Throughout his epic 217, Rahul Dravid was in control of 90% of his strokes (422 out of 468), a staggering ratio over such a lengthy innings. England really did hit The Wall in the shape of Dravid's spotless defence and delicious strokeplay. Against Ashley Giles, Dravid was in control of a chilling 95% of his strokes. Overall, almost 70% of his shots came soul-destroyingly off the middle, while just 2% went past the outside edge. Seven of those 12 balls came from Andrew Caddick, who was the only man to give Dravid any trouble at all - he was in control of a mere 85% of his strokes against Caddick. Dravid looked like he could bat forever, and he might well have done had Ajay Ratra not run him out.

This blockbuster took Dravid's overseas average to 59.13 - well clear of the next-best Indian, Sachin Tendulkar (53.77). He also surpassed Sunil Gavaskar's record of 542 runs (1979) for an Indian in a series in England. Dravid has made 602. And the ten-and-a-half hours he spent at the crease here took his series total to over 31 hours - an entire Test match, or nearly eight showings of Lagaan. Either way, England were very happy to see the credits roll on Dravid's innings.

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