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Stats No:16
Boundaries scored by sachin against all the opponents in ODIs.....
read it as opponent, 4s/6s.
Against
1)Australia : 289/31
2)South Africa : 183/9
3)Srilanka : 241/27
4)Pakistan : 277/28
5)New Zealand : 175/17
6)England : 163/12
7)West Indies : 152/8
8)Zimbabwe : 152/20
9)Kenya : 73/5
10)Bangladesh : 51/4
11)Ireland : 1/0
12)Bermuda : 2/4
13)UAE : 9/1
14)Netherlands : 7/0
15)Namibia : 18/0
Stats No 17:
The Master's stats in Australia
ODIs:
Matches - 40
Runs - 3
Not outs - 1348
Top score - 117*
Batting avg - 31.44
Strike rate - 74.55
100s - 1
50s - 10
Ducks - 1
Boundaries(4s/6s) - 123/1
Overs - 91.5
Runs given - 433
Maidens - 1
Wkts - 5
Best bowling - 1/5
Bowling avg - 86.60
Economy - 4.71
In Australia,
Tests:
Matches - 16
Innings - 30
Runs - 1522
Not outs- 4
Top score - 241*
Batting avg - 58.53
100s - 6
50s - 5
Ducks - 3
Overs - 83
Runs given - 311
Maidens - 10
Wkts - 7
Best bowling(innings) - 2/10
Best bowling(match) - 2/39
Bowling avg - 44.42
Economy - 3.74
With love, from Tendulkar to Maradona
Kolkata: Sachin Tendulkar may not have been able to come down to Kolkata to catch up with the legendary Diego Maradona, but the master blaster did send a token of remembrance across to Maradona. Tendulkar — an avid Maradona fan himself — sent over a self-autographed soccer ball to the organisers, which was handed over to the Argentine during his weekend Kolkata trip.
Tendulkar is learnt to have personally handed over the football to CPI(M) parliamentarian Shamik Lahiri, who played a key role in organising Maradona’s trip. Lahiri, in turn, handed over the football to Maradona, and gave him a lowdown of how big Tendulkar is in Indian sports.
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Wi...aradona/395849
Stats No:18
ODI stats in South Africa
Matches : 36
Runs : 1414
Not outs : 0
Top score : 152
Batting avg : 40.40
Strike rate : 80.29
100s : 4
50s : 6
Ducks : 1
Overs : 95
Maidens : 4
Runs given : 443
Wkts : 7
Best bowling : 2/27
Bowling avg : 63.28
Economy : 4.66
Test stats in South Africa
Matches : 12
Innings : 22
Runs : 835
Not outs : 1
Top score : 169
Batting avg : 39.76
100s : 3
50s : 3
Ducks : 2
Overs : 39.5
Maidens : 8
Runs given : 124
Wkts : 3
Best bowling(innings) : 1/9
Best bowling(match) : 1/9
Bowling avg : 41.33
Economy : 3.11
Nettai Thambi Ishanth on Sir
NEW DELHI: India paceman Ishant Sharma might have acquired the reputation of bumping off top batsmen like Ricky Ponting but he thanks his stars
Ishant Sharma appeals for Sachin Tendulkar's wicket at a cricket camp training session.
for not having Sachin Tendulkar as an opponent.
"Sachin Tendulkar is one batsman who is not easy to bowl to. Be it in nets or in the middle, he always bats as if he is playing a match. I am thankful to god that I play in his team. His experience is equal to my age," Ishant said. :rotfl:
The gangling Delhi bowler said besides Tendulkar, Dravid, Ponting and Hayden were among his favourite batsman.
"Other than Sachin and Ponting, my favourite batsmen are Matthew Hayden and Rahul Dravid," he said.
Ishant said he was trying to bowl fast consistently but also focusing on maintaining the right line and length to trap the batsmen.
"I am trying to bowl at 100 mph but what is more important is which areas I hit. If you get that speed but the delivery is short- or over-pitched and ball goes across the boundary than there is no use of it.
"Instead, if I bowl at 140-145 kph and swing it, batsmen could be in trouble," he told a news channel.
"I know my limitations and try to be in my limits," he added.
The 20-year-old fast bowler also said he did not believe in experimenting in the match and relies on whatever he practised in nets.
"You should try in a match only what you have practised in the nets. You should not try new things straightaway while playing for the country.
