July 11  
Tendulkar can still open in one-dayers: Wright

LONDON: Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar's recent success at number four notwithstanding, he could still be opening the innings in One-day Internationals, according to coach John Wright. "There is no reason why Tendulkar can't open the batting again, he might want to open at some stage, we might think it is a good idea for him to open," Wright said in an interview. 

Tendulkar moved to number four against the West Indies in the Caribbean recently and made an immediate impact with a match-winning knock of 65 in the final one-dayer at Trinidad. Now, in the ongoing NatWest Series, he cracked a breathtaking hundred against England at Chester-le-Street last Thursday. But Wright wants to take his time to be absolutely sure it has been the right decision in the team's interest. "We are still working at that area to make sure it works. We have still got a few games to play to be absolutely sure that's the best thing," Wright said, underlining the team's new philosophy to be flexible in the limited-over genre of cricket. 

Wright revealed that Tendulkar as well as Rahul Dravid, on his added responsibility of a wicketkeeper, had themselves offered to take the new roles in the team's interest.