As England and West indies slog it out on a sucession of batting paradises, we look back to a similar story in 1967-68 - with an unexpected ending. After three draws, the Fourth Test looked to be heading for another draw before West Indies' captain, Garry Sobers, declared at 92 for two - because, some said, he was bored. England were set 215 in 145 minutes, and got home with just three minutes to spare for the win that clinched the series.

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Yes you got it right.We are talking about the most successful Indian captain ever--Saurav ganguly.We thank him for all his efforts in and out field for he team India.

SAURAV WE WILL MISS YOU
HOPE TO SEE YOU PERFORMING WELL AT IPL,09

REFORMED bad-boy Jason Krejza has celebrated one of the most remarkable Test debuts in the fourth Test against India.

Off-spinner Krejza, 25, captured 8-215 off 43.5 overs – only the third time an Australian and sixth time a player from any nation had claimed an eight-wicket haul on debut.

This is one of the best debut in my views but the best till date which i think is

Saurav Ganguly debut against England making centuries in both the innings.

UPDATE: He got 12 wickets in the full match.

Known as a backup bowler for breaching partnerships in the one-dayers, Virender Sehwag Saturday made a statement with the ball in the longer version of the game. He claimed his maiden five-wicket haul in Tests in the first innings of the third Test against Australia. All his victims were bowled.Sehwag, with his five wickets for 104, was the pick of the Indian bowler and could have well snared more wickets if fielders had not dropped some easy chances.

With skipper Anil Kumble unable to take the field Friday and also for the first hour Saturday, Sehwag performed the role of a front-line spinner to perfection.

His bowling effort more than made up for his batting failure in both the innings and he has made it clear that he has been under-utilized by Indian captains.

The 30-year-old opening batsman has always come in handy as a part-time off-spinner in the one-dayers , the then skipper Sourav Ganguly continued to show faith in him.

Sehwag’s best bowling figures in the One-Dayers were three for 25 in India’s victory over South Africa in the 2002 Champions Trophy semi-final in Colombo. In that game he also scored 59 runs.

As Sehwag went up the order, he was used as a bowler less. He was used more as a fifth bowler. In ODI’s he has bowled just 630.1 overs in 191 matches and picked up 80 wickets.

In the Tests, with Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh being the premier bowlers, he hardly got a chance turn his arm over. In 63 matches he has played so far, Sehwag has bowled just 356.1 overs picking 29 wickets.

However, after his exploits Saturday, it looks the numbers will surely go up.

After Saurav Ganguly, its Anil Kumble who hang his bat all the way.Now we have only three other namely Rahul Dravid,V V S Laxman and Sachin Tendulkar left.Let us see how do they respond.

My view about all of them
S. Ganguly---He was having more cricket left in him.When we see his debut,it is in 1991,but he actually started playing(getting in 11) in 1996. who know if he would have played in that time ,he would have against his name more run than Sachin.

Anil Kumble--He played more than he required.It was also due to the fact that he was given captaincy when he was to be retired.

Rahul Dravid--Its right time for him to retire from onedayers but he should keep playing test cricket because he is good at his techniques.

VVS laxman--He must only play against Aussies because this where he only makes run.

Sachin--With his level of fitness ,he must also play in world cup 2011.

Its again end of another ecstasy. This time its Indian test team captain Anil Kumble who retires all the way.

Zaheer Khan wreaked havoc as India punctured Australia's aura of invincibility by inflicting a crushing 320-run defeat on the visitors with more than two sessions to spare in the second cricket Test in Mohali on Tuesday.

With Zaheer breathing fire, India took just one-and-half hours and 18.4 overs to complete the formality and Australia, thoroughly bruised and battered, were subjected to one of their worst defeats in recent past as India went 1-0 up in the four-match series.

Australia needed well nigh a miracle to chase down the monumental 516-run target for an improbable win and with the top order blown away cheaply, their pursuit looked doomed right at the outset.

It was too much to expect the lower middle order batsmen and tail-enders to do what their front-line willow-wielders could not and Australia eventually folded for 195.

Zaheer's triple strikes in the first hour maimed Australia and since then, their collapse was just a matter of time and formality, which was completed in due course.

This was India's biggest win against the Aussies, eclipsing the 222-run victory that came in Melbourne in 1977. Michael Clarke (69) was the only face of Australian resistance in the face of some inspiring Indian bowling but his knock didn't go beyond boosting his personal tally.

Clarke's 152-ball knock included nine hits to the fence. With five wickets separating India from a win at the end of the fourth day, the dice was indeed loaded too heavily against Australia and whatever hopes they had of saving the Test went up in smoke when Zaheer crashed through Brad Haddin's (37) defence in the first over of the day.

Zaheer has been tormenting Australia since they landed in India and the persecution was far from over as the left-arm seamer came to singe them with a superlative show of fast bowling in his second over.

Cameron White (1) had barely survived the first ball he faced from Zaheer which angled across to beat his tentative blade but his luck ran out soon and the Australian edged the next delivery for Mahendra Singh Dhoni to pouch a smart catch diving to his right.

Brett Lee was next in the line of fire and he could only grope in thin air as Zaheer landed one just short of length and pegged back his off-stump, putting himself on a hat-trick.

Four fielders were soon manning the slip cordon and a few more hung around the blade but Mitchell Johnson's (26) straight bat denied Zaheer his hat-trick even if the left-arm seamer's spell was no less spectacular.

Johnson showed the grit that some of his illustrious batting colleagues lacked and the left-hander decided to lend a helping hand to Clarke who was waging a grim battle at the other end.

They put together a 50-run stand for the ninth wicket to thwart the Indians for a while but that was just an effort to delay the inevitable till Amit Mishra struck.

Johnson could not read Mishra's flighted delivery and the leading edge resulted into a simple caught-and-bowled dismissal giving the bowler his sixth wicket of the match.

Running out of partners and patience wearing thin, Clarke pulled Amit Mishra in the leggie's next over and Virender Sehwag took a smart catch at mid-off to drop curtains on Australia's second innings.

source:/indian express

its the end of a ecstasy.
saurav ganguly has declared to retire from test cricket after this on going series with aussies.