Carribean Comeback

When Shivnarine Chanderpaul got hit in the back of his head by a Brett Lee bouncer in the Jamaica Test, he fell like a sack of potatoes. For about a couple of minutes he lay still, as a concerned Lee ran over, in the stands Chanderpaul's wife Amy cried, and Tony Cozier suggested on air that he might be unconscious. Then he slowly stirred. For about a couple of minutes the crowd got back to life as he put his arm-guard and gloves on and went back to batting.

Lee ran in and bowled another bouncer first up. Chanderpaul ducked it, and then another, and then pulled one for a couple. The other Australian bowlers bowled their share of short ones, and while some might have complain about that, one can be sure Chanderpaul wouldn't have: pity is an emotion he never evokes. Chanderpaul was on 86 when he was felled, with eight wickets down. As he went on to get to his century with a straight drive past Stuart Clark, a relieved Amy beamed in the stands, and the crowd went mad. Chanderpaul continued to chip away at Australia's first-innings total and was the last man out for 118.