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Even I was thinking about the same. Mattra rasigargalin karutthu?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sambit Bal
New Delhi: Sachin Tendulkar, with 160 in the Hamilton Test, posted his highest Test score on New Zealand soil. This was also the top-score in the Indian innings.
Tendulkar has now top-scored in a completed Indian innings on as many as 38 occasions, which takes him ahead of Sunil Gavaskar who had achieved this distinction on 37 occasions.
In Test cricket history only one batsman - West Indies' Brian Lara - has top-scored on more occasions than Tendulkar. The accompanying table has the details:
No. of innings
Batsman
Tests
Innings
49
Brian Lara
131
232
38
Sachin Tendulkar
157
257
37
Sunil Gavaskar
125
214
36
Allan Border
156
265
36
S Chanderpaul
119
202
34
Graham Gooch
118
215
32
David Gower
117
204
32
Steve Waugh
168
260
31
Viv Richards
121
182
30
Inzamam-ul-Haq
120
200
http://cricketnext.in.com/news/tendu.../39242-13.html
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news...ectid=10562685
Cricket: Tendulkar reigns supreme - NZ's batting woes continue
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Sachin Tendulkar notched a record 42nd test century in Hamilton today. Photo / Getty ImagesBlack Caps vs India, 1st test
Summer of cricket
Cricket: Master batsman oozing danger
India claimed three wickets in the final session to leave New Zealand struggling at 75-3 after Sachin Tendulkar notched his 42nd test century to power the visitors to a first innings total of 520 on the third day of the first test in Hamilton.
Tendulkar's 160 helped India to a commanding position in reply to New Zealand's first innings of 279. At stumps, New Zealand still trailed by 166 runs with its fragile middle order exposed and India holding a grip on the first match of a three-test series.
Tendulkar further contributed to India's dominant position when he caught opener Tim McIntosh at slip from the third ball of the innings, before New Zealand had scored.
However, television replays showed the ball, bowled by Zaheer Khan which took the outside edge of McIntosh's bat, may have bounced a fraction of an inch in front of Tendulkar before his hands closed around it.
Tendulkar left the field for medical attention to a cut hand after taking the catch and it is unlikely he could have known if the ball had carried to him, although McIntosh left the field in company with him with obvious reluctance.
AdvertisementThe dismissal was a blow to New Zealand's chances of saving the match, which became more tenuous when test rookie Martin Guptill was out for 48 and nightwatchman Kyle Mills fell to the last ball before stumps.
Daniel Flynn was unbeaten on 24 at the end of play.
The day revolved around Tendulkar and his superb innings, which brought up his fourth century against New Zealand and extended his lead over Australian captain Ricky Ponting (37) on the list of test century-makers.
Tendulkar resumed Friday at 70 not out, having batted for 210 minutes on the second day for his 52nd half century in his 157th test. He reached his century in 260 minutes, from 168 balls with 15 fours and his 150 in 359 minutes when India was 407-5. The innings marked the 18th time in his career Tendulkar has scored 150 or more.
He was finally caught by Ross Taylor, standing upright at first slip off Iain O'Brien, after occupying the crease for exactly 400 minutes, facing 260 balls and hitting 26 boundaries.
Tendulkar took 20 runs from the first 13 balls he faced Friday to move into the 90s, then slowed before reaching his century from 168 balls in 260 minutes and with 15 fours.
He took a pair of twos and two singles to reach 96, then a three to got to 99, denied his century at that point by a desperate save on the cover boundary by New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori.
Tension built around Seddon Park, and among a crowd of several thousand made up overwhelmingly of New Zealanders of Indian descent, as Tendulkar played out a maiden over from Chris Martin to remain poised for 10 minutes on 99.
Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni saw out a second maiden from O'Brien before Tendulkar turned the first ball of the next over, bowled by James Franklin, behind square leg for a single.
Tendulkar typically raised his bat and helmet to the crowd and looked skyward before composing himself and resuming his innings.
Dhoni made 47 and No. 9 Khan later hit an unbeaten 51 from 46 balls - his third test half century - to increase India's advantage.
