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New Delhi: As the world waits with baited breath for Sachin Tendulkar to slam his 100th international ton, a South African cricketer, who played his last Test match before the Second World War, has completed a century of different sorts.

Norman Gordon on Saturday celebrates his 100th birth anniversary, becoming the first Test cricketer to achieve this unique feat of living 100 years of his life.

New Delhi: Do Sunil Gavaskar and Ravi Shastri say on air what BCCI wants? If reports are to be believed, they are being paid Rs 3.6 crores each annually by the BCCI to voice forth the opinions of the board on different cricketing issues.

This led to suggestions that when they speak on contentious issues like UDRS or IPL, they are likely to have a biased opinion.

Northampton: If a team indulges in playing relentlessly, the players start suffering from "mental fatigue" and that`s exactly what has happened with the Indian players, feels former mental conditioning coach Paddy Upton.

Upton said if a player is on the conveyor belt all the time, it create situations like those experienced by the Indian cricketers during the World Cup, where they fought hard to keep their food down, while Yuvraj Singh became physically sick due to anxiety.

Sydney: Australian Test captain Michael Clarke on Thursday said he was excited by the new blood in his squad to face Sri Lanka this month.

Four uncapped players have been included in the 15-strong line-up for the three-Test tour, including pacemen Trent Copeland and James Pattinson, spinner Nathan Lyon and batsman Shaun Marsh.