Regardless of what happens we'll take a lot out of this particular batting performance.
The left-hander was once again the outstanding performer in yet another indifferent batting performance from South Africa.
If the tourists had been lucky they barely needed it after a domineering batting performance, led by Hussey.
But Kallis admitted that the Australians had gained the upper hand after a strong batting performance across the opening two days.
That set the stall for a stunning batting performance, with the top three in an England innings scoring centuries for the first instance since 1924.
Too often England lose the first Test of an overseas tour, and it was that hopeless batting performance in Jamaica that cost them again this time.
But while New Zealand's bowlers produced a fine display, the batting performance will leave the home side with concerns ahead of the two-Test series between the sides which starts next week.
It would have been fitting for Kumble to bow out with a win but following Australia's tremendous batting performance and two late wickets on day four, India did well to claim a draw.
Ravindra Jadeja (20), Virender Sehwag (19) and Dinesh Karthik (14) were the only batsmen to reach double-figures in India's dismal batting performance, with fast bowlers Mills and Jacob Oram bagging two wickets each.
Despite India's dogged batting performance, Brett Lee shone in the Australia attack, claiming his eighth Test five-wicket haul at the cost of 119 runs, while Mitchell Johnson and Brad Hogg each took two wickets.
"Our spinners did well and we now hope to put in a better batting performance in the second Test, " added Mashud, who led the team because Habibul Bashar is still recovering from a finger injury.
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Although the victory ensured England escaped an unprecedented 7-0 series drubbing, another sub-standard batting performance - Strauss and Denly excepted - gave them little cause for optimism ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy, which starts on Tuesday.
The batting performance of all-rounder Watson was a positive for Australia , but afterwards he said the team needed to work on their bowling after allowing Bangladesh to plunder 181-7, in which Saqibul Hasan smashed 54 off 29 balls.
There are all sorts of new, modern statistical indexes to measure performance that now supplement batting average and runs batted in.
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Rather than rely on dated but widely accepted measures of performance, like runs batted in and batting average, people like Beane used the new less obvious measures, like on-base percentage, to identify under-valued talent.
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Mr Duncan Smith's performance was no better or worse than his batting average.
Individual talent and performance statistics like overall scoring disparity, team batting average, home runs or a pitching staff's earned run average are given no weight at all.
It was as if his sheer will to win coaxed the performance out of him, even though his batting skills, in particular, look to be seriously on the wane.
Despite a powerful performance from Matthew Hayden at the top of the order, the Australian batting line-up wilted as they lost their last six wickets for only 59 runs.
Greenway's performance has lifted her six places to eight in the ICC women's batting rankings, which are still headed by Mithali Raj of India.
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