Rahul Dravid makes 10000 runs while batting at No.3- Cricket News Update
The Indian Wall, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Dravid-c2229, completed another individual milestone by becoming the first batsmen in Test History to score 10,000 runs while batting at the crucial no.3 spot.
He achieved this feet in the second innings of the Third nPower Test match against England, at Edgbaston, becoming the first ever to do so.
On a gloomy Day 3, which left India on the brink of losing the series and for a bigger matter, the No1 Test spot, Dravid's individual honor was slightly overshadowed by his team’s miserable performance throughout the summer.
However, only the 38-year-old can raise his head high as he remains the highest run-getter for his team in the series. So far he has scored century in each of the first two matches, and the Men in Blue will be banking on the Rock to deliver another on Day
4.
His 10,000, while batting at No.3 came just before the close of third day’s play, after http://www.senore.com/Cricket/A-King-c41197 Pair.
The player has owned the no.3 position, featuring in more than 200 innings, while averaging in excess of 50.
Ironically, Dravid’s highest average has been when he has batted at the no.7 spot. In 4 innings, he has scored 3 half-centuries, while averaging a staggering 69.75.
Though he tasted success while opening the innings for his team recently, his average however, drops to 36 when given the task to face the new ball. In 21 innings he has made 648 runs with 3 centuries to his name.
In 155 matches so far, the player currently averages 52 with the bat, while has made over 12000 runs, which includes staggering 34 hundreds and 60 scores of more than fifty.
While other buckled under pressure of the inform English pace attack in the first two matches, Dravid made a total of 262 runs, with a more than impressive average of 87.33.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 still trail to England’s first innings total by 451 runs and while it is a daunting task, the ever reliable Indian Wall will look to build on his individual record and bat as long as he can, in an attempt to save the test match.
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