Panesar: They struggled to keep up with me when I got Sachin!

I am not sure if it felt as good getting Sachin Tendulkar out at Lord's as it did in India last year for my first Test wicket, but my celebration was even better — maybe the best

yet.

It was as if I lost my mind. I

honestly didn't know what

was going on. I just started

running and it felt like I was

flying somewhere.

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The only thing I can

remember is hugging

everyone. Afterwards, all I

could think to myself was:

"Did I really do that?" I

haven't had the chance to

see a replay of the

celebration but my friends

told me that I just went

crazy.

I was just savouring the

moment and the reason I

reacted like that was

because he is such a great

player.

That is the impact he has on

people. I wouldn't have run

so far and jumped around like that if he wasn't so good.

Tendulkar didn't get many

runs in that second innings,

but he produced some great

shots before I got him out.

One drive he played off me

was absolutely awesome.

Most batsmen would have

defended the ball but he just

put it away. There was also a

back-foot drive which was

fantastic.

Even though I am playing

against him, I still think

'Wow' when he does

something like that.

But then

I suddenly think: 'Come on,

get back to your mark and

concentrate, you're meant

to be getting this guy out.'

I have to remind myself that

he is an opponent, not

someone whose shots I can

just stand and admire.

The ball that got him, I really

felt it was a close shout and

on the replays it looked out. I

was so pleased and so

excited.

Overall, I was pleased with

how I bowled at Lord's — my

rhythm felt good. I realise

that in this series, it will be

tougher for me to get

wickets than it was against

the West Indies. The India guys are such skilful players

against spin.

They don't try to smash me

out of the attack because

they don't need to. Their

batsmen are so good at

manoeuvring the ball

around that they can just

settle for doing that, then hit

out from time to time.

I'm

sure, if necessary, they could

go after me as well, but they

didn't really do that at Lord's.

From an England point of

view, it was so disappointing

to finish the match with a

draw when we could have

won. But when you take all

the near-misses we had into

account and the rain, you

just have to accept that it

wasn't meant to be. The

person upstairs obviously

didn't want there to be a

result in this game.

I didn't have a lot of luck at

times. It was so frustrating to

see one delivery to Dhoni

just miss the top of offstump.

It was very, very

close to being another one

of those special balls, like the

ones I bowled to Younis Khan

last year and Dinesh Ramdin

earlier this summer.

As for the leg-before appeal

I had against Sreesanth just

before we went off — that

was so close, I thought it was

a good shout. I don't want to

sound too biased but I

thought I had a good chance

of getting the decision.

But I don't want to complain

because the umpires made

some great decisions during

the game.

As I walked back

to my mark I asked Steve

Bucknor: 'How come that

wasn't out?' and he said he

felt the ball might have

missed off-stump. So in the

end it was a case of 'What if?'

for me and the whole team.

We all had a break yesterday,

and I took part in Paul

Collingwood's benefit golf

day. I have been practising

my swing on my Nintendo

Wii, but I'm not the best at

'real' golf to be honest.

All I

will say is that I didn't do

very well. Maybe I'll stick to

the computer version.

Next stop is Trent Bridge and

I am preparing myself to be

very patient there, because

you don't get the bounce as

the wickets always seem

quite flat.

But I will keep

plugging away and hopefully

I'll get a bit more luck there.