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Chennai: The first Test between India and South Africa came to an inglorious end here, with the visitors ending their second innings at 331-5. Neil McKenzie continued in his rich vein of form to remain unbeaten on 155, while Mark Boucher kept him company at the end with 11 runs, as play was called off with 14 overs remaining.

The unhelpful MA Chidambaram Stadium pitch had consigned this match to the record books right from the last session of the fourth day, and there was very little the bowlers could have done to change that plot. The South African batsmen took away some precious batting practice, not to mention some big scores. The action now shifts to Ahmedabad for the second Test, beginning on April 3.

If there were to be any advertisements for Test cricket after this, this pitch would certainly not feature on it. Home advantage is a given, but this track did not provide any advantage to anyone at all. As many as 1498 runs were scored in the match for the loss of 25 wickets, the highest ever here.

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India’s Rahul Dravid became only the sixth batsman in history to score 10,000 Test runs as the first Test against South Africa headed for a draw.

The 35-year-old former captain reached the milestone on his way to making 111 for his 25th Test century in Chennai.

Virender Sehwag earlier departed for 319, adding only 10 to his overnight score, as India were all out for 627.

Dale Steyn took 4-103 before Neil McKenzie and Hashim Amla took South Africa to 131-1, a lead of 44.

The Proteas pair batted cautiously, with India’s spinners Harbhajan Singh and Anil Kumble finding increasing turn on the worn pitch.

One such delivery saw Harbhajan end an aggressive knock from South Africa skipper Graeme Smith.

The opener was adjudged lbw to one that turned in at him off a length after hitting 35 from 30 balls, including five fours.

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McLean Park (fifth day of five): England beat New Zealand by 121 runs

England finally won the third Test in the seventh over after lunch this morning despite a dramatic piece of hitting by Tim Southee, 19, who hit nine sixes in a merry and mighty afternoon slog. He reached a maiden fifty off 29 balls, the sixth fastest in Test cricket, before Ryan Sidebottom, who was named the man of the series, bowled Chris Martin to finish the series with 24 wickets.

Monty Panesar took six for 126 as England completed a happy comeback after the timely shock administered to them in Hamilton. It was important that, in the process of winning their first overseas series for three years, a callow side should develop and Stuart Broad’s quite exceptional all-round performance in a third Test made poignant by Stephen Fleming’s attractive final innings confirmed that encouraging progress has been made.

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When time is of the essence, things need to be done quickly. For a side that recovered so well from a 540-run deficit, India should have really pressed the advantage given to them by Virender Sehwag. But that was not to be.

The South Africans, under no real pressure, finished the fourth day of the first Test at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here at 131 for one in reply to India’s 627. Neil McKenzie was unbeaten on 59 while Hashim Amla was on 35.

Rahul Dravid got a hundred, and more. He also became the sixth in cricket history and the third Indian to cross 10,000 runs. But while that looks great for the records, his progress on Saturday couldn’t really be termed as being in tune with the team ambition, or at least, what team ambition should have been.

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Virender Sehwag fell well short of Brian Lara’s world record score as South Africa fought back on the fourth day of the first Test in India.

Sehwag resumed on 309, having already compiled the fastest triple century in Test history, and immediately added the single he needed to surpass the highest score made for India, beating his own record set against Pakistan in Multan four years ago.

But the right-hander did not last much longer, edging a full Makhaya Ntini delivery to Neil McKenzie at slip in the sixth over of the day to depart for 319, the 15th highest score in Test history.

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Bangladesh in Pakistan 2007-08

Rasel included for Pakistan ODIs

Syed Rasel, the left-arm medium-pacer, has been included in Bangladesh’s 15-man squad to tour Pakistan in April.

Rasel is the only addition to the 14-member squad that completed a 3-0 win over Ireland. The team will be led by Mohammad Ashraful, who was fined by the board for a recent altercation with a spectator while returning from a practice session.

“We have kept the winning combination for this tour,” Rafiqul Alam, Bangladesh’s chief selector, said. “I am sure the series whitewash of Ireland has given the boys a lot of confidence which they will carry over to Pakistan.

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Sri Lanka create history in the Caribbean

Sri Lanka 476 for 8 dec (Jayawardene 136, Warnapura 120, Vaas 54*) and 240 for 7 dec (Warnapura 62, Samaraweera 56) beat West Indies 280 (Sarwan 80) and 315 (Bravo 83, Sarwan 72, Gayle 51*, Vaas 5-61) by 121 runs

Sri Lanka achieved their quest for a maiden Test win on Caribbean soil, in their fifth attempt, but it was far from an easy feat thanks to some stubborn resistance from West Indies. Dwayne Bravo and Ramnaresh Sarwan extended their defiance in the opening session, but the Sri Lankan bowlers, led by Chaminda Vaas’ 5 for 61, came back strongly after lunch, despite a back-to-the-wall innings from Chris Gayle. A splendid catch from Muttiah Muralitharan to dismiss the last man Daren Powell off Vaas sparked joyous scenes as the visitors completed a 121-run win to go 1-0 up in the two-Test series.

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Steyn and McKenzie cap South Africa’s day

South Africa 540 and 131 for 1 (McKenzie 59*) lead India 627 (Sehwag 319, Dravid 111, Steyn 4-103) by 44 runs

There was a 25th century and 10,000 Test runs for Rahul Dravid and a large crowd to celebrate, but little else went India’s way at Chepauk as a rejuvenated South African side dominated the fourth day’s play. Makhaya Ntini, given a pasting by Virender Sehwag on Friday, led the revival with a vastly improved spell and Dale Steyn’s pace then proved far too much for the tail to handle as the Indian lead was restricted to just 87. Faced with a potentially tricky session of batting, South Africa responded with aplomb, finishing the day 44 ahead with nine wickets in hand.

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Sehwag plunders fastest triple ever

India 468 for 1 (Sehwag 309*, Jaffer 73, Dravid 65*) trail South Africa 540 by 72 runs

A breathtaking triple-century from Virender Sehwag, by far the fastest in terms of balls faced (278), was the centrepiece as India utterly dominated proceedings on the third day at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Sehwag scored 257 runs in the day, finishing it on 309, the same score he made at Multan back in 2004. The fusillade of strokes produced 108 runs between lunch and tea, and he shared in two double-hundred stands for the first two wickets, another record.

After Wasim Jaffer had contributed 73 to an opening stand of 213, Rahul Dravid turned the strike over cleverly as the bowling was ground into the Chennai dust. By stumps, the partnership was worth 255, and Sehwag’s heroics had opened up the possibility of a result on the final day. Though South Africa finished five overs short of the 90 that they were supposed to bowl in the day, India still managed a staggering 386 runs.

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When we first saw Virender Sehwag, he was a teenager, with curly hair and a very innocent outlook of the world. Things have changed. The curls have vanished, Sehwag has grown taller, though not much, has picked up weight, some say too much, and has a much more cynical expression on his face.

One thing has not changed though – he still swings the bat like a bludgeon.

Time teaches people to be wiser, more careful, and even to be a bit afraid. Sehwag has learnt all that, and adapted whatever suited him. What he cannot learn is to be circumspect as a batsman.

This has resulted in a lot of criticism, especially last year, when there was a definite chance that he would be out of the team for a long time. His fitness was being questioned, and not without reason, since he seemed to have lost whatever little agility he had. With the bat too, his careless abandon had transformed into callousness, with a touch of defiance.

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