While most squad members have chosen to spend the break poolside at the team's hotel in Mumbai, Matthew Hayden is indulging one of his passions by heading for a fishing trip near Goa on India's south-west coast.

His opening partner Justin Langer was in Mumbai on Wednesday helping launch a diamond company from his home state of Western Australia, while others to indulge in promotional work in India's business capital included pacemen Glenn McGrath, Jason Gillespie and Brett Lee.

Adam Gilchrist, Michael Clarke and Damien Martyn are spending the break far away from cricket in Singapore, as is coach John Buchanan.

The squad is expected to finally welcome captain Ricky Ponting in Mumbai on Saturday before flying to Nagpur that night for Tuesday's third Test.

Ponting, recovering from a broken thumb, will not play in Nagpur but is expecting to be fit for the fourth and possibly deciding Test in Mumbai from November 3.

(Sydney Morning Herald, AU)

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