Akhtar to Dravid - defended straight back down the track
Pakistan vs India, 1st Test at Lahore, Jan 13 2006 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Here we go again! Light has been offered and accepted - players walk back to the pavilion
Umpires have decided to take Tea and they will come out for an inspection in 30 minutes time.
And finally the umpires have decided to call off the day's play and that brings us to the end of the first Test.
Akhtar to Dravid - short of a good length delivery, coming in from outside the off stump, Dravid defends it down on the leg side
Naved-ul-Hasan to Laxman, good line and length delivery, Laxman defends it on the front-foot, end of a successful over
Naved-ul-Hasan to Sehwag, OUT (Caught) - gone! another short rising delivery outside the off stump, Sehwag looking to lift it down to third man fails to make proper contact, ball kisses the bat and goes straight to Akmal behind the stumps, end of an epic innings!
Naved-ul-Hasan to Sehwag - and again, goes after a short delivery outside the off stump and gets beaten by a long way
Naved-ul-Hasan to Sehwag - short rising delivery outside the off stump, Sehwag goes after it but makes no contact
Naved-ul-Hasan to Sehwag - good length delivery outside the off stump, just enough width and Sehwag clobbers it through covers, no stopping that
Naved-ul-Hasan to Sehwag - 250! Rana drifts on to the pads and Sehwag tucks it away to fine leg for a brace
Akhtar to Dravid - short and wide outside the off stump, was there to be hit but Dravid finds the man at point
Akhtar to Dravid - wayward delivery down the leg side, Dravid offers no shot
Akhtar to Dravid - fraction short and close to the off stump line, Dravid stands his ground and pushes it straight to the fielder at point
Akhtar to Dravid - short rising delivery on the middle and off stump line, defended on the back-foot
Akhtar to Sehwag - short of a good length delivery on the middle and leg stump line, turned away off the back-foot to the square leg region, easy single and that's the first run of the day
Akhtar to Sehwag - short rising delivery outside the off stump, Sehwag sways away from the path of the delivery and leaves it for the keeper
Rana into the attack now
And once again bad light comes into play.
Light has been offered and accepted.
Break - Bad light stops play
Break - Day 5 start delayed due to wet conditions
Next inspection at 10:30 local time (11:00 IST)
And it starts to drizzle! covers are back on and it looks lilke we are in for a long wait.
Sami to Dravid, good length delivery, Dravid defends of the back-foot and the ball goes straight to the fielder at point
(no ball) Sami to Sehwag, Sehwag works it through the leg side, 1 run
(no ball) Sami to Sehwag, Sehwag gets an edge, no runs
Sami to Sehwag - punched away on the leg side, came off the inner half of the bat
Sami to Sehwag - driven in the air and just wide of Sami, mid-off moves across and cuts off the single
Sami to Sehwag, good line and length, Sehwag drives the ball through the off side, no runs
Sami to Sehwag, bangs it in short, Sehwag plays no shot, no runs, fielded by Akmal
Sami to Sehwag - short delivery outside the off stump, Sehwag just stands his ground and thulps it to the backward point fence, too easy a ball for Sehwag - 400 comes up for India!