Actually, I must confess that I didn't watch the whole of the 275 partnership between Azhar & Jadeja LIVE. I did watch it till about 3/47 or 3/50 and remember telling my dad several times during the course of the time I couldn't watch the rest of the innings that Azhar looked in the mood to score a big one. There was something mysterious about the way Azhar played. On some days you could just tell by the way he played that first ball, or the first few balls, whether he was going to dig in and play a brilliant knock, or simply not trouble the scorers much. On that gorgeous Thursday morning, Azhar was in his element, as wickets tumbled around. He was in a scathing mood and I was really pissed off for having to miss it; my family and I had to go for this religious thing that happens only once a year. On a side note I remember my dad and I having a chuckle about how one of the priests who had brought some stuff for the puja had carried it in a Bacardi or Smirnoff box, I forget which. Anyways, by the time we got home, I gave my dad the "I told you so" treatment and proceeded to watch India polish off the Zimbabwean tail. After seeing the highlights and despite the opposition, I rate it as one of Azhar's finest knocks, especially considering the context in which it was played.