I selected this team 8-)
Sachin Tendulkar
Virender Sehwag
Brian Lara
Aravinda de Silva
Viv Richards
Imran Khan
Adam Gilchrist
Wasim Akram
Glenn McGrath
Chaminda Vaas
Shane Warne
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I selected this team 8-)
Sachin Tendulkar
Virender Sehwag
Brian Lara
Aravinda de Silva
Viv Richards
Imran Khan
Adam Gilchrist
Wasim Akram
Glenn McGrath
Chaminda Vaas
Shane Warne
Dinesh, neengalE Ganguly-a drop panniteenga?
rested! :PQuote:
Originally Posted by 19thmay
Ganguly is a better opener than Sehwag, with Sachin on the other side.Left, right combination you know.
if we need Right-Left combo, then Sachin-Hayden is the bestQuote:
Originally Posted by 19thmay
Softsword signature :bow: (Although not entirely true these days)
Nah nah, Too soon lm. He is just waiting to pounce for a chance. Don't loosen the grip too soon.
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Originally Posted by littlemaster1982
Tendulkar moves within touching distance of a return to top spot
ICC Media ReleaseTue, Dec 21, 2010 12:15 PM
India batsman Sachin Tendulkar has closed the gap on Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara to just two ratings points at the top of the Reliance Mobile ICC Test Rankings following his 50th Test century in the Centurion Test which finished on Monday.
Tendulkar now has an excellent opportunity to overtake Sangakkara in top spot, with two Tests of the three-match series still remaining, although he will face tough competition from Jacques Kallis.
Kallis' double century, the first of his career, has earned him a rise of one place to third spot while pushing Virender Sehwag into fourth position. This has also strengthened Kallis' position as the leading all-rounder in Test cricket with a huge 78 ratings points advantage over New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori who is in second spot.
Fifth-placed AB de Villiers' 129 not out from just 112 balls has earned him a new career-high rating of 806 points, while Hashim Amla, who hit 140 in South Africa's mammoth total of 620-4dec in the first innings, has moved up three places to ninth spot in the latest rankings.
Meanwhile, Mike Hussey's heroics in the Perth Test match, where he scored 61 and 116 in Australia's 267 run-victory over England, have seen him fly eight places up the rankings. He now sits in sixth position, which is the first time that he has been in the top 10 of the batting rankings in two years.
Shane Watson's consistent form in the Ashes series has seen him rise a further 13 places to 13th spot, achieving a career-high rating after his performances in Perth, while Kevin Pietersen's double failure in the match has sent him in the opposite direction in the rankings, falling nine places to a joint-25th position with Ian Bell. Jonathan Trott has also slipped four places to 10th spot.
On the bowling front, Dale Steyn's seven wickets have ensured that he maintains the top spot in the bowling rankings.
Mitchell Johnson's outstanding performance in Perth, taking 6-38 and 3-44, is rewarded with a fourth place in the rankings, a rise of three places, although he remains behind Morne Morkel who also jumps three spots to third after he achieved match figures of 7-114 against India.
For information on the ICC Player Rankings go to: www.reliancemobileiccrankings.com.
http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/newsdet...583_1292904900
Waugh 8-).
Imagine Tendulkar under Waugh's captaincy. Attagaasama irundhirukkum :smokesmirk:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIl57jg6WCc
50th century scoring Moment - A good quality video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W78eH2sEwwE
A compressed, good quality video upload of 175 against Aus in Hyderabad, 2009.
I was thinking the other day Thalai has been using the same bat for quite some time now. Here's a news article on that.
Tendulkar’s battered willow is lucky charm
Shalini Gupta
Thu Dec 23 2010, 01:26 hrs
Chandigarh:
I had a hunch that Thalai is playing with the same bat for sometime.
As Sachin Tendulkar pushed one past the covers off the bowling of
South Africa’s Dale Steyn to bring up his 50th Test century, one man, who resides in Jalandar, saw it as his own little victory.
