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Dravid fastest to reach 9000


- This match was India's 400th Test match. India became the fourth team after England (848), Australia (682) and West Indies (433) to appear in 400 Test matches.

- India's first innings total of 200 was their second lowest total in a match in the West Indies after electing to bat first. The 177 at Bridgetown in 1975-76 remains the lowest ever such total.

- Virender Sehwag (in the first innings) recorded the eighth duck of his Test career. Surprisingly, India have won 5 and lost only two of these games.

- Anil Kumble completed his 2,000 runs in Tests when his score reached 30 during his innings of 45 in the first innings. He completed the all-round double of 2,000 runs and 200 wickets, becoming only the second Indian after Kapil Dev and the 14th player in Test history to do so. Kumble, however, is only the second player to achieve the all-round double of 2,000 runs and 500 wickets after Australia's Shane Warne.

- With his knock of 81 in the first innings, Dravid established a new Indian record of scoring half-centuries in most consecutive Tests. This was the seventh consecutive Test in which Dravid has scored at least a fifty -- 71 at Nagpur, 95 at Mohali, 52 at Mumbai against England, 62 at St. John's, 146 at Gros Islet, 68 not out at St. Kitts and 81 here at Kingston against the West Indies. The previous Indian record was half-centuries in six consecutive Tests, shared by Vijay Hazare, Chandu Borde, Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar (twice) and Sadagoppan Ramesh.

- West Indies' first innings total of 103 is their lowest ever against India at home or abroad. The previous lowest was 127 at Delhi in 1987-88. West Indies' previous lowest against India in the Caribbean was 140 at Bridgetown in 1996-97.

- The dismissal of Marlon Samuels in first innings was the 20th stumped wicket off the bowling of Kumble. With this, Kumble equalled Subhash Gupte's Indian record of dismissing most batsmen in this fashion. Interestingly, Dhoni has now effected six stumpings off Kumble in 13 Tests -- most by any Indian keeper. Nayan Mongia comes second with four stumpings.

- India managed to achieve a first innings lead of 97 runs despite scoring only 200. This is the second largest first-innings lead for a side scoring 200 or less in its first innings. The record is held by Australia, who were bundled out for 180, but managed to bowl out Pakistan for a paltry 62 at Perth in 1981-82 to take a lead of 118.

- Harbhajan Singh achieved his best figures in the Caribbean when he claimed 5 for 13 in 4.3 overs in the first innings. Harbhajan's strike-rate of 5.40 (balls per wicket) is the second best for any bowler in Tests taking at least five wickets in an innings. Australia's Ernest Toshack picked up 5 for 2 in just 19 balls (SR 3.80) at Brisbane in 1947-48 against India. More recently, South Africa's Jacques Kallis claimed 5 for 21 (also in 27 balls like-wise Harbhajan) against Bangladesh at Potchefstroom in 2002-03.

- India needed only 201 balls (legitimate) to dismiss West Indies in the first innings. There have been only three occasions when India needed even lesser balls to bowl out the opponents in an innings- England (102) in 158 balls at Mumbai in 1981-82, Bangladesh (124) in 160 balls at Chittagong in 2004-05 and Australia (93) in 185 balls at Mumbai in 2004-05.

- Dravid completed his 1,000 runs in Tests in the year 2006 when his score reached 22 in the second innings. He became the first batsman to do so this year. At the end of this match, Dravid's tally in 2006 reads as 1,046 runs in 18 innings of 10 Tests at an average of 74.71 with three hundreds and seven half-centuries.

- This is the second occasion that Dravid has aggregated 1,000 runs in a calendar year. In 2002, he had scored 1,357 runs in 16 Tests averaging 59.00.

- Dravid completed his 9,000 runs in Tests when his score reached 19 in the second innings. He became the sixth batsman to do so after Sunil Gavaskar, Allan Border, Steve Waugh, Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara.

- By taking only 176 innings to complete his 9,000 runs, Dravid also became the quickest in terms of least number of innings taken to accomplish this feat bettering Brian Lara's record who took 177 innings to aggregate 9,000 runs.

- Dravid became only the fourth batsman to score half-centuries in both innings of a Test, in which no other fifty was scored for India. Others to do so for India are -- Vengsarkar against England at Leeds in 1986, Tendulkar against Australia at Melbourne in 1999-00 and at Mumbai in 2000-01.

- Dravid achieved the two highest scores in the match. This provided only the seventh such instance in a Test, where all 40 wickets fell. He is the second Indian after Dilip Vengsarkar (102 not out and 61 against England at Leeds in 1986) to do so.

