41.   He played in the Hong Kong Sixes last month and then competed in the domestic league before making himself available for the test series against South Africa.

42.   He had earlier been ruled out of the test series following a fielding mishap in a game against Pakistan.

43.   He said this week that the site will be closed down once the test series is completed.

44.   If he accepted an offer from the BCCI, Simpson would find himself working against the Australians in a test series in India next year.

45.   In Britain, the Guardian newspaper said France was really trying to complete the development of two new missile warheads during the test series.

46.   India also suffered a massive defeat against Sri Lanka in the final of the triangular limited-over series which was played before the test series.

47.   India lost its test series in England, where Navjyot Singh Sidhu, an opening batsman, returned home halfway through the tour because of differences with Azharuddin.

48.   India was poised to win the home cricket test series against South Africa whose top batsmen floundered on the penultimate day Wednesday of the third and final Test.

49.   India won the recently completed test series.

50.   India wrapped up the test series against Australia with wins in the first two games.