The 111 not out at Centurion was Tendulkar’s fourteenth century using the same willow; one that is now battered, chipped and held together with tape. Somi Kohli, the owner of Beat All Sports, the makers of Vampire bats, has played a big role to ensure the willow is in a good condition for the Little Master to score runs. Kohli’s association with Tendulkar goes back a long way — almost till the start of the batsman’s career. It’s when they met the last time, during the Indian Premier League in May, that Kohli saw Tendulkar trying to repair the bat on his own.
“Sachin’s knowledge about bats is phenomenal but I told him that just like doctors are specialists, a willow also needs to be looked after by bat doctors,” Kohli said.
“Even though Sachin was reluctant, I took the bat away from him. Then I gave it to my friend and former Ranji Trophy cricketer Arun Sharma and then Sharma and I got down to repairing the bat. The edges were repaired and we did a bit of grafting and protected the toe too. Sachin couldn’t believe how good the bat was when I returned it to him,” Kohli said.
Just before the South Africa Test series — after scoring centuries against Sri Lanka and Australia — Tendulkar sent the bat back to Somi for another round of repairing. “The bat was in the best possible condition when I sent it back to him a day before he flew out to South Africa. I spoke to him after the Centurion match and told him that he would score his 100th century with the same bat,” Kohli added.
According to Somi, Tendulkar considers the bat to be his lucky charm. “During practice he uses others bats, but this bat is used only for matches or on the eve of a game for just a brief while to get the feel of the bat,” Kohli added.
“I hope he can bat with this willow till the end of the World Cup. We will repair it again. But I pray he gets a big century in the final of the World Cup with this bat.”
2nd Test: India vs South Africa at Durban starts Dec 26, 2010. Time: 13:30 Indian Standard Time (IST) / 08:00 GMT.
Yes. If I'm not wrong, he scored that ODI 200 with this bat. Even in NZ test, he asked for this bat, after playing with some other bat for a brief period. The commentators also mentioned about this.
Cricket
Batsman Tunes Out Troubles and Sets a Record
By HUW RICHARDS
Published: December 22, 2010
LONDON — Sachin Tendulkar’s 50th score of 100 or more in five-day tests, achieved earlier this week in Centurion, South Africa, was more than just another personal landmark in a career already overflowing with them.
Sachin Tendulkar of India celebrated his century against South Africa on the fourth day of the first cricket test match in Pretoria.
It was a significant moment for cricket as a whole. Cricket as a game thinks in fifties and hundreds and applauds when players reach those marks.
Until recently it was unthinkable that any one man might score as many as 50 centuries in tests. Tendulkar not only met the old record, 34, set by his Indian compatriot, Sunil Gavasker, he smashed it. One more and he’ll have exceeded the original mark by 50 percent.
It is not unthinkable that somebody may one day overtake Tendulkar, though his closest pursuers right now — Ricky Ponting (39) and Jacques Kallis (38) — are far behind in his wake.
It appears unlikely, barring some implausible explosion in the number of the matches or the emergence of an authentic Superman, that we will ever see the next step, somebody scoring 100 centuries in tests, and that makes Tendulkar’s mark of 50 a truly special moment.
For many of the Tendulkar’s millions of followers, he already is Superman. He is a rare sporting marvel, a child prodigy who not only fulfilled the awesome potential he first showed when he broke into India’s team at 16, but then showed the desire and durability that allowed him to maintain his top-level play later on in his career. It is as if Mozart had lived to be 70, composing fresh works of greatness all the while.
That Tendulkar, 37, retains his underlying genius was evident in the first innings at Centurion as India collapsed around him. Tendulkar was facing the most effective and aggressive pace pairing in world cricket — Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel of South Africa — in conditions that perfectly suited them. He did not merely cope, but scored more than a run a ball, producing a succession of breathtaking strokes.
In the second innings, when he reached his own landmark, he was battling for his team, desperately attempting to avert first defeat and then, when that became inevitable, the humiliation of losing by an innings.
It was left to a South African, India coach Gary Kirsten, to shed light on what is perhaps the secret to Tendulkar’s extraordinary durability: practice.
