The 48-year-old, who has taken 373 Test and 416 ODI wickets in his career, said fast bowlers need to focus on four-day cricket to succeed in Tests and the upcoming domestic season will be important for the development of pacers in his country.
Ahmedabad Rockets registered an impressive victory over Chandigarh Lions on Sunday in the Indian Cricket League (ICL) 20-20 Championship at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad.
One of the highlights of the series so far has been Ravichandran Ashwin's duels with Steve Smith and Tendulkar explained why the senior off-spinner enjoyed an upper hand.
Ricky Ponting has scoffed at suggestions Australia were in danger of losing their number one ranking.
The second Test against India starts in Adelaide on Friday.
Championship side Derby County hit back from two goals down to beat Premier League Southampton on penalties in an FA Cup third-round replay marred by another VAR controversy on Wednesday.
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Ricky Ponting said that his team did not intend to offend Sharad Pawar but was ready to clear any misunderstanding.
Adam Gilchrist says Shane Warne does not deserve an automatic recall to the one-day side and must prove himself at state level before being considered for selection.
The Australian team is looking to add the Twenty-20 World Cup to their bulging trophy cabinet.
Matthew Hayden says his relative one-day famine is a result of the high-octane, high-risk tactics of the Australian side.
Matthew Hoggard took four wickets to reduce Australia to 312 for five on Day 3 of the Ashes Test.
G Vignesh slammed a scintillating half century and claimed two wickets as India XI lifted the ICL 20s World Series title beating World XI by 10 runs on Tuesday night. The Indian side posted 148 for eight wickets in their 20 overs and then restricted their rivals to 138 for five to chalk out a 10-run win.
Australia named an unchanged squad on Monday for the second and final Test against New Zealand in Adelaide which starts on Friday.
Australia won the toss and elected to bat against the West Indies in the fourth ODI of the DLF Cup tri-series.
Eight days left and Shane Warne is fit, hungry and ready to restart his Test and perhaps his one-day international career.
South African captain Graeme Smith and top model Minki van der Westhuizen became the talk of the country when they admitted to an instant and mutual attraction.
Voges, a 27-year-old who plays for Western Australia, comes in for Damien Martyn.
Australia beat England by six wickets with 19 balls to spare on an extraordinary final day to win the second Test and take a 2-0 lead in the Ashes series.
Australia's cricketers have scoffed at suggestions their ageing team is too old to win back the Ashes from England.
The victory virtually guaranteed Australia a place in the series finals. They have 18 points, while Sri Lanka have nine and South Africa have eight.\n\n
Australia outplayed Sri Lanka to record a 116-run victory in the opening match of their triangular ODI series
Australia put up a convincing performance against Northamptonshire in the tour game to sound a warning to their Ashes opponent
The right-hander said the pitch was much as the same as Thursday, when 17 wickets fell in a frenetic day.
Sri Lanka scored an upset 22-run win over Australia in the first one-day final at Adelaide Oval on Friday.
English county Surrey are awaiting BCCI approval before announcing the off-spinner as their overseas signing for 2005.
Jason Gillespie attributes his match-saving innings in Chennai to the extended batting session in the nets on day three.
Brad Hodge was named 12th man while Michael Clarke moved up the batting order to four for the ICC Super Test.
A summary of the five Tests between England and Australia this summer.
Sri Lanka were set 352 to win the first Test after Australia, 161 runs behind after the first innings, amassed 512 for 8 on day 4.
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