When strength is a weakness

Being someone who never holds back,Sehwag has rarely even attempted at resisting the temptations.

Six of the nine deliveries the Aussie pacers bowled to him in the second innings were in his zone,though on varying lengths. He swung and missed against a couple of them,got a streaky boundary through the slips region,before cutting the final one towards Michael Hussey at gully.

The hosts had tried similar tactics even in the first innings,where Sehwag did get away and scored 67 eventually. They bowled a total of 23 deliveries in his area. While Sehwag smashed four boundaries,he was also either beaten or edged deliveries ominously in the direction of the slips on nine occasions.