He is, “the model of what an international cricketer should be, and has been for years,” Kirsten said. “I still reckon that I do more throw-downs to him every day than any other member of the squad.”
That comment brought to mind other great athletes who had nothing else to prove, yet still had the inner drive to take them to the next level.
Like the golfer Gary Player, who when complimented on his good fortune said, “And you know, the more I practice, the luckier I get.”
The baseball player Joe DiMaggio explained his dedication to performing well every day by pointing out, “there might be some kid watching who has never seen me play before.”
The 50th century is yet another addition to the monument being built by the man who, without a doubt, is the greatest living batsman. He plays in a batting order that also includes the world’s most explosively brilliant player, Virender Sehwag, and the man who most closely resembles the outcome should anyone ever succeed in constructing the ideal batsman from scratch, Rahul Dravid.
Yet none of them, not even Tendulkar, is India’s most valuable player, in the sense of being the man it can do least without. The match in Centurion left little doubt about who that is: the left-arm quick bowler Zaheer Khan.
While South Africa’s pacemen made the pitch there look lethal, India’s equivalents, shorn of their injured leader, were ineffective and allowed the Proteas to pile up 620 runs for four wickets. With Zaheer, India will just about pass muster in bowling, his presence taking the pressure off the other players. His teammates benefit from the pressure that his speed and movement place on opposing batsmen. Without him, India is way short of what a No. 1 team needs.
A version of this article appeared in print on December 23, 2010, in The International Herald Tribune.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/23/sp...CRICKET23.html
It's nice to see articles written in nytimes about Tendulkar.
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The first innings of Sachin that I saw. 165 vs Eng in Chennai :victory:
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Thanks to Rob, the uploader. His 500th upload :omg:
LM dnt forget to bring in the downloads during our meet!
Thanks for bearing my torture! :D
It's always a pleasure to share Sachin's vids :D
The Magnificent Case of Sachin Tendulkar
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Faraaz Rahman
In his first test match at Karachi in 1989, he was left with a bloody nose and a blood soaked t-shirt. His crime? He had dared to attempt a cover drive against the fastest bowler in the world Waqar Younis, he had dared to not be intimidated by Imran Khan and Wasim Akram in their own back yard. The audacity of the 16 year old boy shocked the world as he refused to leave the field, deciding instead to bat on and fight it out. If test cricket is what differentiates the men from the boys, then there never was a more quintessential example as a 16 year old boy proved his manhood. 20 years, 30000 runs and about 90 international centuries later, we know that boy as Sachin Tendulkar, a legend, a phenomenon, a champion.
Although I was first introduced to cricket back in 1992, I had very little understanding other than the fact that I was to celebrate like everyone else around me then and not ask too many questions. It was not until 1995 that I began to understand the game a little better, began to understand the concept of bat and ball. Very soon I had also learnt to be jealous of the fact that the best batsman in the world was an Indian. Nope, no way, Saeed Anwar was a better batsman, and soon the world will acknowledge.
This continued for a couple of years, when I would vociferously argue about Saeed Anwar?s superiority over Sachin Tendulkar and I had good reason too because for a couple of years in the mid 90s, they were neck and neck in terms of the number of ODI centuries. Back then, Desmond Haynes held the record for most ODI centuries and I was hoping Anwar would break his record before Tendulkar and prove to the world that the best batsman in the world played in the Pakistan cricket team. Alas, that was not too be as Anwar suffered a slump in form and Tendulkar went on to not only break the record but leave Anwar way behind in terms of number of centuries.
Around this time, I also realized that not only was Tendulkar ahead of Anwar in ODIs, he was also way ahead of him in Test cricket. Australia toured India around this time for a test series hailed as Warne vs Tendulkar, the best spinner in the world vs the best batsman in the world. I was obviously on Warne?s side, hoping he would win the battle and prove once and for all that Tendulkar was no big deal. Alas once again Tendulkar broke my heart as he darted Warne all over the park in that series like a school boy and such was the effect of the maestro on Warne that he later admitted to having nightmares of Tendulkar coming down the track and smashing him.
