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Bowlers should pick 20 wickets: Gary

India coach Gary kirsten said Friday in a match your bowlers take 20 wickets and South Africa this Sunday against the Boxing Day Test match then it certainly can be.

"Finally, we need to get 20 Test wickets I think we have shown in the last three years that we all 20 wickets in test conditions is the ability to have. 'C for all of us depends on us to prove it can kirsten here, "said.

"kirsten's return to South Africa is only a rumor"

South African pace spearhead Zaheer Khan hopes that the pace of withdrawal will encourage attacks.

"Zaheer obviously back is good. We welcome all circumstances we have, and we as their bowling line up is quality," he said.

About Stadium Kingsmead, kirsten said: "These colors look like an outfield that happens in two days seems like" .. "

Kirsten said first innings score of 400 would require.

Tendulkar has hit 14 tons with his scruffy old bat

Indian cricket superstar Sachin Tendulkar scored his record 50th Test century this week using a damaged and patched-up "lucky charm" bat which has now scored 14 hundreds, a report said on Thursday.


Tendulkar's favourite piece of willow showed plenty of war wounds caused by hours of hard-hitting at the crease, with tape across its toe (bottom) and shoulder.


But its effectiveness was in no doubt as he scored an unbeaten 111 against South Africa in Centurion to notch up his 50th Test century -- sparking national jubilation and a message of congratulations from the prime minister.


Somi Kohli, the owner of Beat All Sports which makes Vampire bats, told the Indian Express that he had insisted on repairing the bat after seeing Tendulkar trying to do the job himself earlier this year.


"Sachin's knowledge about bats is phenomenal but I told him that just like doctors are specialists, a willow also needs to be looked after by bat doctors," he said.

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Butt faces seven-year ban in spot-fixing case:Sources

Pakistan's suspended Test captain Salman Butt is facing a seven-year ban while his teammates Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir could escape with two-year bans after next month's hearing of the ICC anti-corruption tribunal in Doha.


A well-placed source said Butt was likely to be banned and slapped with a heavy financial penalty.


"The way things are going for him the frequent change of lawyers and his abrasive relationship with the ICC, he does not appear to be in a position to plead his case effectively against the allegations against him," the source said.


"And apparently the ICC ACU have prepared a long list of evidences against him based on the fact that he was captain and responsible for the conduct of the team," the source said.

England need one more win to retain Ashes from Australia

England still have the upper hand going into the final two Tests of an enthralling Ashes series, needing only one more victory to retain the coveted urn against Australia.


Australia go into Sunday's fourth Melbourne Test fuelled by the momentum from their emphatic 267-run victory in Perth, which levelled the series at 1-1. But they cannot afford a slip-up in the last two matches.


"We always talk about the last two Tests in a series being where things are won and lost," England skipper Andrew Strauss said on Friday.


"The first few games set it up and the last couple bring it home. That is the challenge for us."


England looked poised for their first series triumph Down Under since 1986-87 after an innings victory in the second Adelaide Test, before Ricky Ponting's team hit back spectacularly in the third Test at the WACA.


"All of us need to bring it together in the last two games here and at Sydney," Strauss said in Melbourne.


"Most of our guys still feel in pretty good form, but you need those guys to stand up and deliver at the business end of the series."


Alastair Cook has scored 495 in five innings, Strauss and Jonathan Trott hit centuries in Brisbane, and Kevin Pietersen was unstoppable with a majestic 227 in Adelaide before they all stumbled in Perth.

Zaheer is crucial for India to bounce back, says Sourav

Indian pace spearhead Zaheer Khan will hold the key for the No. 1 Test side to bounce back in the ongoing series against South Africa, former captain Sourav Ganguly said on Friday.


"A lot will depend on the Zaheer factor to win the Durban Test. Toss will also play a crucial role in Durban. But we need to bat consistently. I strongly hope that India will bounce back," Ganguly said


Down 0-1 after the first of the three-match series, India will have to win the Durban Test beginning on Sunday to keep the series alive for the final on in Cape Town from January 2.


Ganguly, who is the chairman of the Bengal Cricket Development Committee, spoke after their mid-season review that met after their Ranji side failed to make the quarters while the U-19 side faced relegation.

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