Dravid has raised the bar once again

He [Dravid] is there, always there, like a dutiful servant, who has, without complaining served you so well that you take his contribution for granted. It is rare to find him being lauded and feted, like the others, when he scores, but very common to raise doubts when he fails ...

This English attack, that too in their own conditions, is perhaps among the most threatening in the recent history of the game. To have first negated them when they were at their most menacing and then having mastered them, that too when no one around him could put bat to the ball, will remain one of the greatest batting feats of all time, comparable to the best - from the Bradman era to the present, which includes Tendulkar as well.

He [Simon Willis, Kent's high performance director] recalls: "He [Dravid] was among the easiest guys to handle. I remember he came over early that season, which is very rare for an overseas player. And in England we do a lot of running pre-season and fitness. He really got involved. It was a bit of a culture shock for him. I don't think at that time they [India] had done a lot of running and fitness."