I had to find someone else. This someone else happened to be the burly Inzamam ul Haq, who had been hailed by no less than Imran Khan himself as an equal of Tendulkar and Lara. Yes, I had found my new hero, Inzamam was the best batsman in the world.
My argument this time? Inzamam?s ability to win matches for Pakistan, his ratio of match winning centuries being much superior to Tendulkar?s. I would listen to Imran Khan speak about Inzamam and then copy those arguments in my case for Inzamam, he was a great player of fast bowling, has so much time, and has tremendous ability to handle pressure.
Everytime he played against Pakistan, I wanted him to fail. I moaned the fact that India never played Pakistan in test matches for most part of the 90s because I wanted Wasim and Waqar in full flow against Tendulkar. But over the years, as my understanding of cricket developed, I realized that he surely knew how to bat. I realized that by wanting Pakistan?s best bowlers to dismiss him, I had already acknowledged him as a champion batsman, otherwise why would it be so important for Wasim Akram to be able to dismiss Tendulkar? I considered Wasim the best bowler in the world, so the only logical explanation was that Tendulkar was also the best batsman in the world. When young Mohammad Aamer dismissed Tendulkar with an away going delivery in a Champions Trophy match last year, I jumped from my seat. But it was not out of malice, but rather it was the respect and admiration I had for the man that made young Aamer getting that wicket so special.
Tendulkar has hurt me many times, his innings at Centurion against Pakistan in World Cup 2003 ensured in Pakistan?s ouster in the first round. I remember a shot he played against Wasim Akram in the first over, a back of a length ball bowled by Wasim, which has often given him wickets, timed with perfection and placed with disdain between cover fielders for a four. That was in the first over, and that told me that the champion was at his best today, and that meant he could take the game away from Pakistan. Saeed Anwar had scored a century in that match and Tendulkar was going play a knock to rival that.
As a cricket fan, regardless of which team one supports, one cannot help but admire Tendulkar. Its not just his cricketing prowess but the level of dedication, sportsmanship and aura he brings to the game. Just watching him on the field tells us just how much he loves the game.
Today I no longer have to fight any contradictions inside me. In 2004 he was unbeaten on 194 against Paksistan in Rawalpindi when Rahul Dravid declared the innings and it upset me as I knew he deserved a double century that day. I have no shame in acknowledging that there is Brian Lara, Inzamam ul Haq, Ricky Ponting and Rahul Dravid, and then a few notches higher, there is Sachin Tendulkar, if not in terms of cricketing talent, then in terms of his impeccable commitment, sheer strength of character and utmost humility.
That sums up Sachin Tendulkar for me. About 12 years back, my Mathematics teacher with whom I used to engage in various cricketing discussions had told me that Tendulkar would one day get 50 centuries. I disagreed vehemently, not so much out of disrespect but simply because I could not imagine someone could get to 50 centuries in international cricket. He proved me wrong once again just like he had done on countless occasions before. But today it does not upset me. Instead I am too busy admiring a great achievement by an extremely talented man, who never tried to substitute that talent for hard work.
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A good read. It's always nice to read such articles from rival fans. The author is a Pakistani fan.
Also, the article in dawn when he scored the 50th century was top notch!
thalaivaraukku ellA idangaLilum sirappu!
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Review: Sachin in 2010
Now that Sachin has played his last innings of the year, I thought that it would be a good time to look back at the highs and lows of the year. These are my views and you can add more/disagree etc.
At the start of the year, the big series for the year were:
1) Home series vs SA (2 hundreds in 2 tests)
2) Away series in SL ( 1 double hundred, an 84 and an important 54)
3) Home series vs Aus (98, 214 and 53 not out)
4) Away series in SA ( 1 hundred in the two tests and an avg of 55)
Record in 2010:
Innings: 23
Runs : 1562
Avg: 78
Hundreds : 7
HS: 214 vs Australia in Bangalore
There were also 2 ODIs, including the 200* vs SA.