Tendulkar began the day by walking to the ground with English umpire Ian Gould, a remarkable event in itself for one of the world's most recognized sportspeople.
Tendulkar can hardly leave his home in India without being mobbed by fans but in Hamilton, New Zealand's fifth-largest city, he has been able to stroll to and from the ground each day without attracting a crowd, seldom even a glance.
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Originally Posted by ajithfederer
King Sachin does it again...century no.42
by Dhiren Patel , 20 March 2009 read comments (4) | have your say
It is difficult not to agree with Sachin Tendulkar's assessment that the Indian batting in ODIs today is the strongest it has been during his career which now runs almost 20 years.
The Indian maestro has played alongside at least three generations of cricketers. When he started his career Kris Srikkanth was the Indian captain and alongside him were Dilip Vengsarkar, Kapil Dev, Ravi Shastri and Navjot Sigh Sidhu who had made their international debuts in the seventies or early eighties.
Through the nineties Tendulkar's teammates included Md Azharuddin, Sanjay Manjrekar, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman. And in the new millennium even as the others have retired or no longer figure in the ODI team Tendulkar is still around making his presence felt and with him are players who made their debut in the new millennium like Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma, Gautam Gambhir and Suresh Raina. Sehwag is the only other batsman who is over 30 and he made his ODI debut in 1999.
So Tendulkar certainly knows what he is talking about. He missed being part of the great Indian squads of the mid-80s which won the World Cup in England and the World Championship of Cricket in Australia in 1985. But Ganguly's team in the early years of the first decade in the new millennium were certainly world beaters - the NatWest Trophy triumph and the runners-up spot in the 2003 World Cup underlining their strength. Around this time Indian batting touched new heights and numerous world records were set.
Up until not too long ago, the partnership records for the first five wickets were all held by Indian pairs. Tendulkar, of course, has gone on to become the highest run-getter and century maker with Ganguly and Dravid not far behind. The runs were also being scored at a faster rate...Sehwag’s pyrotechnics symbolizing this. But as Tendulkar has put it, never before in Indian cricket has there been a line-up of half a dozen players who can score runs really quickly, loft the ball higher into the stands and bat with a degree of consistency that is pretty intimidating for most bowlers. With such an explosive line-up no target seems beyond the Indians.
And, while the bat has been dominating in limited overs cricket now more than ever before – optiomized by that marvellous game at Johannesburg between Australia and South Africa in 2006 which saw 872 runs being scored – it is fair to say that the Indian batting is the most lustrous in world cricket today. The career strike rates of Yuvraj, Dhoni and Sehwag underline this and Gambhir and Raina are fast catching up. Tendulkar is still dangerous as he proved at Christchurch while in Yusuf Pathan they have a specialist limited-overs cricketer who believes only in getting his runs through fours and sixes.
The awesome batting strength is certainly one reason why India have performed admirably of late in limited overs cricket. But if the triumphant 80s squads still did better in terms of winning the major trophies it was because it had more incisive bowlers. The presence of someone like Kapil Dev was always going to be an inspiration and the attack was probably more balanced and certainly more penetrative with a number of utility players.
About a quarter of a century ago the batting was nowhere as strong as it is today but it was the bowling that won matches and trophies. One recalls the triumphant WCC campaign in Australia when the Indians bowled out the opposition inside 50 overs in every match except the final when Pakistan were nine down. In the previous World Cup, two years before, the Indians bowled out Australia, England and the West Indies (twice). And on the occasions the Indians had batted first, the totals ranged only between 183 and 266. The apotheosis came about during the Rothman's Cup match at Sharjah in 1985 when the Indians successfully defended a total of 125 by bowling out Pakistan for 87.
Overall then the Indian team was probably stronger a quarter of a century ago but where the batting is concerned Tendulkar is bang on target. The Indians have never had it so good. We can certainly expect even bigger totals run up in spectacular fashion, more individual and partnership records and longer and more consistent hits into the stands and beyond.
And of course, there will always be the magnificent batting from the little master, who notched up his 42nd Test century! What odds he gets to 50?
http://www.setanta.com/uk/Blogs/Dhir...ncentury-no42/
Namakku theriama innum evvalavu irukko :P.
