Impossible Takes a little Longer

359 was highest total in an ODI scored by Australia against India.It proved insufficient as India finished with more than six overs to spare.And in the UAE, Pakistan closed in on to a rare victory against South Africa.They recently lost to Zimbabwe but are poised to win a Test against the other African Test team.The near absence of improbability makes cricket interesting.

Sohag Ghazi

In the week that Sachin Tendulkar announced his retirement, a personal test Match record has been created by a young man not far away. Sohag Gazi of Barisal and Bangladesh scored a century batting at number 8 against NewZealand at Chittagong and went on to take a hattrick. This is the first time in the annals of Test Cricket that a player has been able to do this.The Test ended in draw but Gazi's feat is unique in Tests.In First class cricket this has been achieved no less than 13 times but here too Sohag Gazi has the distinction of having achieved this in 2012 in a lost cause against Khulna.The only other player to achieve this feat twice was the South African all rounder Mike Procter playing for Gloucestershire.While We will return to Tendulkar on reaching his 200th Test, We wish to be celebrating Sohag Gazi more often.It appears that Shakib will soon have company on bill boards across Bangladesh.