11.   A likely outcome is that touring teams will have the right to veto any venue which consistently gets bad reports about its pitches.

12.   England captain Nasser Hussain started the tour of India on a sparkling note as the touring team utilized the opening match for batting practice Monday.

13.   Former Johnson teammate Kareem Abdul Jabbar has joined the touring team.

14.   Kareem Abdul Jabbar has joined the touring team, teaming up with Johnson again for the first time in six years.

15.   Mark Taylor shrugged off his own dismal batting form and announced Monday his Australian touring team was confident of gaining a fifth Ashes triumph in a row over England.

16.   New Zealand touring teams have canceled two previous cricket tours due to bombings, both in Sri Lanka.

17.   South African touring team manager Goolam Rajah has postponed a news conference on the issue because he has been unable to get clarification from the UCB.

18.   Speed said the ACB was not able to impose its policies on international touring teams to Australia, but hoped the codes would be adopted by all cricketing nations.

19.   The match is a warm-up for the touring team before the first of two Tests against the West Indies starts here Friday.

20.   The match is staged annually against the touring team as a fund-raiser for a scholarship in memory of Sir Frank Worrell, a former West Indies batsman.