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Originally Posted by littlemaster1982
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/03/20/tendulkar.ton/
Tendulkar posts 42nd Test century for India
(CNN) -- Sachin Tendulkar completed his 42nd Test century as India headed for victory in the opening Test against New Zealand in Hamilton on Friday.
Tendulkar was at his impeccable best on the way to another landmark.
Test cricket's leading run scorer went on to make 160 in the Indian first innings of 520, an overall lead of 241.
New Zealand lost key wickets to finish 75 for three by the close, still trailing by 166 runs with two days remaining.
Tendulkar, unbeaten on 70 overnight, took command in the morning session with a series of impeccable boundaries.
He reached his landmark with a quick single off James Franklin and found good support from Indian captain MS Dhoni after the early departure of Yuvraj Singh.
He was bowled by Chris Martin, but it was the only success the home side enjoyed before lunch.
By the time Tendulkar edged a superb Iain O'Brien delivery to Ross Taylor in the slips in the 14th over of the afternoon session he had put his side firmly in command.
O'Brien also removed Dhoni in a superb spell, caught behind by wicket-keeper Brendon McCullum just three runs shy of his 15th Test half-century.
Good late order contributions from Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh further increased the misery for the Kiwis who faced a big deficit in their second innings.
Tim McIntosh was caught by Tendulkar at first slip for a duck, but debutant opener Martin Guptill and Daniel Flynn put together a fine stand until the former fell two runs short of his maiden Test half-century.
He misjudged a Harbhajan Singh delivery and Virender Sehwag was on hand to make the easy catch.
Nightwatchman Kyle Mills went to the last ball of the day, trapped leg before wicket to Munaf Patel.
The Monk from Mumbai – Ajithkumar
I generally write an article, then edit it in a way that for the reader the interest in the article remains the same throughout. I have succeeded sometimes and failed many times, but today I just started typing without thinking about anything else. So forgive me for any grammatical mistake, lack of flow or poor compilation.
There are few things in life, which will make you restless and will make you lose your sleep. It happened to me a few times. During my first campus interview, when my wife was about to deliver my kid, and when I got my first international project. These are the few occasions when I have lost sleep. But one man, has quite often forced me into this situation.
It started from 96 world cup, I was not able to sleep the previous day of every Indian match. I dream about how sachin would hit the bowlers and imagine myself playing from the other end and giving him support. Things evolved, my outlook changed, I focused on everything else but always made sure that I don’t miss his knocks. By 2005 – 2006, I got myself completely dissociated from cricket; his knocks became a rarity, as he played very few matches owing to injury.
It started all over again in 2007, sachin entered his final phase. Thanks to Greg, he spoiled the then Indian team, only to bring in good changes to the side, sachin understood exactly what he need to do at the center. I started getting involved again, because of fear. The fear of sachin retiring any time soon. I don’t want to miss, even a single ball that he faces, what a loss that could be? The adrenaline rush, the excitement of he being there at the center resurfaced. I once again started to lose sleep because of his continuous strings of 90s in both forms of the game.
But he became a different Sachin of late. There are no unexpected things these days from his batting. He walks in, gets a measure of the pitch, conditions and bowlers, and takes his time. Then all of a sudden improvise, change the tempo of the game, bats out the opposition without even giving them the faintest of chance. Completes his century, with an arcing back acknowledges the almighty, the dressing room and the crowd and then get on with his business of piling runs again.
He is in a state of trance, highly serene. With his breathtaking shots, he is taking us to another place altogether, a place where there is peace, harmony and success, there can be nothing wrong. After every innings I sleep happily, I feel a sense of achievement, satisfaction and happiness. An encounter with great monks will always give you that kind of feeling.
Watching him play today gives you the feeling of enjoying a great piece of music, watching a great artist using his brush in his canvas, experiencing a slow-wave sleep of deep meditation. There cannot be a bigger joy than watching this man play his game.
