Tendulkar gears up for England Test series

Record-breaking Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar will make a rare appearance in domestic four-day cricket next week to gain match practice ahead of the home Test series against England. The 39-year-old, the world’s leading scorer in both Test and one-day cricket, was named on Friday in a 13-man Mumbai squad for a four-day Ranji Trophy match against Railways starting in Mumbai on Nov.2. Tendulkar, whose last Ranji appearance was in 2009, struggled in a home Test series against New Zealand in August-September when he scored just 63 runs in three innings. Legendary Indian opener Sunil Gavaskar even suggested during the second Test against New Zealand in Bangalore that Tendulkar’s reflexes were on the slide.