Much like a beautiful early morning dream evaporating to the deafening sounds of alarm clock, Sachin Tendulkar was stopped in his strides -- not for the first time in recent weeks -- as he stood on the threshold of scoring a majestic hundred in the second one-dayer against England.
As umpire Ian Gould ruled him out caught behind off Andrew Flintoff for 99 -- even though the ball came off his arm guard -- he condemned Tendulkar to a much familiar nightmare that he has been subjected to in recent weeks.
"I guess, I have missed four or five hundreds in the last two months," said Tendulkar, as he pondered over the jinx.
Indeed, for someone whose impeccable behaviour on and off the field is well documented, Tendulkar displayed customary grace in refusing to make any comment about the decision.
"No comments about the umpiring," said Tendulkar. However, what he left unsaid was that everyone has seen it.
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