He was a king; he stamped his authority against opposition at the same time he lost a few battles. Now as a monk he is inspiring all his followers, be it in the team or be it his fans. Yuvaraj evolved under the guidance of sachin, bajji became aware of his batting skills. Leave alone batting, he teaches Ishant about the intricacies of swing, that is what an omniscient monk is capable of. Like I said before a king can lose some battles, but a monk wont.India has not lost a single game starting from the CB series final in which sachin has been a part of the team, be it odis or test matches. Such is his presence.
May be if the science fiction novels became true, cricket and other games will be played by robots in the future and we will just watch them play the game. If such a thing happens, then all those batsmen robots will be programmed as per the dynamics of sachin. Bradman might be the most prolific, lara might be the one with very high scores but if someone is 100% perfect, then it is no one other than sachin. Be it any form form of game, he is the closest to perfection. God took the avatar of a warrior king in the form of Ram, he took the avatar of a diplomat in the form of krishna. Like many avatars, if god has taken an avatar of a batsman then it has got to be sachin and no one else. If Sachinism is considered as a religion, then it will be one of the biggest religion of the world.
With this frame of mind, only his body can stop him from playing for another 5 years. People have set a lot of targets for sachin to achieve, every fan of sachin want sachin to do something, like getting a triple ton or quadruple, getting a odi double ton, cross 100 centuries in total and to become man of the series of worldcup 2011 and so on. I just want him achieve one record, He should be the oldest player to hit a test and odi century if that happens then all these records will be in his kitty.
I today pray God, to give him the physical strength and good health to achieve that record. I am sure all of you would do the same.
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Another fantastic article from ajithkumar
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New Zealand v India, 1st Test, Hamilton, 3rd day
Tendulkar finds his off-side groove
S Rajesh
March 20, 2009
Sachin Tendulkar scored 100 of his 160 runs on the off side © Cricinfo Ltd
For all those who were doubting Sachin Tendulkar's run-making ability, he has hit back in glorious style during the 2008-09 season. In seven Tests this season, he averages 64.72, and his three centuries during this period have come within the span of seven innings. With 42 Test hundreds, he is now five clear of the second-placed Ricky Ponting. (Click here for the list of highest centurions.)
One of the features of his 160 on the third day in Hamilton was the manner in which he repeatedly peppered the off-side cordon : he scored 75 of his runs in the arc between backward point and extra cover, which is an excellent indication of his form. When he is unsure of his strokeplay, he often reins in those cover-drives, and instead prefers to gather his runs on the leg side. Here, though, 100 of his 160 runs, and 18 out of 26 fours, were scored through the off.
The way he changed gears was stunning too. When he first came in to bat, Tendulkar was circumspect: after 40 deliveries he had only scored 14, with a solitary four. His first 50 runs required 118 deliveries, but thereafter he turned it on in style, requiring only 50 more deliveries to get his hundred. Though his rate dropped after he reached his century, he still scored at around four runs per over.
Among the bowlers who bowled to Tendulkar, the only one who kept him in check was Daniel Vettori: in 66 balls, Tendulkar scored only 22 off him. Even after settling in and reaching his half-century, Tendulkar wasn't able to dominate Vettori: in 44 deliveries he faced from Vettori after getting his 50, Tendulkar scored 12. In 73 balls from Chris Martin and Iain O'Brien during this period, he scored 66.
Tendulkar's progress to 160 First 50 Next 50 Last 60
Balls faced 118 50 92
Tendulkar against each bowler Bowler Runs Balls Strike rate
Chris Martin 40 58 68.96
Kyle Mills 17 15 113.33
Iain O'Brien 34 49 69.38
James Franklin 29 43 67.44
Daniel Vettori 22 66 33.33
Jesse Ryder 18 29 62.06
Tendulkar was also involved in a 115-run stand with MS Dhoni, the 71st century partnership he has been involved in. Only Ponting (72) and Rahul Dravid (74) have been a part of more century stands.
Thanks largely to Tendulkar's 160, India managed their first 500-plus score in New Zealand. It's also India's highest first-innings lead in New Zealand, and significantly higher than the 148-run advantage they had in Auckland in 1976.
S Rajesh is stats editor of Cricinfo
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