Proving the theory that runs are much easier with the newer, harder ball, Sehwag reached his 17th Test fifty with his sixth four.

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His average would have been over 100 had he scored four runs in his final Test at the Oval in 1948, but he was bowled for a duck second ball by England's Eric Hollies.

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There were some good balls, and conditions in this series have not been conducive to swatting the ball around, so there are one or two mitigating circumstances, but we should not be playing four-day Test matches.

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