Published: Oct 17, 2012, 09:00 PM (IST)
Edited: Oct 17, 2012, 09:00 PM (IST)
Australian skipper Michael Clarke asserted that Australia can reclaim cricket's world number one ranking in a gruelling schedule of 20 Tests in the year ahead.
Australia will begin their quest to return to the top of world cricket in the first of three Tests against the top-ranked South Africa in Brisbane on November 9.
That will be followed by three Tests at home against Sri Lanka in December-January, a four-Test tour to India in February-March before back-to-back Ashes series away and home.
After dominating world cricket since 1995, Australia's fortunes dived following the retirement of Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath, Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden, culminating in a 3-1 Ashes defeat at home in the 2010/11 season.