- Dravid has now top scored in a completed innings on 17 occasions while playing abroad. This puts him at level with Tendulkar. Now only little master Sunil Gavaskar (18) has top scored in a completed innings on more occasions for India than Dravid.

- Dravid's aggregate of 496 runs in the series is the highest by an Indian captain in an overseas series. He obliterated Sunil Gavaskar's record, who had aggregated 434 runs in six match series against Pakistan in 1982-83. The previous record of highest aggregate by an Indian captain away from the sub-continent was held by Mohammad Azharuddin, who aggregated 426 runs in five innings of a three match series against England in 1990.

Dravid best by a long margin

Michael Holding

There is little doubt that this was a below standard pitch laid out at the centre of the Sabina Park for the fourth and final Test. It conducted a serious examination of batsmen's technique. Yet, the highest total of the match was made in the fourth innings, so probably it was not as bad as it was made out to be. The lower order, through their application, also showed what was possible.

But I was disappointed with the attitude of Brian Lara. He raised a stink about the pitch and conditions when he should have shown composure and the attitude to try and overcome it. He should have led by example, shown the application needed to overcome the surface. Instead he blew his top and I am not sure if it helped his men.

He is said to be a genius and probably only a genius can affirm the fact. I certainly cannot recognise his captaincy as being very good. At times it does appear that he is trying to reinvent the game. These days batsmen too often score easy runs so when a real test comes along, they decide pretty early that it is hard work and probably not worth the effort.

In the first three Tests, they were not really stretched. But things were different here. It needed discipline, which they did not exhibit.

I am still inclined to believe that this West Indian unit has shown improvement. The young cricketers appeared more willing to fight and that is a good sign. Unlike the times when Shivnarine Chanderpaul was at the helm, this one is looking more like a unit. The West Indies need to build on this basic ingredient for progress.

India has reasons to feel happy at how they have performed in the series. They deserved to win not by one but two Tests only if rain had not intervened. This West Indies team, despite their poor record, is not an easy one to beat at home. But they did not deserve to win after making just 103 runs in the first knock of the final Test. India should take a lot of positives from this series.

I guess India did not opt for five bowlers in the series because they were not sure if they could raise enough runs. It did not hurt them in the end. Also, there must be a bit of disappointment back home over the form of Yuvraj Singh. But he is young and certainly a talented lad. To me it appears that he does not bat in Tests too differently from the way he does in one-dayers. There is certainly talent in him and coach Greg Chappell is competent enough to suggest the areas where he can improve.

This Indian side has many young cricketers who believe in themselves. On a tough tour such as the Caribbeans, they also showed they had the mental resolve and physical resilience. If they can keep learning from the examples set by their admirable seniors, they would have a rewarding career ahead of them.

I must mention Rahul Dravid and two of his knocks that served his side so well. He is a dedicated team man and it was only fitting that his contribution in his team's win was substantial. He had the will and the technique at his command to prevail over the circumstances. He was a clear choice for individual honours by a long margin.

India is beginning to show that they can be on road for long periods of time and still come good. They certainly were the dominant force in the series. This side is beginning to show that they can take setbacks in stride and come good in the end. In Pakistan, they lost the Test series, came second in the first one-dayer and yet were comprehensive winners in the end.

Here too, they had a disappointing and unexpected loss in the one-day series, had hard couple of days in the Antigua Test but thereafter never took the foot off the gas pedal.

They have now got a few medium-pacers who certainly seem to have the mental make-up to serve them for long.The spinners are also proving reliable in foreign conditions and both Kumble and Harbhajan Singh had an outstanding series. They did not allow the West Indies batsmen to get on top of them, except for once in St Kitts.

That says a lot about which one was the better team in the series.

Originally posted by: vick1

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Rahul Dravid and Co. go through their drills at the National Cricket Academy, Bangalore

some pics of RAHUL:-


DRAVID BEFORE LEAVING FOR SL


DRAVID AT PRACTICE


CAPTAINS AT CONFERENCE: MAHELA AND DRAVID


DRAVID AT PRESS CONFERENCE

Originally posted by: delilah

some pics of RAHUL:-


DRAVID BEFORE LEAVING FOR SL


DRAVID AT PRACTICE


CAPTAINS AT CONFERENCE: MAHELA AND DRAVID


DRAVID AT PRESS CONFERENCE

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Originally posted by: delilah

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