"The game was so far off Test-match intensity that I found it hard, " he said.
He began his reign with a 1-0 win over Zimbabwe in November 2000 and a one-off Test victory over newcomers Bangladesh.
He now hopes to regain full fitness in time for the one-off Test against Zimbabwe in Wellington, which starts on 26 December.
Australia have inside centre Matt Giteau and uncapped winger Mark Gerrard available for the one-off Test after they recovered from illness and injury respectively.
She was part of the England squad which captured the women's Ashes on home soil in 2005 and hopes to play a part when they defend the trophy in a one-off Test at the Bradman Oval in Bowral, starting on 15 February.
There is inevitably a trade-off between a test's sensitivity (its ability to spot illness) and specificity (its ability to give a clean bill of health).
In what is effectively a bowl-off for first Test places in Jamaica next week, Anderson was the only seamer to have any success, removing Kieran Powell in the seventh over.
Former Pakistan Test off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq, whose British passport arrived on Monday, was making his first-class debut for Sussex and bowled Karthik through the gate with one that turned in as he pushed forward.
Full-back Byrne gave the tourists their latest injury worry by limping off in the 26-21 first Test defeat by South Africa in Durban on Saturday.
The 23-year-old bowler passed a late fitness test on his back before helping England see off the hosts in an 181-run win in the first Test in Chittagong.
The 32-year-old looked to be coasting towards his 30th Test century but flashed at an off-cutter that was never there to be hit.
But despite winning their last two home games 5-0 and 4-0 respectively, and sitting just three points behind Terry Brown's men before kick-off, it was a test they failed despite a promising attacking performance.
Earlier this year Cardiff-based Tidal Energy Ltd was given the go-ahead by ministers to test its new DeltaStream underwater generators off the coast for a 12-month trial.
First, ending the stalemates on the Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty and the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
It is understood that Yorkshire's teenage off-spinning all-rounder was dropped for the second England Under-19 Test against Sri Lanka for breaking mid-match curfews.
Not only will the mission test how commercial, off-the-shelf tech can survive in the vacuum and conduct experiments, but it'll squeeze in some fun courtesy of apps developed by winners of a competition held last year.
Gambhir was fortunate to survive a certain lbw appeal when Mills was called for a no-ball with his first delivery of the day, but took advantage of his leg-off to bring up his 10th Test half century.
Seems like a simple lesson (the first few years of your career constitute an eight-hour-a-day test, FYI), but the hilariously haughty and utterly off-base email from a former lifeguard to his old boss published by Deadspin shows that not all young ladder climbers have grasped this logic.
Dan Carter had an off-day with the boot but the Kiwi fly-half still became the leading points scorer in Test rugby.
But it was steady progress for the Pakistan openers early on and Imran Farhat, dropped on 11 by Marcus North off Peter Siddle, secured his 13th Test half-century just after lunch.
When Saints managed to put the visitors under pressure their defence was up to the test, Dorn pulling off a last-ditch tackle on Gaskell and Calderwood tackling Francis Meli into touch at the corner.
In my tough laptop test, where I turn off power-savings software, crank up the screen to 100%, leave the Wi-Fi on to collect email, and play a continuous loop of music, the XPS 12 lasted just 3 hours and 31 minutes.
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Ponting added that the Queensland left-hander, who played 103 Test matches and 161 one-dayers, would also be greatly missed off the pitch.
If there was only one really memorable shot played, a dreamy on-drive for four off Onions, it was a classic example of how building an innings in Test cricket is all about high-quality defence and putting away the bad ball.
New Zealand have called off-spinner Jeetan Patel into their squad for the second Test in Adelaide.
Scott Fitzgerald got off his famous observation about the test of a first-rate mind.
Bryan Robson's injury crisis deepened before kick-off when captain Paul Ince failed a late fitness test .
The success of Little Cyclops however has helped him pay-off mounting student fees and encouraged him to further test his powers of invention.
Cook's punishment was being made to bowl, for the first time in Test cricket, and his rather rusty off-spinners signalled the point when a uniquely cricketing gentleman's agreement could be made and the match could end.
This is aimed at reversing the drop in numbers of riders taking the test, which was caused by a move in 2009 to replace local centres with a smaller number of test "super-centres" where off-road manoeuvres could also be assessed.
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