Reliving the moment

[Zobair]

Tendulkar to continue
61.1 Tendulkar to Mohammad Ashraful, no run, outside the off stump,
pushed to point
61.2 Tendulkar to Mohammad Ashraful, no run, pitched outside the off
stump and turning away, Ashraful goes back, gets behind the line
and defends
61.3 Tendulkar to Mohammad Ashraful, FOUR, width outside the off stump,
Ashraful waits for it and cuts late, ball races away to the
backward point boundary, very well played
61.4 Tendulkar to Mohammad Ashraful, no run
61.5 Tendulkar to Mohammad Ashraful, no run, tossed up outside the off
stump, defended on the front-foot
61.6 Tendulkar to Mohammad Ashraful, one run, short and wide outside the
off stump, more than enough time for Ashraful to gets back and
pulls it away to the deep midwicket region, easy single to end the
over

End of over 62 (5 runs) Bangladesh 185/4 (trail by 355 runs)
SR Tendulkar 2-0-12-0 (1w 1nb) - Ispahani End
Mohammad Ashraful 68* (107b 10x4 1x6) Aftab Ahmed 27* (46b 3x4)

62.1 Harbhajan Singh to Mohammad Ashraful, no run, on the pads, defended
wide of the fielder at short leg
62.2 Harbhajan Singh to Mohammad Ashraful, SIX, MAX! comes down the
track and lofts it over the midwicket fence, excellent use of the
feet, lovely timing
62.3 Harbhajan Singh to Mohammad Ashraful, no run, outside the off
stump, played very late, gets it down to the short third man
region
62.4 Harbhajan Singh to Mohammad Ashraful, no run, defended on the back-
foot with a straight bat
62.5 Harbhajan Singh to Mohammad Ashraful, no run, beaten outside the
off stump, well bowled
62.6 Harbhajan Singh to Mohammad Ashraful, no run, turned away on the
leg side

End of over 63 (6 runs) Bangladesh 191/4 (trail by 349 runs)
Harbhajan Singh 16-3-48-1 - Pedrollo End
Aftab Ahmed 27* (46b 3x4) Mohammad Ashraful 74* (113b 10x4 2x6)

already this partnership is worth 67 runs
Pathan is back
63.1 Pathan to Aftab Ahmed, no run, wide outside the off stump, Aftab
goes after it and gets beaten, there was sound as the ball passed
the bat but that was of the bat hitting the turf, loud appeal for
caught behind turned down, excellent decision
63.2 Pathan to Aftab Ahmed, no run, low fulltoss outside the off stump,
played away to the extra-over region
63.3 Pathan to Aftab Ahmed, no run, pitched outside the off stump and
angling away, no shot offered
63.4 Pathan to Aftab Ahmed, no run, pitched in line and angling away,
Aftab is bit late to react and gets hit on the pad, loud appeal
for lbw turned down, would have just missed the off stump and was
bit high too, another excellent decision by umpire Aleem Dar
63.5 Pathan to Aftab Ahmed, no run, pushed to cover point
63.6 Pathan to Aftab Ahmed, no run, played to square leg

End of over 64 (maiden) Bangladesh 191/4 (trail by 349 runs)
IK Pathan 16-6-45-0 (1w 2nb) - Ispahani End
Mohammad Ashraful 74* (113b 10x4 2x6) Aftab Ahmed 27* (52b 3x4)

slip and short leg in place
64.1 Harbhajan Singh to Mohammad Ashraful, no run, pitched outside the
off stump and turning in, hit on the pad well outside the line of
the off stump
64.2 Harbhajan Singh to Mohammad Ashraful, no run, defended late, gets
it wide of the fielder at first slip
64.3 Harbhajan Singh to Mohammad Ashraful, (noball) one run, tossed up
on the middle and leg, swept away nicely to the fine leg region,
easy single
64.3 Harbhajan Singh to Aftab Ahmed, no run, defended on the back-foot
with a straight bat, get right behind the line on this ocassion,
well played
64.4 Harbhajan Singh to Aftab Ahmed, no run, tires to lofts it away on
the leg side but makes no contact
64.5 Harbhajan Singh to Aftab Ahmed, one run, defended behind square on
the leg side
64.6 Harbhajan Singh to Mohammad Ashraful, one run, swept away
powerfully to the fine leg region