Highlights:
First ever double hundred in ODIs
50th test hundred
Man of the series vs Australia following scores of 98, 38, 214 and 53 not out
ICC player of the year
Named in the all-time 11 announced by Cricinfo
First hundred vs SA at home and a hundred in Kolkata to help level the series
Crossed 13,000 test runs
Crossed 14,000 test runs
There was also an important hundred in Bangladesh where India was in trouble (105 not out) and the double in SL where India was in danger of being asked to follow-on. Solid stuff but I wouldn't put it in the main highlights due to the opposition in the first case and the surface in the second.
Disappointments
Top scored in Mohali but got out for 38 in the second dig attempting a shot that wasn't required
98 in the same game
The current test match. Having scored a hundred in the previous game, it might be unrealistic to expect another hundred but a 50 was expected. If India go on to win, it will be the second time since the tour of SA 4 years back where he hasn't really contributed to an Indian win.
http://www.orkut.com/Main#CommMsgs?c...35899262999084
http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/con...ds/284248.html
Tendulkar 4th highest in the list of most runs in a calendar year at 1562(2010). It's worth noting that he is the first in ODI list at 1894 runs in 1998.
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Tendulkar was near his assertive best as he and Dravid built a commanding position by adding 170. Punishing short and wide bowling and taking advantage of attacking fields, Tendulkar unleashed his full repetoire to score a hooked six off Rose and 14 fours. It took Campbell's leaping catch at gully to dismiss him, for 92, off what television suggested was a no-ball by Bishop; Rose rounded off the innings.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenal...ry/153645.html
8-)
Tendulkar features in IAF calendar
New Delhi: Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar can now be seen in Indian Air Force fatigues with Sukhoi fighter aircraft in the backdrop in the IAF's 2011 calendar.
The cricket icon features in the calendar wearing a green flying suit with helmet tucked under his left arm.
Mr. Tendulkar appears on the January page with a Su-30MKI in the background.
Mr. Tendulkar is the only person appearing in the calendar which otherwise carries the pictures of various fighter planes and transport aircraft of the IAF.
The IAF said Mr. Tendulkar had been featured to spread awareness about the force among the youth. “He is a national hero and youth relate to him,” an IAF official said.
On September 3, the IAF conferred the honorary rank of Group Captain on Mr. Tendulkar for his cricketing achievements and contribution to the nation. He is the first person with no aviation background to receive the honour. — PTI
http://www.hindu.com/2011/01/01/stor...0160362600.htm
Landmark that came a year late for Sachin Tendulkar
Mohandas Menon | Friday, December 31, 2010
So finally, Sachin Tendulkar did reach the half century-mark, although of a different kind. Fifty Test centuries was a figure never thought of until a few years ago! But after nearly 21 years in international cricket, Tendulkar has yet another landmark to his name and this is certainly the one that looks like will stay on for sometime.
However, considering the number of achievements he has to his credit, this particular record is one that could have been achieved much earlier than he ultimately did. And the primary reason for the delay is his eight scores in the nineties.
Not many remember his maiden Test century as a 17-year-old at the Old Trafford on August 14, 1990, when he, along with Manoj Prabhakar (67*), put an unbeaten 160 for the seventh wicket, which not only saved the Test but almost brought the team close to an unlikely win.
India was set a target of 408 to win in about 90-odd overs on the last day, but soon after lost half their side for 127 runs, before Tendulkar and Kapil Dev added a further 56 for the sixth wicket. When Prabhakar joined the teenager, just before tea, India were still 225 behind with just four wickets standing. The pair took the score to 343/6 - just 65 short of the target. Just a boy then, Tendulkar is today much grown both in years and in stature!
Interestingly, just six months prior to his maiden Test hundred at Manchester, Tendulkar — aged 16 — reached 88 against New Zealand at Napier and was in line to become the youngest to score a Test century.However, his uppish drive off the bowling of Danny Morrison went straight to the Kiwi skipper John Wright, who ten years later went on the coach the Indian side. A tearful Tendulkar returned back to the pavilion missing his maiden hundred by just 12 runs.
