Third highest test wicket taker with 619 wickets says good bye to cricket after playing 132 test matches on the eve of third test match between Autralia and India - November 2' 2008. He played 20 matches took "111" wickets against Australia with 10 wickets in an innings twice. When playing in India he is the king he took overall 350 wickets and away his stats are 269 wickets.

YouTube - Anil Kumble retired from tests video



Here is the Kumble's blowing analysis from cricinfo:

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Quick preview of 1st test match

Sehwag is the star of first match with blazing triple century knock. He missed the great opportunity of beating Lara's record, he should have been bit patient as it is difficult to amass such runs again. Its great accomplishment for a player who is struggling for form and the man made it to record books with quick 300 off 270 balls. First test that ended in draw demonstrated what a batting pitch scores look like. Dravid joined the premier 10,000 runs club and the 25th test hundred. The credit is also to be given to RSA batsman who frustrated the easily frustrated Sreesanth with back to back boundaries from Smith's bat. Bowlers on two sides struggled to contain both runs and wickets.

Second test match preview

The middle order - Tendulkar, Ganguly & VVS Laxman failing will add trouble in 2nd test match at Ahmedabad. Bajji's five wicket haul is impressive and if he gets support from other bowlers India can be a better bowling side. The worrying factor for India is injured Tendulkar who is going to miss the second test. Kaif will be replacing Tendulkar after almost two years. Kaif who had been performing well in domestic matches is a right selection both in fielding and batting departments. Historically we have seen Sehwag cool down after a big knock like the one at first test match and this is advantageous to RSA.

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Update:

Haribhajan speaks after his brave 63 knock in Adelaide:



India has now chance to square the test series at Adelaide . Australia can bounce back to win the test series and may give tough fight for India.

-> Australia is stopped AGAIN by India of their winning streak after 16 matches.
-> Pathan and R.P Singh's bowling came to rescue on a pacy Perth pitch.
-> Ishant Shrama of age 19 troubles Ponting.
-> Despite of few umpiring decisions of Rauf, over all test went smoothly.
-> Going into 4th test , Got to see what effect Ganguly and Dravid's removal in CB series ODI will have on this test

Match Timings

4th Test: Australia v India at Adelaide - Jan 24-28, 2008
Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (00:00 GMT)

From Jan 24 to 28 4th Test match starts at 00:00 GMT Australia v India at Adelaide
US Viewers : 4th Test Aus v Ind is on January 24, 2008 06:00 PM Central US Time.
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Indian team for Adelaide test

Probable 11 for India
Virender Sehwag, Wasim Jaffer, Rahul Dravid,Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly,VVS Laxman, Mahendra Singh Dhoni ,Irfan Pathan, Anil Kumble, RP Singh and Ishant Sharma.

Australian team for Perth test

Probable 11 for Australia
Chris Rogers, Phil Jaques, Ricky Ponting , Michael Clarke,Michael Hussey, Andrew Symonds, Adam Gilchrist ,Brett Lee,Stuart Clark, Mitchell Johnson and Shaun Tait.

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Adelaide test match news

-> Cry babies! Aussie media slam India's win

"India's stunning performance in the third Test at the WACA should be dedicated to a lot more than the 11 players out on the field," a whining report in the Courier Mail said.

"They should share their pay cheques with their bullying officials back home, the weak-kneed administrators at the International Cricket Council and certain members of the media who have taken every opportunity to put the knife into the Aussies since this series began," Mike Colman wrote in the daily.

-> How Sehwag plotted Ponting's fall

"Meri baat maano... Ponting strike par hai aur ladka (Ishant) rhythm mein hai (Ponting is on the strike and the boy is in rhythm)," were Sehwag's words of wisdom to Kumble.

The Indian skipper paid heed and asked Ishant, "Ek aur karega? (Would you bowl another over?)."

Ishant replied, "Haan Karoonga (Yes I will)" and went on to pay back the faith by getting Ponting caught behind of the very first ball of that extra over.

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Update :
India wins 3rd test match at Perth - after a great resistance from Stuart Clark and Johnson.

