vvvslaxman Posted July 8, 2014 Posted July 8, 2014 Vengsarkar's 102 at Leeds 1986 was probably a great knock in trying condition considering whole England managed that in 1st innings.Never saw his 157 at Lords 1982 but that was after India got follow-on....another one is Pataudi's 148 at Leeds in 1967. Yup.. that is why i felt i missed badly. Conditions were much much tougher. India's first-innings lead of 170 looked unbeatable until England's bowlers learned to enlist the unpredictable surface. India's first three wickets fell for 29 runs and they were 70 for five at the close as the seam attack revelled, Lever having figures of three for 9 in 28 balls. Already, however, Vengsarkar had demonstrated, on the ground that nurtured Sutcliffe, Hutton and Boycott, the art of batting on a bad pitch. He returned on the Saturday to progress from 33 to 102 not out and prompt his tailenders into a caning of a dispirited attack, As at Lord's he reached his hundred in the company of Maninder Singh, the number eleven batsman. Gatting almost certainly must have wished that he could have exchanged one of his six batsmen for Edmonds, who had been omitted from England's squad along with Ellison.
derbyfan Posted July 8, 2014 Posted July 8, 2014 Dravid at Headingley. It wasn't beautiful, but it required more skill and application than all the others and helped win the game - which makes it the best...
Sachin=GOD Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 Rahane just played one of the finest innings by an Indian in England.
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