Paceman Glenn McGrath returns to action for Australia on Tuesday raring to go after eight months away from the game. The 37-year-old has been caring for his ill wife since January but faces West Indies in the Kuala Lumpur tri-series.

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India have moved to third place in the ICC ODI team rankings, thanks to Pakistan`s drawn series against England. England won the last two matches to hold Pakistan 2-2 and that cost the visitors a series victory as well as their third place in the ranking ladder.

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Ramnaresh Sarwan, the West Indies vice-captain, feels the Caribbean cricketers are beginning to gel as a team, and it is beginning to show in the results column, especially in one-day internationals.

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Much ado about Dhoni The Indian media got their knickers in a twist over Dhoni's absence from the shortlist for the 2006 ICC awards. Not without reason, it might be said. OK, perhaps he didn't qualify for the Master-of-the-Universe category but he surely

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The Indian board which is funding the Malaysia tri-series categorises it as an "off-shore project". "We have financed the tri-series 100 per cent," Niranjan Shah, the BCCI secretary, told reporters. "The floodlights are up [at the Kinrara Oval in Kuala Lumpur], the pitch is fine, just a couple of things are remaining."

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Simon Katich and Phil Jaques will get the first chance to audition for an opening berth after Matthew Hayden was omitted for match one of the tri-series in Malaysia on Tuesday. Ricky Ponting also confirmed Glenn McGrath would make his international return against West Indies in Kuala Lumpur after nine months away due to his wife Jane's illness.

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Yuvraj Singh has been ruled out of the first one-dayer of the DLF Cup cricket tri-series due to illness. "Yuvraj is sick, he may play later in the series," a member of the team's support staff after the morning practice session here today.

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Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif plans to seek the support of leading Indian players to raise funds for his ambitious cricket academy here. The academy, launched four years back, functions in a residential area of the city on land allocated to Latif by the city government on long-term lease for a nominal rent.

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The Indian board is likely to use the services of Rudi Webster, the renowned sports psychologist, to help the team prepare for next year's World Cup.

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In an unprecedented move in English cricket, Duncan Fletcher yesterday confirmed that James Anderson and Liam Plunkett - both of whom have been injured this season - could play in the final round of Championship matches for counties other than their own to assess their fitness ahead of England's tour of Australia.

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Michael Vaughan is planning to be in Australia throughout England's Ashes campaign this November, even though it is almost certain he will play no part. Speaking to The Sunday Times Vaughan revealed he plans to fly out to Australia the week before the first Test which starts on November 23 at Brisbane.

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Wasim Akram, the former Pakistan captain, termed Inzamam-ul-Haq as the right person to lead the side in the next year's World Cup in the West Indies.

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Muttiah Muralitharan attributes his recent good form to the abuse that he faced during VB series in Australia this January. "If there is one thing that maybe has helped me this year it was the experience I had in Australia," Murali told Bigstarcricket website.

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Brian Lara advised his players to be "focussed mentally and physically" as they prepare for the next 18 months of cricket.

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Greg Chappell, India's coach, has confirmed that Sachin Tendulkar is "fully fit and in good spirits" ahead of the DLF Cup in Malaysia, a tri-series involving West Indies and Australia that's set to begin on September 12.

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