Final wicket and celebrations video:



Sehwag takes Gilchrist and Lee ... Australia down by seven wickets ..India half a mile distance to victory.

India has decent chances to win Perth test match after the end of day3.

348 runs is what Australia have to make in 2 days with eight wickets remaining.

The tour took a nasty turn with two - teams, boards, media finger pointing each other who was wrong in second test played at Sydney.
Bucknor is removed for next test match to be played at Perth.

This test match is gaining much hype to see what events will unfold when India clashes with Australia on Jan 16 at W.A.C.A stadium at Perth

Match Timings

From Jan 16 to 20 3rd Test match starts at 02:30 GMT Australia v India at Perth
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Indian team for Perth test

Sehwag IN Yuvraj OUT (Sehwag with his brilliant knock in tour match might have impressed selectors)

Probable 11 for India
Virender Sehwag, Wasim Jaffer, Rahul Dravid,Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly,VVS Laxman, Mahendra Singh Dhoni ,Irfan Pathan, Anil Kumble, RP Singh and Ishant Sharma.

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Australian team for Perth test

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Chris Rogers, Phil Jaques, Ricky Ponting , Michael Clarke,Michael Hussey, Andrew Symonds, Adam Gilchrist ,Brett Lee,Stuart Clark, Mitchell Johnson and Shaun Tait.

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Highlights of India Australia third test at Perth

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Day3

-> Laxman and Australia thing continued , brilliant 79 from his bat at the very much needed time.

-> R.P Singh hits his first international six. He added valuable 30 runs to the board.

-> Dhana Dhan Dhoni took 40+ balls to make 5 runs. Rare sighting that you will witness but erased low scoring news later with brilliant sixers.

-> Kumble takes Symmonds wicket and Symmonds take Kumble's.


Day2

-> Phil Jaques showed the REQUIRED cricketing spirit by gesturing that bat did not carry it on to his hands when Kumble edged it.

-> Kumble's 600th test wicket victim is Andrew Symmonds

-> Clarke walks off from the pitch by himself -- decency improved and demonstrated

-> Chris Rogers debuts for Australian team.

Day1

-> Jaffer falls again for a low score and It was the fifth time he had fallen to Lee in this series

-> Sehwag made runs in his fast pace style hitting three boundaries in Lee's over.

-> The short man, Tendulkar shows us how to play a bouncer -- a class from the master blaster.

-> Rahul Dravid's journey to 93 includes one dropped catch by Michael Clarke

Perth test match news

-> India worst-behaved team: Australian media

'The Sunday Telegraph' painstakingly collected and collated official ICC data, which shows India having faced more sanctions than any other Test playing nation in the past 10 years.

The daily also took a jibe at former India captain Sourav Ganguly, dubbing him "the game's undisputed problem child, being hauled over the coals by cricket's governing body a record 12 times in his international career."

"Overall, Indian players have been charged for 43 infringements since 1997, for offences including intimidating umpires, abusing rival players, ball tampering, time wasting and widespread dissent," it said.

-> Indian board withdraws pull-out threat of Australia tour

The Indian cricket board has withdrawn the threat to pull out of the ongoing Australian tour if a ban on Harbhajan Singh was not overturned by the International Cricket Council.

"There is no question of the tour being called off," board spokesman Rajiv Shukla quoted president Sharad Pawar as saying on Saturday.

"He (Pawar) said the two boards intend to maintain good relations as there is no problem with the two," Shukla said.

-> BCCI got ICC on its knees: Lankan Newspaper

The BCCI has brought the ICC on its knees by getting controversial umpire Steve Bucknor removed from the remainder of the India-Australia Test series, a state run newspaper said here on Thursday.

An editorial in the government-run paper 'Daily News' said the incident could have "split the white and black cricket playing nations".

-> We are not sorry about anything: Gilchrist

Adam Gilchrist: We obviously enjoyed the end result. It was a huge day for us to come away with a victory. It was a hard-fought Test match - both teams at some point in the game had an upper hand and then the other team fought back.

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