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awesome
:clap: Sachin once again proves he was, is and will the God of Cricket :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:
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Tendulkar receiving the award and fielding questions from Ravi Shastri.
Vaazhthukkal Thalaivaa :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:
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Originally Posted by Bala (Karthik)
You're a man like none other... Ungal varugai Sports seksan ai kuthoogala paduthum... Pls be aaktiv here...
The master of the game :thumbsup:
proud to be ur fan :notworthy:
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LM, please upload.
congrats sachin :thumbsup: picture :2thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by ajithfederer
cricketla retire agararo illayo...Quote:
Originally Posted by ajithfederer
modelling world'la irundhu innum 10 varushatthukku retirement kedayadhu.... :notworthy:
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idha paartthaa unga yarukkumae indha picture nyabagam varalayaa??
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LM,
Reminder : statistics article on sachin - ponting from cricages.com
Yeah its very similar.
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Originally Posted by SoftSword
Tendulkar vs Ponting – A Statistical Analysis
There left just few hours to kick start the most sought after India-Australia Series, but one thing which never dies is the debate as to who is a better batsman between Tendulkar and Ponting has resurfaced again.
Tendulkar who started playing cricket in the late 80′s was first compared with Brian Lara and Inzamam-ul-Haq, the then these three young sensational players took the game on to a new level. The competition level was further elevated when Mark Waugh and Saeed Anwar started playing some amazing knocks both in tests and as well as in limited over cricket. However, what didn’t change was the comparison between Sachin and others.
The comparison always revolved around Sachin Tendulkar. Anyone of the above mentioned batsman, whenever they put up any decent score, the experts started comparing it with Tendulkar. For a long time it was the battle between Tendulkar and Lara (overall) and Tendulkar and Anwar (in ODIs) untill Ponting’s arrival with his tremendous form in the mid 2000 which almost threatened all kind of batting records of test cricket.
Tendulkar during the same phase started to struggle through his form, mainly due to the injury,Tennis Elbow. The slump in Tendulkar’s form and Ponting’s incredible form almost put the Australian over the top of all the batsmen played during that time. But even after that tremendous form, Tendulkar had the last laugh.
The fans and experts debated that Ponting scored that many runs in lesser matches than Tendulkar (Ponting started his career almost after 6 years of Tendulkar). But if we look into the stats, it reveals the other story and thing we find Australia(along with England) plays more number of tests every year. Tendulkar played just 38 test matches in first 6 years of his career(approx 6 test a year). So if we take the debate to the next level, i.e. if we compare Tendulkar and Ponting stats after Ponting’s debut, the story still favors the little master from India.
Sachin still played 15 tests lesser than Ponting since his debut, Tendulkar still scores 1 century more than what Ponting has scored overall hundreds in his career. Despite Tendulkar’s three worst years which he had between 2003-2006 and Ponting’s brilliant run,Tendulkar still has +2.5 average over Ponting’s overall. (Tendulkar’s over all Average again stays higher than Ponting’s)
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Both Tendulkar and Ponting have played all over the world but Tendulkar stamped his authority everywhere. Tendulkar overpowered Ponting in the battle of playing against each other. Not only that, in away games Tendulkar has better average than his counterpart Ponting. In Away matches, which includes the neutral venues, Tendulkar has a better average than Ponting’s and the difference is of more than +10 which is again in favor of Tendulkar.
Despite Australia being Ponting’s den, Tendulkar’s average in Australia is slightly better than Ponting’s. The same can not be said for Ponting when it comes to playing in India. Ponting’s poor run in India remains his biggest concern to overcome when it comes to batting on the Indian pitches. He averages just 20.85 with only one century that came during the last tour of India. He has a chance to make his stats look good for himself and also for his fans this time around. Tendulkar has decent average of 53.68 at home (decent with his own standard).
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The above stats already shows how Tendulkar looks more comfortable in playing both on hard tracks of Australia and as well as the dusty tracks of India. If we further compare both the batsman on neutral tracks like England and South Africa, then Tendulkar edges Ponting in seaming tracks of England where as Ponting edges in hard tracks of South Africa.
Tendulkar has +21 average when it is compared with Ponting’s average in seaming condition of England. Ponting’s supporters have some reason to smile with his performance in South Africa when it is compared with Tendulkar. Ponting on South African pitches which are quite similar to Australian pitches edges Tendulkar by +12 in terms of average. Tendulkar has a chance to better his record against Ponting and as well against South Africa this winter.
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Though it would be unfair to compare any modern day batsman with Sachin Tendulkar, but for the people who believes in stats more than any other things, there is a small comparison between Sachin and Ponting. When it comes to ODI, Tendulkar outscores Ponting by miles in each of the stat table which ever you look into. Sachin being the first fan to reach the milestones of 10k, 11k, 12k, 13k, 14k, 15k, 16k, 17k and soon will touch 18k as well.
Tendulkar without any doubt is the Bradman of One Day Internationals who is ahead by 17 centuries and 4526 runs, Tendulkar has a better average as well as the strike rate against Ponting. He is the first and the only man to score 200 runs in ODI match and that too at the age of 37. Tendulkar is ahead of all the contemporary players of World cricket in the limited over cricket.
