241 runs - with no cover drives! Sachin's SCG epic

Well, he's going through a tough time at the moment, the Aussies have it all on him, there's a big lead now, there's a big ground for Brad Williams. We have been taking him out to drive in the rope slips and the first two test matches. e he made the statement before the game that he was not going to play

cover

age.

sachin

tendulkar is the new man in the middle good shot, it could well be four, he is very well synchronized from tendulkar and there will be four who are full. the stumps Tendulkar has a lot of timing, he goes even faster as he gets closer to the ropes.

There's no man out there. Tendulkar has decided to try and take advantage of it, he didn't play it at all and for me that was incredible mental strength. and discipline and uh, that was a lesson even in my last test match. You're still learning from other players around you and look how comfortable he is when he hits the ball on the ground when he doesn't have to go. after coming off the stump, it is really fascinating to see this innings. This is a guy who is fighting a huge mental battle and is determined to occupy the crease because he knows how weak the tail is and how important the substantial first is for India in this match. don't run for it this time he sweeps it we don't move the shot from the pavement he leans on one and well outside he finds the space on the leg side that is a good shot unusual shot from

sachin

tendulkar saw it a little short and he returned it Beyond the bowler, I am more admired, that is his mental strength which is nice and direct, yes, well, I am not for it, oh, it is a good shot. 210, Dawker is activating it now, that's right in the slot quite beautifully, it's up to 99.

Simon cut off his left arm above the wrist and there it is and that's a return hundred if you can use that phrase for one one of the best players the world has ever seen a hundred for the session tendulkar great knock great player fantastic knock and it is a true sign of a great player, his team needed him to go out and get a hundred. He didn't have the best 2003. He went out and made a big hundred here when his team needed him gloriously according to the best batsman in the world, who also shows signs of that. he's finding his best form again when Chachin starts crushing him past Midon nice and straight and then you know he's getting back to business to move on and not actually play a card.

I've even been to 220, you're not here. you didn't play all under

cover

, surely you can relax now that you have double hundred and you can go against what you said before the game, he got it, that brings up the 200 to award us and that's the best chance. he's played for a long time, he got inside that bounce and hooked it beautifully and there's the decoration at seven for 705. 241 not out 436 balls everything is in place for tendulkar now the hook shots are back this morning not yet driven hard through coverages, but that will come with more and more time in the crease.

I'm sure I thought he probably wouldn't stick to it, but he did it without playing coverage and it just goes to show that I guess great players can adapt the game overnight. so and for someone not to play a favorite shot instantly and then carry it out and um you know, we didn't have the answers, he was just um too good, we couldn't get him out, the maestro has returned a well-deserved standing ovation, there are tickets of character and great concentration and guna compares with seven for 705. Wonderful ovation for the tengukar murderer.