Sachin!!!

d'Oracle

http://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/current/story/480072.html

@37 years of age.

That is all.

booth70

d'Oracle wrote: »

http://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/current/story/480072.html

@37 years of age.

That is all.

He has done it all:)....except win the World cup for India:(...it is a burning ambition of his...hopefully he'll set that record straight (with some help from his team mates of course!!) come April 2011:).....it'll be the icing on a glittering career

djimi

How has he never won this before? Hes been arguably the best batsman for half of my life!!!

Cremated

Doesn't make sense to me, he is the best batsman the game has produced, and he only now picks up his first ICC Award,

@Booth70, I would love to see him win the World Cup, and get his first triple century...

booth70

49th test century today for the little master...and 95th international century overall:)........this guy gets better and better with age!!

JustinDee

On that track there are going to be at least three more centuries to go in this test.

Still good batting record for the fella as he's still playing and scoring 20 years later.
10 or 11 of those centuries are against Australia so its not just repeated tests vs Bangladesh etc.

Mothman

150no,
His 6th 150 against Australia

TrueDub

Mothman wrote: »

150no,
His 6th 150 against Australia

Considering the quality of Australian attacks he's been playing against throughout his career, that's a very impressive statistic.

I wonder how many of them were in Australia?

JustinDee

TrueDub wrote: »

Considering the quality of Australian attacks he's been playing against throughout his career, that's a very impressive statistic.

I wonder how many of them were in Australia?

Four 150s in Australia.
Six centuries out of eleven of his centuries against Australia were in Aussie.

Cricinfo is an excellent site for stats like this.

booth70

TrueDub wrote: »

Considering the quality of Australian attacks he's been playing against throughout his career, that's a very impressive statistic.

I wonder how many of them were in Australia?

His finest test innings according to the master himself....

http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/63567.html

He was 18 years old and batting on I reckon the then fastest and bounciest wicket in the world.....

As was the norm then India were routed in the test series comprehensively but SRT stood out....he also scored 148 in Sydney during the same series!!

Enough said:)

d'Oracle

Off to put his feet up at 191no.

Damn legend.

TrueDub

JustinDee wrote: »

Four 150s in Australia.
Six centuries out of eleven of his centuries against Australia were in Aussie.

Cricinfo is an excellent site for stats like this.

Yeah, I was too lazy to check!

Six out of eleven is very impressive, but then everything about ST is impressive.

kryogen

There doesnt seem to be anyone trying to poke holes in his record, if this keeps up im gonna have to start playing devils advocate for the fun of it

d'Oracle

kryogen wrote: »

There doesnt seem to be anyone trying to poke holes in his record, if this keeps up im gonna have to start playing devils advocate for the fun of it

You do not poke at Sachin.
Ever.

TrueDub

kryogen wrote: »

There doesnt seem to be anyone trying to poke holes in his record, if this keeps up im gonna have to start playing devils advocate for the fun of it

In fairness, his record as a wicketkeeper, particularly when keeping to his own bowling, is no better than average.

:D

Bill2673

I was in India some years back, at 2am arriving into some railway station in a city whose name I don't remember, in a scrum of people trying to buy a ticket for my onward journey later that night/morning, with maybe 20 people around this booth and no qeueing system in place, and myself trying to use my height advantage to reach over the various locals that were constantly pushing past me, and with my rupee notes in hand. When I eventually purchased the ticket, and emerged sweating and frazzled from the melee, a young local man accosted me, took hold of my arm and shouted:

"Excuse me Sir, who is your Ideal Cricket Star?"

There was only one answer.

Sachin!

He went away with a huge smile on his face.

d'Oracle

I worked with a dude from Mumbai.
He was telling me about the India Pakistan matches and the expectations around them.

Told me that if India lose to Pakistan, people throw stones at the players.

I said "so....Would the throw stones at Tendulkar?"

Shocked look: "OH! FLOWERS!"


That Shantanu was a funny dude.

JustinDee

Bill2673 wrote: »

"Excuse me Sir, who is your Ideal Cricket Star?"

Shane Warne and the rest . . . in that order.

Bill2673

JustinDee wrote: »

Shane Warne and the rest . . . in that order.