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Since Ponting’s Debut, Tendulkar has played only game more than Ponting but Tendulkar has scored 1758 runs more than Ponting, with an average difference of +5 against Ponting’s overall, strike rate again a difference of +7 and with the century difference of 14. So for those who always thought that Tendulkar lost aggression in the later part of his career or Ponting being more aggressive among the two has come out just an assumptions by many experts. In those matches which are played away from home (including the neutral venues), Tendulkar tops Ponting in each department.
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There is a myth among fans that Ponting has been a great player in the finals or big events like ICC events. Ponting do have the back up of 3 World Cup wins with him but his contribution of 140*against the Indians in 2003 world cup final was one rare inning he played when his team needed the most. His awful average of 38.42 in the finals of all the battles he played tells his true story in the finals.
The difference between Ponting’s and Tendulkar’s average is whooping 23 which results in favor of Tendulkar. Tendulkar has the world record of scoring 6 hundreds in Finals and the unique thing about those hundreds is that all his hundreds have come for the winning cause. Even in the preliminary matches also, Tendulkar leads the chart and if the ICC events are to be considered then also there is no match to Tendulkar. Tendulkar’s average always remained better than his career average so as his strike rate in all the tables related to ODI.
In Ponting’s case, it highly fluctuates , he betters in some(marginally) and in the rest it remains below his career record.The myth which is hyped by many of considering Ponting putting Australia into the finals and winning it by his great batting performance is just an assumption on the basis of his 140* in the World Cup 2003. It was his team combination and other players who outscored Ponting in almost all the finals and so as well in big events like ICC tournaments and preliminary stages as well.
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Ponting always had a luxury of playing with world class bowlers like McGrath, Gillespie, Lee and Warne. With them he had an amazing form, both as captain and batsman. But since their retirement in 2007(Mcgrath and Warne), Ponting’s own form without a doubt remains a major concern for the team Australia. Ever since the legends retirement, Ponting average in last 3 years remained in the early 40′s. His ability to score 100′s which used to be quite high, has changed to modest scores. Though he still dominated the limited over format but he couldn’t overtake Tendulkar in any of the forms in the last three years. Tendulkar has dominated both forms of the game in last 3 years better than any batsman in this period. Here is a better look on both the batsmen, how they faired in the last 3 years.
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These two heroes of their countries will battle again and it would be a great battle without any doubt. Ponting would be keen to break the jinx against Harbhajan and also on Indian pitches. Whereas Tendulkar would be eying 14000 runs in test cricket and also the 50th test century. Tendulkar, will be licking his lips to face the Australians, against whom he always performed like a Champ.
PS: All stats except over all records are since Ponting’s debut.
idhukku aNNan Plum enna sollraar?
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Originally Posted by littlemaster1982
btw the ball in the award looks so tempting! :roll: :oops:
Congrats Sachin Sir. Pls get us the world cup too.
LM, thanx for the stats :)
Kadavulaeee :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:
Yes thats a fantastic stat LM. People now can stop comparing Ponting with Sachin. Sachin, Lara are of different club! 8-)
Ponting is like naai Sekhar who is forcibly trying to join this league. "ivvangaloda onna pesitu irrundheena nee enna periya rowdy-a?" :twisted:
Sachin in Australia
11 tests - 1154 runs
Ponting in India
12 tests - 438 runs
Thu............
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Originally Posted by 19thmay
what an analogy!
NAn enna sollaNum adhAn ellAthaiyum uruvi ponting-ai undraayarOda nikka vechuttArE andha author :)
Sachin: mhmm adhell$Am mudiyAdhu. aNNan varumbOdhu kuchi mittAyum kuruvi rottiyum vAngi thArEn. adha chaapttuttu, veLAndukittiruQuote:
Congrats Sachin Sir. Pls get us the world cup too.
Sachin sir, take a :bow:
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Originally Posted by Dhakshan
Credit should go to the author, Ritesh (Orkut Sachin Fans Community Moderator). I just cross posted it here :)Quote:
Originally Posted by 19thmay
:ty: Lm . Good analysis between sachin and pointing :thumbsup:
Annanukku 'J'... :clap:
thanks for bringing the post here lm.
LM, can you give the link. I will get it posted in another forum which will give it wider publicity among Ponting supporters and Aussie bloggers.
It's there in the title of article :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum
:auuuu: - didnt notice!
It happens :) Btw, it's a pro Sachin site, so Ponting supporters might refuse to consider it :P
But stats are unique. :roll:Quote:
Originally Posted by littlemaster1982
neenga indha hubla mattum dhan chanakyar postla irukkeenganu nenachen...Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum
innum etthana per ungakitta maattikittu muzhikkiraangalo... :shock:
On second thoughts, I am not cross-posting it. namma kairaasi latchaNam dhAn therinjadhAchE - risku vENAm!
Some people can twist the stats and argument the way they want, even if it doesn't make any sense. Have seen in few other forums :)Quote:
Originally Posted by 19thmay
thannalam virumba tharumi....
sarchaigal kilappum chaanakkiyar...
vaartthai vilayaattil vaalmeegi...
dharmam azhindhi adharmamum, adharmam azhindhu dharmamum, ivaiyaavum illaa mounamum - engellaam thonrugiradho, angellaam "toing" enru thondrum... naveena kambar... engal plumber.. vaazhga... :notworthy: