have come outside the West Indies; five of those are in Asia.2010 The last time a Pakistan bowler conceded 100 or more runs in both innings of a Test - Abdur Rehman against

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- When William Byrons engine exploded less than 10 laps away from his seventh win of the season, his chance to race for the Truck Series championship blew up in a puff of white smoke.It was one of those bad breaks that happen every week at every level in auto racing. But when it happens to the most dominant driver in a series and ruins his title aspirations, it ignites a debate about the fairness -- flaws, maybe? -- of the elimination-style playoffs NASCAR now uses in all three of its series.Brad Keselowski was particularly upset about Byrons misfortune, even though Keselowski fields rival trucks. He described himself as mad and disappointed for Byron, and said the elimination format has effectively traded excellence for entertainment.Keselowski learned how harsh the system can be in 2014, its debut year at the Sprint Cup level. He won six races that year, but one bad day at Martinsville led to his elimination from the playoffs after the third round. Keselowski had been worthy of a spot in the finale, but he didnt earn one of the slots.Same goes Jeff Gordon that first year. He won four times in 2014 and should have raced for the title. Like Keselowski, he was bounced out of the third round.Joey Logano should have made the finale last year but didnt. Same goes for Matt Kenseth, who was two laps away from victory Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway until a caution created a series of events that caused him to crash. He was all but assured of a slot in this weekends finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway one moment, last in the Chase standings the next.There have been arguments about the Chase since it was first introduced in 2004. Fans felt it was contrived and that the traditional season-long point champion was the truest way to decide a title. The format has been tinkered with several times since, but its most radical adjustments came three years ago when NASCAR implemented eliminations. That format this year was brought to both the Xfinity Series and Truck Series for the first time.Every sport has upsets and underdogs. Every sport has a Cinderella story every now and then that drums up interest. NASCAR very much needed that element when it introduced the Chase, and chairman Brian France has long trumpeted the desire to have his sport in a position to create Game 7 moments.The entire country talked for days about the seventh game of the World Series and the Chicago Cubs dramatic victory. Any leader in their right mind would want that same nail-biting tension for their sport. They want to see crushing defeats, career-defining victories, magical moments.So no matter what longtime fans believe, France did the absolute right thing in creating the Chase. Yes, people claim they stopped watching NASCAR because of the Chase. They blame Brian France for turning to gimmicks over tradition, claim the Chase has ruined the sport they once loved.Well, those people are clinging to a past that is never coming back. NASCAR has plenty of problems and NASCAR does many things incorrectly, but the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship is not one of them.The Chase in its first year had five drivers eligible to win the title. It pitted teammates Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson against each other in one of the fiercest championship battles in NASCAR history. The Chase in 2011 produced a magnificent finale in which Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards ended the championship tied with Stewart getting the trophy on a tiebreaker.The elimination element has raised the pressure and forced drivers to answer the call when the season is on the line. Kevin Harvick twice won must-win races in 2014 on his way to the title, Joey Logano has done it twice this year alone, including Sunday when his victory put him in the finale.It is absolutely true that the final four drivers will not always represent the most deserving teams. Byron learned that the hard way in the Truck Series inaugural Chase. The most dominant teams dont always deliver when the pressure is at its highest; although Harvick had performed time and again when his back was against the wall, Stewart-Haas Racing couldnt come up with the dominating performance it needed Sunday for him to advance.Thats called sports, and theres nothing contrived about it.Its not always fair, but sports are the greatest reality programming out there. Anything can happen -- and did to Kenseth at Phoenix! -- and thats why we watch.---For more AP auto racing coverage: http://racing.ap.org/ Nike Air Max 1 2020 . 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The previous smallest victory in terms of runs was 71 runs against England in Dubai in 2012.507 Balls faced by Darren Bravo in this Test - 258 in the first innings and 249 in the second. That is the third-most by a West Indies batsman in a Test away from home. Brian Lara faced 569 deliveries in Colombo (SSC) in 2001 and Desmond Haynes 531 in Dunedin in 1980. Only Alastair Cook has played out more deliveries in a Test in the UAE (528 in Abu Dhabi in 2015) than Bravo here.2007 The last time a West Indies batsman scored a century in the fourth-innings of an away Test - Shivnarine Chanderpaul scored 116 not out at Old Trafford. The only other such century by a West Indies batsman since 2000 was Dwayne Smiths unbeaten 105, on his debut, in Cape Town in 2004.2 The 109 overs West Indies played out in their second innings here is the second-longest they have batted in the fourth-innings of an away Test. They had played out 132.5 overs at Old Trafford in 2007.6 Scores of 50 or more for Bravo in the fourth innings of Tests. Since his debut, only Misbah-ul-Haq with seven has recorded more such scores in the fourth-innings. Bravo averages a healthy 52 in the fourth-innings, his best in any innings of a Test. His fourth-innings average is second only to Gordon Greenidges 53.19 among West Indies batsmen to play 15 or more innings.24.41 Difference in Bravos home and away averages - 29.35 at homme and 53.dddddddddddd76 away - the highest for any batsman who has played 30-plus innings at home and away. Indias Mohinder Amarnath comes next with a difference of 21.42. Bravos away average is the best among 35 West Indies players to score 1000-plus runs. Seven of his eight Test centuries have come outside the West Indies; five of those are in Asia.2010 The last time a Pakistan bowler conceded 100 or more runs in both innings of a Test - Abdur Rehman against South Africa, also in Dubai. Yasir Shah conceded 121 runs in the first innings and 113 runs in the second innings. This is the first time Yasir conceded more than 200 runs in a Test in the UAE. Its the 13th instance of a Pakistan bowler conceding 100 or more runs in both innings of a Test. Yasir bowled 84 overs in the match - the most he has bowled in any of his 17 Tests so far.0 Instances of both No. 10 and 11 getting run out in the fourth-innings of a Test prior to this match. West Indies last two batsmen, Miguel Cummins and Shannon Gabriel, were run out.54.40 Jason Holders average in the fourth innings of a Test. In seven innings, he has made two fifties, a century, as well as 40 not out in this innings.3/63 Mohammad Amirs figures in the fourth-innings of this Test - his best innings figures since his return. He had not taken more than two wickets in any of the previous nine innings. ' ' '