Try telling that to the people of Bandra.

Cremated

Bill2673 wrote: »

Try telling that to the people of Bandra.

Sorry to go OT slightly but what did Warne do to the people of Bandra?...

saintNsinnerr

sachin is literally GOD in back home.... like maradonna adn pele in soccer...

some famous quotes from other cricketers abt the master :-

-Nothing bad can happen to us if we're on a plane in India with Sachin Tendulkar on it."
(Hashim Amla, the South African batsman)

-BBC on Sachin:
"Beneath the helmet, under that unruly curly hair, inside the cranium, there is something we don't know, something beyond scientific measure. Something that allows him to soar, to roam a territory of sport that, forget us, even those who are gifted enough to play alongside him cannot even fathom. When he goes out to bat, people switch on their TV sets and switch off their lives "

- Tuzhe pata hai tune kiska catch chhoda hai?"
(you know whose catch did U dropped)
pakistan`s Wasim Akram to Abdul Razzaq when the latter dropped Sachin's catch.


-We did not lose to a team called India...we lost to a man called Sachin"
Mark Taylor, during the test match in Chennai (1998)

Glenn McGrath:
"The joy he brings to the millions of his countrymen, the grace with which he handles all the adulation and the expectations and his innate humility -all make for a one-in-a-billion individual"

Allan Donald:
"Sachin Tendulkar has often reminded me of a veteran army colonel who has many medals on his chest to show how he has conquered bowlers all over the world"

MY personal Favourites quotes abt the Cricket God-


Peter Rebouck, Aussie journalist:
"On a train from Shimla to Delhi, there was a halt in one of the stations.The train stopped by for few minutes as usual. Sachin was nearing century, batting on 98. The passengers, railway officials, everyone on the train waited for Sachin to complete the century.This genius can stop time in India!!"

"People say they saw Christ walk water..People say they saw Gandhiji win us freedom..People say they walked alongside Buddha 'The Enlightened One'. I will always say ~~ I SAW SACHIN BAT ~~"

- Matthew Hayden:
"I have seen God, he bats at no. 4 for India"

the rest U can find here -
http://amoghbadwe.blogspot.com/2009/12/best-quotes-about-sachin-tendulkar.html

gracyj

He's my favourite player. Why dont we start a poll for this?

Corsendonk

gracyj wrote: »

He's my favourite player. Why dont we start a poll for this?

Cause he will win it, he has a thread devoted to him here so that gives a hint of how popular he is.

d'Oracle

It is an absolute monarchy.
There will be no election.

positron

Sachin = Legend = Don Bradman

booth70

Tendulkar 50
Ponting 39
Kallis 38

Staggering to think that when Ponting made his 39th century sometime earlier this year, Tendulkar was on 43

Like Bradman's average of 99.94 ,Tendulkar's run scoring record will stand the test of time

http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/current/gallery/485141.html

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JustinDee

Great for Tendulkar.
Means too little regarding this test series though as India getting slapped big-style.

JustinDee

saintNsinnerr wrote: »

Peter Rebouck, Aussie journalist

Although he is based in Sydney, he is in fact English.
Is one of the main instigators in getting Viv Richards and Joel Garner out of Somerset CC.

booth70

http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/current/story/493460.html

For me it has to be his 116 v Australia in Perth in 1992....still remember watching it on telly back home in India like it was yesterday....he was only 19 then:)

The 155 he made in Madras in 1998 which I had the privilege of watching live where he took Warne apart has to come a close second

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Corsendonk

booth70 wrote: »

Tendulkar 50
Ponting 39
Kallis 38

Staggering to think that when Ponting made his 39th century sometime earlier this year, Tendulkar was on 43

Like Bradman's average of 99.94 ,Tendulkar's run scoring record will stand the test of time

http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/current/gallery/485141.html

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Should that be 39 for Kallis with the double century yesterday?

booth70

Sachin....whaddaplaya:)

SRT 51
Kallis 39
Ponting 39

ASTRACLUB

Have to reply here just to add to the GOD,
otherwise I will regret whole life
Live long the God!!!!
Jai Ho!

dfx-

d'Oracle wrote: »

It is an absolute monarchy.
There will be no election.