The first time he was dismissed in the nervous 90s was six years into his career, against Sri Lanka at Bangalore on January 27, 1994. With an overnight score of 90, Tendulkar was soon dismissed six runs later — bowled by left arm spinner Don Anurasiri. He then missed what could have been his eighth century of his Test career.
Three years later, at Bridgetown, Barbados, on March 28, 1997, Tendulkar, leading the side on this occasion, was dismissed for 92 after he was caught by Sherwin Campbell off the bowling of Ian Bishop. Incidentally, India went on to lose this match by 38 runs after being set a moderate target of just 120 runs. Tendulkar still calls this match his most disappointing of his entire international career.
On February 24, 2000, against the South Africans at the Wankhede Stadium — his home ground — Tendulkar fell three short of a century, caught behind by Mark Boucher off the bowling of Jacques Kallis.
The first and only time in his entire Test career, Tendulkar was dismissed stumped, when English ’keeper James Foster flicked the bails off the bowling of Ashley Giles at Bangalore on December 21, 2001. He missed that century by 10 runs!
Eight months later, on August 12, 2002, he fell to a part-time bowler in Michael Vaughan for 92 at Trent Bridge. Then, on March 10, 2005, at Mohali against Pakistan, he was dismissed for the sixth time in the nineties — 94 (caught by Asim Kamal off the bowling of Naved-ul-Hasan).
2007 was the year of missed hundreds for Tendulkar. He, however, missed just one century in Tests (lbw for 91 by Paul Collingwood at Trent Bridge on July 29, 2007). He had the misfortune of being dismissed in the nineties on six occasions in ODIs, which included three scores on 99!
His recent 98 against the Aussies at Mohali on October 3, 2010, was the closest he has come while missing a Test century. Marcus North, meanwhile, became the second part-time bowler after Vaughan to claim Tendulkar’s wicket in the nineties.
The great Don Bradman, despite his near-7000 Test runs in 80 innings, does not have a single score in the nineties. The closest the Don missed a Test century was when he was dismissed for 89 against England at Lord’s in June 1948, which incidentally came in the 75th innings of his Test career.
Had Tendulkar converted all his eight scores in the nineties into three figures, he would have reached this amazing landmark a year ago. His match saving unbeaten 100 against Sri Lanka at the Motera, Ahmedabad on the last day on November 20, 2009, would have given him his 50th Test century.
This means his Centurion Test century should have been his 58th of his career. Where does he go from here is anyone’s guess!
http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/commen...dulkar_1488691
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Sachin Tendulkar in 2010 The legend still continues
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Interviews with G Pollock, B Lee, R Taylor, V Sehwag, MS Dhoni, Y Singh, S Jayasuriya and R Bopara.
1991 Adelaide test match
Sachin bowls within the first 15 overs on the first day and triggers an Aussie collapse with the first two wickets :shock:
I dont remember now but He probably bowled seam-up. Whaddaplayer!
300 runs for the series :cool:
Has started 2011 with a bang!!!
An innings of temperament, determination and grit :clap:
Actually Bala, he was OUT on 49 itself. But after that he was good, i suppose.
AF,
Guys have been telling the catch was not taken cleanly and hence he was not out :roll: Even commentators said the same, it seems :?
No no. Boucher took it cleanly. It was the very 2nd ball of the day. Even the first one from steyn moved very well just to beat him. I listened to Ravi shasthri and Mike Haysman(??)'s commentary. In replays the snickometer confirmed the edge and boucher took it quite easily.
Steyn's half-hearted appeal didn't help his case. I myself knew that he was out when he played that shot and even wrote it here.
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50.2
Steyn to Tendulkar, no run, 78.5 mph, Shout for a catch by Boucher .. Steyn didn't go up until very late. And it looks like an edge too! Tendulkar leaned across to stab an outswinger that curved away to take the edge. Boucher lunged forward to take the catch clenaly. He went up right away but Steyn didn't and only joined in the appeal late. Which means the bowler didn't hear the noise and the umpire didnt hear or see the deflection. Drama here at New Lands.