecutive years. Rajneesh Gupta looks at the numbers from the Vizag Test.
Rajneesh Gupta presents the numbers from the Indore Test.
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