Following striking performances in the recent ODI series against England, flamboyant batsman Yuvraj Singh made a comeback to the Indian Test squad on Thursday. The national selection committee in Chennai also included the left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha in the 15-man squad for the two-Test series.

While Yuvraj replaced the recently-retired Sourav Ganguly, Ojha made it to the squad at the expense of left-arm seamer R P Singh.

Melbourne, Dec. 5 : The Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations’ (FICA), which is headed by former Australian off-spinner Tim May, has proposed a security summit to save cricket in the subcontinent following the Mumbai terror attacks.

The issue will top the agenda at the executive meeting of the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations’ in Kuala Lumpur next week.

Melbourne, Dec. 5 : Cricket Australia and the players'' union are working towards a revised policy on player workloads to ease fears that stars will decline national contracts to earn big money in flourishing Twenty20 leagues.

Melbourne, Dec. 5 : A musical on Australia’s record breaking leg spinner Shane Warne may not have pleased him, but has certainly tickled the funny bone of everyone else watching it.

According to news. com. au, The Musical, currently showing here, has been described by those watching it as “wild, funny, outrageous, and by the end, surprisingly moving account of the champion spin bowler''s life so far.”

Lahore, Dec. 5 : India should undertake their January-February tour of Pakistan as it is ‘very important’ for the future of cricket in Asia, claims former Pakistan Test cricketer and selector Shahfqat Rana.

Talking to Daily Times here, Rana said both countries should play their forthcoming series to show solidarity and give message to the terrorists that attacked Mumbai last week that such ‘cowardly acts’ cannot scare the people of the region.

He, however, said: “if India refuse to tour Pakistan, then this would hurt not only our relations but also cricket, it would mean that we have given in to terrorists.”

Melbourne, Dec. 4 : Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has said that he has no plans to reduce his ODI appearances to prolong his Test career.

He said he wanted to play as much international cricket as he could, and enjoyed the challenge of leading Australia through their transitional phase following the exodus of retirees.