One of the great attritional innings has just come to an end

[Mr. Wicket]

People talk of the great patient batting marathons from batsmen like Dravid, Boycott, Gavaskar and Border. And here, we regularly criticize certain Pakistani players who show a certain aversion to occupying the crease. So when a new Pakistani face does show up and play a memorable defensive innings that I'm sure we'll talk about for some time here, I think this deserves its due. This isn't on the level of Abdul Razzaq's legendary 4 off 76, an innings some of us on ICF still remember with a grin (and a yawn, if we watched any of it), but well done Abdur Rauf. Well done for occupying the crease for a whole 34 balls... and not scoring a single run.

[Shane]

He was so close to his "Mentor" - Link Unfortunate !

[Jai Ho]

impressive innings :cantstop:

[Bradman99]

Haha incredible.

[Anakin]

Missed this little gem of an innings

[someone]

People talk of the great patient batting marathons from batsmen like Dravid, Boycott, Gavaskar and Border. And here, we regularly criticize certain Pakistani players who show a certain aversion to occupying the crease. So when a new Pakistani face does show up and play a memorable defensive innings that I'm sure we'll talk about for some time here, I think this deserves its due. This isn't on the level of Abdul Razzaq's legendary 4 off 76, an innings some of us on ICF still remember with a grin (and a yawn, if we watched any of it), but well done Abdur Rauf. Well done for occupying the crease for a whole 34 balls... and not scoring a single run.

Useless topic Should have seen Dravid innings where he wasted lots of deliveries to get from 19 runs to 20 runs if I remember right

[Max_Cady]

Useless topic Should have seen Dravid innings where he wasted lots of deliveries to get from 19 runs to 20 runs if I remember right

so what dravid has batting avg of 50+ and is all time gr8 batsman

[Sachinism]

Thats an impressive effort, whats the poor guy to do with everyone else around him collapsing like a house of cards

[niceguy_789]

It was a great effort, and its good that Anderson and Panesar stuck to the crease to not let his efforts go in vain.

[Guest Hiten.]

It was a great effort' date=' and its good that Anderson and Panesar stuck to the crease to not let his efforts go in vain.[/quote'] Abe sirji bina sir ke baat na karo. Check the opening posts' time stamp. Thaleel was referring to Rauf's colossus struggle on the pitch. :crazy4:

[Mr. Wicket]

It was a great effort' date=' and its good that Anderson and Panesar stuck to the crease to not let his efforts go in vain.[/quote'] Collingwood played a decent innings, but Rauf's strokelessness was another thing altogether. The anti-beast, perhaps?