End of over 65 (4 runs) Bangladesh 195/4 (trail by 345 runs)
Harbhajan Singh 17-3-52-1 (1nb) - Pedrollo End
Mohammad Ashraful 76* (117b 10x4 2x6) Aftab Ahmed 28* (55b 3x4)

65.1 Pathan to Mohammad Ashraful, FOUR, good length delivery outside the
off stump, Ashraful moves forward and drives it away into the gap
between mid-off and extra cover, classic shot
65.2 Pathan to Mohammad Ashraful, FOUR, and again! same line and length,
Ashraful once again finds the gap between mid-off and extra cover,
another glorious cover drive
65.3 Pathan to Mohammad Ashraful, FOUR, make that three in a row! on the
pads, flicked away to the midwicket fence, crowd loves it! Pathan
under pressure here
65.4 Pathan to Mohammad Ashraful, one run, drops it on the leg side and
sprints across for a quick single, excellent cricket
65.5 Pathan to Aftab Ahmed, no run
65.6 Pathan to Aftab Ahmed, no run, left alone outside the off stump

End of over 66 (13 runs) Bangladesh 208/4 (trail by 332 runs)
IK Pathan 17-6-58-0 (1w 2nb) - Ispahani End
Mohammad Ashraful 89* (121b 13x4 2x6) Aftab Ahmed 28* (57b 3x4)

66.1 Harbhajan Singh to Mohammad Ashraful, three runs, into the 90s!
tossed up outside the off stump, driven away on the front-foot to
the deep point region, waited and played it late to get the
placement right, beautiful shot
66.2 Harbhajan Singh to Aftab Ahmed, one run, turned away behind square
on the leg side, easy single, good sensible cricket
66.3 Harbhajan Singh to Mohammad Ashraful, FOUR, Ashraful! outside the
off stump, Ashraful gets into a nice position and reverse sweeps
it to the fine leg fence, simply superb!
66.4 Harbhajan Singh to Mohammad Ashraful, FOUR, 100! 100! 100! comes
down the track and turns it away to the midwicket fence,
magnificent innings!
crowd erupts! what a player, what an innings!
66.5 Harbhajan Singh to Mohammad Ashraful, one run, pushed away behind
point
66.6 Harbhajan Singh to Aftab Ahmed, no run, defended

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Sigh!

Source: Cricinfo ball by ball commentary

Edited on, December 20, 2004, 8:48 PM GMT, by pompous.

[pagol-chagol]

Thanks dude. Lot of hard work there.

We gotto have the video up in this site.

[SS]

Best innings I ever saw after BD test history

[Zunaid]

65.1 Pathan to Mohammad Ashraful, FOUR, good length delivery outside the
off stump, Ashraful moves forward and drives it away into the gap
between mid-off and extra cover, classic shot

This is one of the best cover drives I've ever seen.

Bat straight.
Elbow up.
Feet perfectly placed.
Eyes straight.

[fab]

Thank you Mr Pathan, Mr Khan and Mr Singh for allowing our little Ashraful to get back to form again

[bourny3]

That is amazing. That looks to be one of the better innings ever played. I wish i could have seen it.

[bourny3]

He reversed swept in the 90s now that takes confidence.well played.

[vv_sunil]

Originally posted by bourny3
He reversed swept in the 90s now that takes confidence.well played.

everybody was surprised to see the reverse sweep at that moment. nervous moments, batsman is on nervour ninetees. facing a world class bowlers... fielders all around.. batsman is under pressure as he has not a century since his debut. he missed the century on 98 once.... still what a confidence he showed at that moment. reverse sweep against a world class bowler.. then fours after four.. he deserve it. really, one of the best moments of bangladesh cricket