Danny
22-09-2005, 05:08 AM
Was always a long shot fot Tendulkar to play.
Tendulkar out of Super Series cricket
September 21, 2005 - 6:59PM
SMH
India's Sachin Tendulkar has opted out of next month's challenge series between champions Australia and the Rest of the World because of a nagging elbow injury.
"He will not be playing in the Super Series because he has not fully recovered. He has told us and we have informed the ICC (International Cricket Council)," Indian cricket board joint secretary Goutam Das Gupta said from Kolkata.
Tendulkar has not played competitive cricket since undergoing surgery on his left elbow in May.
He is back in the nets but opted out of the ongoing Test series in Zimbabwe, saying he was not ready for international cricket.
An ICC spokesman said the Super Series selectors had already had preliminary discussions because of the doubts over Tendulkar and would meet as soon as possible to select a replacement.
Tendulkar had been included in the 13-man Test squad and the 14-man one-day squad to play Australia in three one-dayers and a six-day Test.
Pakistan's Inzamam-ul-Haq is a leading candidate to replace him in the Test squad, with South African Herschelle Gibbs and England's Michael Vaughan other possibilities.
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Chris Gayle of West Indies is a leading candidate for the one-dayers.
The Test is scheduled to take place at the Sydney Cricket Ground starting on October 14 following the one-dayers on October 5, 7 and 9 in Melbourne.
© 2005 AAP
Tendulkar out of Super Series cricket
September 21, 2005 - 6:59PM
SMH
India's Sachin Tendulkar has opted out of next month's challenge series between champions Australia and the Rest of the World because of a nagging elbow injury.
"He will not be playing in the Super Series because he has not fully recovered. He has told us and we have informed the ICC (International Cricket Council)," Indian cricket board joint secretary Goutam Das Gupta said from Kolkata.
Tendulkar has not played competitive cricket since undergoing surgery on his left elbow in May.
He is back in the nets but opted out of the ongoing Test series in Zimbabwe, saying he was not ready for international cricket.
An ICC spokesman said the Super Series selectors had already had preliminary discussions because of the doubts over Tendulkar and would meet as soon as possible to select a replacement.
Tendulkar had been included in the 13-man Test squad and the 14-man one-day squad to play Australia in three one-dayers and a six-day Test.
Pakistan's Inzamam-ul-Haq is a leading candidate to replace him in the Test squad, with South African Herschelle Gibbs and England's Michael Vaughan other possibilities.
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Chris Gayle of West Indies is a leading candidate for the one-dayers.
The Test is scheduled to take place at the Sydney Cricket Ground starting on October 14 following the one-dayers on October 5, 7 and 9 in Melbourne.
© 2005 AAP