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...rightfielder Paul O?Neill, at the end of a storybook career as a Yankee, dumped a single to left as the faithful serenaded him with chants of ?Paul-ie, Paul-ie.? Then, with two out, first baseman Tino Martinez, who like most of the Yankees batsman had been hitless and helpless to this point, smoked the first pitch he saw over the wall in right center...
...Laxman remained at the wicket for almost two days, besting nine Australian bowlers and smashing 44 boundaries. By the time he got out, on the morning of Day 5, he had amassed 289 runs, a record for an Indian test batsman. More important, he and Rahul Dravid (180) had led India to the awe-inspiring total of 657 for the loss of only seven wickets. Some 50,000 people had crowded into the ground as word spread around Calcutta that Laxman and Dravid were flaying the Australian bowling...
...TIME's Australia edition recently devoted its cover to an obituary of the legendary prewar batsman Sir Donald Bradman, noting his significance to Australia lay not simply in his unmatched ability to amass runs no matter how fearsome the bowling he faced, but in the ability of those storied exploits to lift his nation's spirits through the tribulations of the Depression and World War II. As writer Thomas Kenneally put it, "When we spoke of literary figures we spoke of Englishmen, but when we spoke of cricket we spoke of our own. No Australian had written 'Paradise Lost...
...batsmen do. Satisfied, he'd utter a shrill "right" and crouch over his uncommonly light bat. That single word sent a powerful message: Bradman was ready. As the bowler moved in, Bradman revealed two more idiosyncrasies. First, he did not tap his bat, a habit observed by virtually every batsman at all levels. He was perfectly still?and still smiling. Second, his grip was unusual, his bottom hand turned more toward the front than the textbooks recommend...
...During the ball's split-second journey from the bowler's hand to the batsman, Bradman would show more of his peculiar method. His backlift wasn't straight but in the direction of second slip, and his rear foot moved back and across the stumps. He liked to score from his first ball, then assess the vagaries of the pitch from the other end. He was most vulnerable early?he made seven noughts in 80 Test innings?but, once settled, an all-out attack was likely. These consisted of shots of all types, with a weighting toward late cuts...