21.   Kumble was preferred as skipper instead of former captain and star batsman Sachin Tendulkar, who has led India twice.

22.   Leg-spinner Shane Warne removed star batsman Brian Lara for the second time in the match to help steer the Australians home.

23.   Later, on the flight, Waight decided to have a word with the star batsman, only to be confronted with louder and more vehement verbal abuse.

24.   Main candidates to take over are fast bowler Courtney Walsh and star batsman Brian Lara.

25.   Millions of Indian have pinned their hopes on Tendulkar, their star batsman, to help the team win matches.

26.   New Zealand bowlers Danny Morrison and Dion Nash will join star batsman Martin Crowe in missing the second cricket Test against Sri Lanka.

27.   Soon afterward, star batsman Shahid Afridi was caught off Fernando.

28.   Star batsman Brian Lara says it is up to himself and his colleagues to rediscover their self-belief.

29.   South African cricket coach Bob Woolmer said Thursday that Australian leg spinner Shane Warne has a psychological hold over his star batsman Daryll Cullinan.

30.   Star batsman Brian Lara rediscovered his form Friday as the West Indies rallied on the second day of their four-day cricket match against the Victorian state team.