"I was not a swing bowler but the one who would hit the deck and even today I try only that, but it is my good luck if ball gets movement," he said.
Ishant said he could not credit his success to one persons as Zaheer Khan, Venkatesh Prasad and coach Gary Kirsten all helped him on various occasions but singled out the South African for his mature approach.
"Kirsten is a very nice coach. He understands the strength of each and every member of the team," Ishant said.
"Recently in Delhi, I had dropped Michael Clark and also could not bat as the night-watchman but Kirsten said 'in last one year this is your first mistake. It was your bad day. Tomorrow will be a new day'.
"If your coach helps you to come out of the bad phase, he is a good coach," he added.
On England Tour, Ishant said, "I will try to repeat my performance against the Australia when I had picked wickets as required.
"We will use reverse swing weapon against England also. We'd used that against Aussies. You should know how to reverse swing if you are playing in the sub-continent," he said.
"In the sub-continent it is easy to bowl if you know reverse swing, you should know how to adapt to the conditions," he added.
http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/indv...ge/381415.html
Can PR upload this pic in this post with this caption
"Sachin Tendulkar pulls during practice, Chennai, December 9, 2008"
http://www.gulfnews.com/sport/Cricket/10265845.html
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Sachin Tendulkar, the highest rungetter in both Tests and one-dayers, feels that any hype over the series against England would be somewhat mistimed now.
Tendulkar in no mood for cricket
By Ashish Shukla, Cricket News
Published: December 08, 2008, 23:33
Chennai: Sachin Tendulkar never says "no" to cricket but this doesn't seem to hold true for the forthcoming Test series between India and England, starting here from December 11.
Tendulkar is a private man, difficult to get to open up to issues other than cricket and even then isn't prone to make his point forcefully. He's dismayed though at the recent turn of events and doesn't feel it's alright to play cricket at this juncture in the country.
Tendulkar is the history man of Test cricket, having amassed 12,273 runs with 40 centuries, both of which are more than any other batsman in the history of the game. Tendulkar has so far played 154 Tests in his career.
He has apparently conveyed his reservations to his team-mates, including skipper Mahinder Singh Dhoni, and feels cricket should take a backseat when bigger issues are crowding the consciousness of people of the country.
Unlike his Mumbai statemate Wasim Jaffer who feels "life should go on", Tendulkar feels cricket could be a distraction to people who grapple with the question of their security.
Laxman's absence
Indeed, Tendulkar is said to have been upset with the absence of his Indian team-mate VVS Laxman from the Hyderabad team which took on Mumbai in a Ranji Trophy fixture in Mumbai on December 2, 3, 4 and 5, just 72 hours after the terrorist attack in the city on November 26-29.
Tendulkar, being a Mumbaite, felt a pang of horror and assumed Laxman's absence was on account of terrible events in the city. He was soothed though to know that Laxman had been blessed with a baby daughter on November 28 and and had henceforth excused himself from the tie.
As India reels under the impact of terror, Tendulkar, and other senior members of the side including Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan, aren't sure if this two-Test series against England is such a necessity.
The common feeling among these cricketers is that good performances by Team India could allow the anger building among the masses to diffuse - something which they don't want to happen.
Under the carpet
A triple hundred, for example, by Sehwag would unleash a cricket mania in the country, allowing those running the country to sweep the security issue under the carpet.
Already a front-page coverage of a visit by a football has-been, even though a glorious one such as Diego Maradona, so close on the heels of attacks, hasn't gone down well with everyone in the country.
There have been candlelight march-pasts across the length and breadth of country and the decibels of protests against the politicians have been stunning, the worst public outcry since the country became independent in 1947. Senior Indian cricketers also feel they wouldn't be able to bring the same amount of unfettered joy as it wouldn't go with their own mood at the moment. They also feel their focus at this point of time might not be that intense.
The feeling amongst these cricketers is surprising, to say the least. While Tendulkar is looking to touch new peaks every day of his glittering career, somebody like Yuvraj Singh has only one cricket ambition left in his bones-to make a permanent spot for himself in the Test team.
Somebody like Mahinder Singh Dhoni has reasons to add to this stunning run of success as captain of the team while Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan, are aspiring to be the leaders of the bowling pack after the retirement of Anil Kumble.
Interestingly, the reason for these cricketers' indifference isn't security. They feel it just isn't the right time for the game to return to cricketing fields of the country.