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Stop talking about my age: Tendulkar With a fifth Test double hundred under his belt at 37, Indian batting icon Sachin Tendulkar said he has proved that age has got nothing to do with performance and people should just stop linking the two in his case. Tendulkar scored a match-saving 203-run knock as India and Sri Lanka settled for a high-scoring draw in the second Test."I think as long as you are mentally strong and prepared to go through the grind, age does not really matter. I th...More Dhoni asks for a little more turn in the pitches "Piece of Cake for Birthday Boy" Retirement from Test cricket not due to team differences: Afridi ‘ProBatter’, the bowling robot that replicates deliveries of any bowler in the world India-SL second Test ends in a dull draw Akmal's butter-fingers nightmare continues ‘I’ve still got a lot to learn’ says Morgan More News Stump Vision: By R. Mohan Team India are not bad travellers The tag of Team India Team India tending to travel badly like wine is old hat. The syndrome vanished in the last decade in which India won Test series in various climes...More From the Diary: By Sunil Gavaskar Sunny's Column (646) What a way to go! Muthiah Muralitharan signed off from test cricket not only by scaling bowling’s impossible peak by reaching 800 wickets in test cricket but also helping his.More Statistical Highlights 1st Test: Ind vs SL-Jul 26 2010 Muttiah Muralitharan finished his Test career with exactly 800 wickets. Interestingly 7 of his 8 100th scalps were all players known for their bowling (McDermott, Pollock, Syed Rasel, Olonga, Cork, Kasprowicz, and Ojha in this test match). Muralithar...More This Day in Cricket (31 July) 1956: History was made at Old Trafford when Jim Laker took his 19th wicket in the 4th Test against Australia, including all ten in the 2nd innings. Laker had warmed up for his day of recknoning by taking 9 for 37 in Australia's 1st outing that itself the best ever return by an England bowler in Ashes cricket. In the 2nd innings, though, he was unstoppable, and when the last man, Len Maddocks, was trapped lbw, Laker had taken all 10 wickets for 53 runs. The Australians were said to be fuming about an Old Trafford pitch that had been deliberately underprepared to suit the spinners, but as their captain, Ian Johnson, said afterwards: "When the controversy and side issues of the match are forgotten, Laker's wonderful bowling will remain." No one else has taken more than 17 in a first class match.