England may have successfully bottled up Sachin Tendulkar on the off side once again, but they couldn't keep his doppelganger Virender Sehwag in check as he carved and drove his way to 106 at Trent Bridge. Our graph shows where Sehwag scored his runs, with almost half of them in the arc from square on the off side around to mid-off. Sehwag slashed 50 runs in that area, 37 of them off Dominic Cork and Steve Harmison.

On a soft wicket that was offering plenty of sideways movement, England bowled too short to Sehwag. Over half of their deliveries to him were short of a length (98 out of 183), with Harmison the biggest culprit. He bowled 51 balls to Sehwag, and 33 of them (or 65%) were in his half of the pitch.

This was Sehwag's second Test hundred to go with three half-centuries - and he's made them all in the first innings. Sehwag was also out bowled again; that's five in nine Test innings, including all three in this series. If he stops throwing his wicket away, he could be a seriously good player: he's already averaging 58 from seven Tests.

Rob Smyth is on the staff of Wisden.com.

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