The Most Reverend Jacques Kallis will say otherwise.

11,900 test runs at no. 4, 40 test centuries and 275 test wickets. Mr Tendulkar shall bow to him and his followers will do likewise.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/495719.html

Beat. That. :P

TheDrog

I knew Kallis had good stats hadn't really realised they were that good, all hail the new god Kallis. Sorry Sachin.

booth70

Tendulkar.....the greatest batsman EVER:)

Kallis.....the greatest all rounder EVER:)

Nothing more need be said

dfx-

TheDrog wrote: »

I knew Kallis had good stats hadn't really realised they were that good, all hail the new god Kallis. Sorry Sachin.

That's before we get into his catches at slip....

Kallis...greatest cricketer ever

Tendulkar...very good batsman

votelawrence

booth70 wrote: »

Kallis.....the greatest all rounder EVER:)

The greatest all-rounder ever? Don't get me wrong, I think he's an incredible cricketer and probably the best all-rounder in the game today, but better than Garry Sobers? Their stats are pretty close I'll grant you (Kallis bat avg - 57.43 and bowling at 32.01, Sobers batting at 57.78 and bowling at 34.03) but Sobers could bowl fast and slow, wrist and finger. I'll still stick with Sobers in my all time XI.

d'Oracle

You sacrilegious heathens.

d'Oracle

votelawrence wrote: »

The greatest all-rounder ever? Don't get me wrong, I think he's an incredible cricketer and probably the best all-rounder in the game today, but better than Garry Sobers? Their stats are pretty close I'll grant you (Kallis bat avg - 57.43 and bowling at 32.01, Sobers batting at 57.78 and bowling at 34.03) but Sobers could bowl fast and slow, wrist and finger. I'll still stick with Sobers in my all time XI.

Very Good Article on Cricinfo by Harsha Bogle on this very subject.
But I can't help but think that Kallis has had a lot more opportunities to play cricket than Garfield.

Here it is: http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/495688.html

dfx-

He probably has...but the stats remain consistent with more games...

Admit defeat, d'Oracle....166 slip catches, 270 wickets, 12,000 runs - that's a complete cricketer, Kallis is on a different planet and Sachin can find a place as a prophet of the Great One..:cool:

kryogen

Kallis is an absolute legend of a cricketer, he is definitely due to be up for consideration as the best all rounder of all time, i would argue his case against anyone tbh, not saying he is the best of all time, just that I would argue the case for him is very impressive, when everything is taken into consideration

d'Oracle

dfx- wrote: »

He probably has...but the stats remain consistent with more games...

Admit defeat, d'Oracle....166 slip catches, 270 wickets, 12,000 runs - that's a complete cricketer, Kallis is on a different planet and Sachin can find a place as a prophet of the Great One..:cool:

You are a damned heretic.
How dare you come into this thread, this crystalline expression of joy in Sachins grace and blaspheme his name.

A man who would emasculate his best mate infront of millions is only a man.

dfx-

kryogen wrote: »

Kallis is an absolute legend of a cricketer, he is definitely due to be up for consideration as the best all rounder of all time, i would argue his case against anyone tbh, not saying he is the best of all time, just that I would argue the case for him is very impressive, when everything is taken into consideration

In comparisons and judgements for greats we have to look at allrounders surely and not false gods ( :pac: ) like great only batsmen or great only bowlers. Before we look at the wickets they played on, the opposition and the team around the individuals and then longevity and all the other parameters.

When the Supersport feed was comparing the batting numbers while He was slaying Bhajji, Sreesanth and Zaheer in Cape Town, the prophet Pollock rightly added "I hate to appear patriotic, but can we look at their bowling figures too".

Add to this the humour of His injury in the second innings "It's only a bit of torn fat". We are not worthy...

d'Oracle

Start you own damn Kallis Thread you dirty minded heretic.

booth70

Coming Soon......

SRT - 100th century - this summer - Lords:)

anderson9731

booth70 wrote: »

Tendulkar.....the greatest batsman EVER:)

Kallis.....the greatest all rounder EVER:)

Nothing more need be said

Perfect answer, both are extremely talented in their field.