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Adam Gilchrist will return to play cricket Down Under - against Australia. The damaging batsman is a confirmed starter for a team of returning greats that will take on a full-strength Australian XI in a Twenty20 All-Star clash at Brisbane next month. Read More…

Merv Hughes and Mark Waugh were handy cricketers but did they really hold a candle to Mark’s twin brother, the former Australian skipper Steve Waugh? Steve’s former vice-captain Shane Warne has re-opened the debate over Waugh’s status in the game with a new book to be launched in London tomorrow titled “Shane Warne’s Century”.

Over the last few weeks the debate on the “seniors vs replacements” debate has intensified to almost shrill tones. I have, myself, written on this for sometime now. Most major newspapers, websites and blogs have contributed to this debate. Players themselves have weighed in to the argument.

Australia tour of India 2008-09 - Tour Match, Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad, 2nd to 5th October 2008 (4-day match) Scorecard And the Australian XI attack retreated to Jason Krejza to rescue them from the drudgery of bowling to a boy-team looking to bat on and on.

The return of international cricket has coincided with the return of the rebels with the 2nd season of the Indian Cricket League starting from Friday. With 9 teams, 41 matches, and 4 venues - the ICL promises to be bigger and better than before. Has anyone seen the new ICL ad on TV? I couldn't find a video online.

Kirsten's statement (found below) makes one wonder whether the brouhaha surrounding the seniors has affected the morale and worse divided the team into two. "We should move on from this junior vs senior debate. Instead of focusing on individuals who are picked to play for India, we need to focus on the team and get on with the Test series," Kirsten said here on Friday.

The second season of the Indian Premier League is to start in April 2009, a good seven months away, so it is hard to understand the need for the Deccan Chargers to announce that VVS Laxman was stripped of the captaincy and it was going to be Adam Gilchrist who will now lead the Chargers.

Paul Nixon is the captain of Leicestershire in county cricket. He played ICL last season and he is going to take part in the second season of ICL too. So, there is a lot of discussion taking place in England about him at this moment. ECB officials are determined to stop Paul Nixon from playing [...]

While comparing sporting icons to rock stars, Ayaz Memon says time runs out on sportspersons much quicker, a challenge facing India's veterans at the moment. He writes in the DNA: For the professional sportsperson, however, life can be cruel. Success on the field of play is time-bound, and when the skills start fading, so does their perceived value.

Rohit Mahajan, in Outlook, writes that Lalit Modi, the "fiendishly efficient" IPL boss, has his influence pared down. Modi, says Mahajan, does not gel with new BCCI president Shashank Manohar and, against expectations, was not made chairman of the marketing committee.