Thursday, June 5, 2008

YUVARAJ





Yuvraj revealed the fifth six was a mishit: The first one was the longest one. Second one was, I thinksquare; third one was long-off; fourth was over point; fifth was a mishit over midwicket and sixth was again to long-on he said.The left-hander said he thought about six sixes only after the fifth one sailed over the boundary.After the fourth six I thought, if I use the crease much better, I'm sure I can hit one more," he said. "After the fifth I thought that I had to go for the sixth. It's a great feeling."Yuvraj said he was reminded of the five sixes England's Dimitri Mascarenhas hit off his bowling during the sixth one-day international at the Oval in London earlier this month."I got more phone calls after that over than when I get for scoring a century," he said after being named the man of the match."So I decided to do something about it and luckily I got my chance today. I just went for the shots and they came off."Yuvraj said he felt sorry for young Broad because he understood what the bowler must have been going through."I know how it feels after that Oval game," he said. "It's a horrible feeling and Stuart is one of their main bowlers so, I feel sorry for him. He had a horrible day. It can happen to anyone. Yuvraj blasts his way into history: A ball by ball commentary on Yuvi's sixes18.1 : Broad to Yuvraj Singh, SIX, that's out the ground, super shot over cow corner and it just kept going up 18.2 : Broad to Yuvraj Singh, SIX, now that really is sweet, no more than a dismissive flick off his legs, swatting a fly, and the ball arcs deep into the crowd beyond backward square leg. The dodgy TV measurement says that's 111 yards but as it landed outside the ground how do they know? They guess that's how.18.3 : Broad to Yuvraj Singh, SIX, he's hitting them everywhere, he steps to leg and smashes the ball over extra cover and it keeps on traveling. The fireworks start on top of the scoreboard and they've been going off in the middle for some time.18.4 : Broad to Yuvraj Singh, SIX, Shiver me timbers! Broad goes round the wicket, bowls a filthy wide full toss and Yuvraj steers it over backward point and it clears the rope again. 18.5 : Broad to Yuvraj Singh, SIX, down on one knee and larruped over midwicket, that one was more nine iron, it went into the night sky and dropped with a thud in the jubilant crowd. England have a team meeting.Broad looks quizzical and miserable. Can he, can Yuvraj do it. Broad looks like a man who knows he is about to be mauled again. 18.6 : Broad to Yuvraj Singh, SIX, and he has, Yuvraj leans back and smacks that over wide mid-on. It was the maximum from the moment it left that bat and the crowd was roaring as it flew

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