Sehwag hits century to guide MCC to a six-wicket win
28 March 2014 5:03 AM IST
India discard Virender Sehwag blasted a 97-ball 109 to lead Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) to a comfortable six-wicket win over Durham in a Champion County Test match at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium here.
The 35-year-old Delhi batsman smashed 18 boundaries and a six in his 97-ball innings to help MCC overhaul the victory target of 225 in 51 overs on the fourth and final day. Out of the national side for more than a year, Sehwag played a captain’s knock as he added 105 runs with Samit Patel (48 not out)of Nottinghamshire for the fourth-wicket.
Sehwag was finally dismissed by Jamie Harrison in the 49th over of MCC’s second innings. Resuming the MCC’s second innings at overnight 48/2, Sehwag blasted three fours in the opening over of the first session from seamer Harrison to give his team a good start in the day.
The inexperienced Durham attack failed to tame Sehwag as he completed his half-century in 47 deliveries with the help of eight boundaries and then by lunch, he was only five runs short of the three-figure mark. Sehwag brought up his hundred shortly after the lunch break with a boundary off Harrison. He took 88 balls to reach his century. Harrison, however, had the last laugh as he had the Indian caught by Paul Coughlin.
The 35-year-old Delhi batsman smashed 18 boundaries and a six in his 97-ball innings to help MCC overhaul the victory target of 225 in 51 overs on the fourth and final day. Out of the national side for more than a year, Sehwag played a captain’s knock as he added 105 runs with Samit Patel (48 not out)of Nottinghamshire for the fourth-wicket.
Sehwag was finally dismissed by Jamie Harrison in the 49th over of MCC’s second innings. Resuming the MCC’s second innings at overnight 48/2, Sehwag blasted three fours in the opening over of the first session from seamer Harrison to give his team a good start in the day.
The inexperienced Durham attack failed to tame Sehwag as he completed his half-century in 47 deliveries with the help of eight boundaries and then by lunch, he was only five runs short of the three-figure mark. Sehwag brought up his hundred shortly after the lunch break with a boundary off Harrison. He took 88 balls to reach his century. Harrison, however, had the last laugh as he had the Indian caught by Paul Coughlin.
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