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*Mr COOL* Chris Gayle bowls one of the best final overs of all times..with just 5 runs to get and 3 wickets in hand.. England choke!

Sachin Tendulkar fell agonisingly short of an unprecedented 100th international when he was dismissed for 91 on the fifth day of the fourth Test against England at The Oval on Monday.

Wasim Akram feels that Sachin Tendulkar needs a bit of luck to reach his 100th international hundred. The former Pakistan captain is doubtful that Sachin would reach the milestone in the third Test at Edgbaston but believes that the Oval will provide the Master with the ideal opportunity. Akram believes that Sachin would get that bit of luck needed to record the much-awaited ton at the Oval.

Ricky Ponting Bowled by Waqar Younis’s late in swing

This was the most important Ashes innings by an England batsman since Ian Botham demoralised Australia on the opening day of the 1986-87 series in Brisbane. And it almost never happened. When Pietersen came out to bat on the last day of the series in 2005 with England needing a draw to secure their first Ashes win in 18 years, Glenn McGrath had just removed Michael Vaughan and Ian Bell in consecutive balls. His hat-trick delivery struck Pietersen on the shoulder and rebounded to gully – only for umpire Billy Bowden to correctly rule not out. More tension was to follow. In the next over, Matthew Hayden dropped a tough chance at slip as Pietersen, still yet to score, pushed forward nervously at Shane Warne. And when Warne himself dropped a straightforward catch at slip when Pietersen, on 15, edged a drive off Brett Lee, it seemed clear which side the Gods had decided to smile on. But there was plenty of work to be done. England went into lunch in effect 133 for five and grateful they had chosen a seventh batsman in Paul Collingwood to protect the lower order. Now the fun really started. As Collingwood leaned on his bat at the other end, Pietersen embarked on the pivotal duel of the day, casting caution to the wind and hammering 33 runs off three post-lunch overs from Brett Lee. The faster Lee bowled, the harder Pietersen hit: Boy’s Own meets Roy of the Rovers. Collingwood departed for 10, having helped add 60 in 16 overs, and when Geraint Jones came and went in a hurry …

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