The Curse Of 300+

Well its was all cheers for Virender Sehwag the other day when he belted a 277 ball 300,the fastest triple hundred in the history of test cricket.But,in addition to this,there is also a harsh truth which is nothing but the result of that match which was a boring draw.Not the first time this has happened,but in most of the time the test match which has witnessed a batsman scoring a triple hundred has ended in a draw.The only thing that the fans could take home was some awesome shots and exciting batting by the batsman concerned.

Lets take a few examples concerning test matches having a triple centurion.Luckly the last time a batsman who scored a triple hundere for his team won the match for his team and that is Mahela Jayawardane who scored 374 runs to see his team win by an innings and 153 runs.

Then we have Chris Gayle's 317 against the same South Africa which once again made it into the batting record books as the match had as many as 8 centurions in that test.And then we have Matthew Hayden's 380 which off course saw his team through.But the opposition??Then the gr8 innings of Brian Lara-400* against England,his 375 against England,Sanath Jayasuriya's 340 versus India,Inzy's 329 against New Zealand-which Pakistan won by an innings and 324 runs,Mark Taylor's 334* which ended in a draw &finally Virender Sehwag's 309 against Pakistan which India won by an innings & 52 runs.

Taking stats together,there have been only 8 instances(out of 22) of a match producing a result which has a batsman scoring a triple hundred.

A Cycle Stand At Superspots Park

West Indies are in no mood to play.Forget about winning against a noted opposition.This reckless has been their batting during their first two matches against South Africa in the home series.A 50 over match that was truncated to 38 overs a side after rain,still losing had been the West Indies' challenge-it looks like.Because even those over could see West Indies losing all ten wickets,with 1 ball to spare.

West Indies' innings saw 4 wickets fall in a space of 9 balls.West Indies' scorecard read from 150/6 after 33.3 overs to 175 all out after 35.5 overs.It was like a fall of cycles in a stand where the entire row falls by the fall of one.With a captain like Bravo,who hardly deserves to be in the team,who exists for the lone reason for lack of replacements,the result cannot be expected to be different in any manner.Shivnaraine Chanderapaul is the only other name that can catch the eyes of the spectators.

A team like Zimbabwe-which is not thought to be in par with the other teams at the moment was found putting in a lot of effort in its tour of Pakistan down under.And even Bangladesh not to mention.The West Indies' are found to lose the match even before they start playing.Well West Indies,the history is wll past behind you.A gully cricket for you guys would be a perfect option!!

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