hand. However, Raina and Harbhajan Singh fell within the space of four balls and the pendulum swung back towards Australia. Then Ravindra Jadeja played an excellent cameo and India nosed ahead. With 19 needed off 18 balls, and Tendulkar and Jadeja at the crease, it seemed like a cakewalk. Then the unthinkable happened. Tendulkar tried a paddle sweep, there was a top edge, and a catch to short fine leg.

Still the match was there to be won and the rest of the Indian batsmen failed, as they did in the Chennai Test against Pakistan ten years previously. India fell three runs short. I can never forget the desperation on Tendulkar's face. A great player silently mouthing the words: "What more should I do?" The HSI was 1.57.

6. ODI#was staring at a total disaster. Elton Chigumbura joined Pollock and started playing attractively. Both the batsmen batted with freedom and added 67 in just over ten overs. But the fall of Chigumbura at 154 meant that the African XI was running out of wickets. In came Kenya's Thomas Odoyo, who scored a quick-fire 39. Pollock and Odoyo added another 103 runs in just over 12 overs. Despite the frivolous nature of the contest, an amazing win was on the horizon. Unfortunately Odoyo was dismissed at 257 and Pollock had to attack in a desperate manner. He was last out at 287. His 130 was worth its weight in gold and had an HSI value of 1.55.

7. ODI# 1944. Sri Lanka won by 47 runs

February 10, 2003, Bloemfontein

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