sehwag's knock

Virender Sehwag, who was awarded Man of the Match for a stunning 319 in the Chennai Test said this innings was better than the Multan knock where he got 309 against Pakistan.

"The conditions here were more challenging. The humidity and the heat made it more special here."

"I played each ball on merit and I knew that if I stayed at the crease for a whole day I would score 250-260 runs in a day," Sehwag said.

He also acknowledged that he and Jaffer capitalised well on the terrifc start they got. They went onto post 213 runs for the first wicket.

The only man to go past 300 twice besides Don Bradman and Brian Lara was grateful to Dravid for his suppirt in the middle: "I was extermely tired at a point but Dravid kept on egging me to be calm and and said that if I hung on and came back the next day, I would get much more."

Sehwag's triple century was the fastest ever in Test history

Vonn's overall title gives U.S., the first World Cup sweep since '83

BORMIO, Italy -- Lindsey Vonn completed the first American sweep of men's and women's ski titles in 25 years by winning the overall World Cup.

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Lindsey Vonn was all smiles after adding the women's World Cup overall title to her downhill crown.

Vonn was assured of the win when she finished in the top 15 in the slalom and the only skier with a chance to catch her, Germany's Maria Riesch, failed to finish.

"It was amazing today," Vonn said. "I'm just really happy that it's over."

Bode Miller won his second overall title Thursday with a 12th-place finish in the super-G combined with Didier Cuche's announcement that he would not enter Saturday's season-ending slalom.

The last Americans to win both titles together were Phil Mahre and Tamara McKinney in 1983.

Vonn, who changed her last name from Kildow when she married former U.S. racer Thomas Vonn, became the second American woman to win the overall. She had already captured the season's downhill title.

Vonn lagged behind in 25th place after the first slalom run on Friday, but fought back with the fastest second run to finish 11th on the day, more than enough for the overall title.

"I was bummed out after the first run but I knew I had a good opportunity to charge in the second run and I kept charging and now I got some slalom points and won the overall," she said.

"It's amazing," Vonn said. "It was a tough day today with tough conditions but I just kept fighting and I took it."

Marlies Schild of Austria repeated as women's World Cup slalom champion by winning Friday's race, shortly after Vonn clinched the overall title.

Schild completed the two runs in a combined time of 1 minute, 52.78 seconds. Her nearest rival for the slalom title, Austrian teammate Nicole Hosp, finished fourth.

Veronika Zuzulova of Slovakia was second in 1:52.85, followed by Sarka Zahrobska of the Czech Republic in 1:53.02. Hosp, last season's overall winner, finished in 1:53.08.