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Sachin Tendulkar will arrive at Madame Tussauds (official video)
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Sachin Tendulkar will arrive at Madame Tussauds (official video)
http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/01/stor...0156212300.htm
Difficult to pinpoint what went wrong
S. Ram Mahesh
Sachin Tendulkar’s re-entry will benefit India in the ODI series
— PHOTO: AP
TIME TO REGROUP: The Indians should put behind the T20 series loss and do well in the ODI series now that they know the conditions and pitches well.
Wellington: Twenty20 — cricket’s most condensed format — doesn’t lend itself to obsessive analysis.
Commenting in 1975 on the fleeting nature of one-day cricket (which was then 60-overs-a-side mind you), England’s Tony Lewis wrote: It is easy to exaggerate sometimes, but even more unforgivable not to recognise moments of true excellence when you see them and savour them briefly before they die with the next ball, or, in this case, the next day.
Yet this is roughly where we find ourselves — attempting to recognise the moments of true excellence (and true mediocrity) in the two Twenty20 Internationals that have passed, so we may venture an extrapolation on how the five-match ODI series, next on the agenda, will shape.
It’s a measure of the space in cricket for the general and the particular to co-exist, that such an exercise across formats isn’t entirely foolhardy.
“It is great to play a few T20 games before the one-dayers,” said Indian captain M.S. Dhoni, who retained his equipoise despite the back-to-back defeats. “There is no point in sulking and complaining that we lost two games. I am happy with the preparation and the effort. Most of the guys have spent reasonable time at the wicket, they know how the wickets will behave, and this will be of great help when the one-day series comes around.”
Out of sync
India’s batting lost it the Twenty20 Internationals. But it wasn’t so much a case of being tyrannised by the conditions — which is often the norm on tours of New Zealand — as a failing of their situational awareness.
India’s batsmen didn’t pace the innings with the adeptness this format requires; they also appeared strangely out of sync, although it is difficult to put a finger on exactly what went wrong.
They lit the fuse at both ends in Christchurch, burning out before Suresh Raina and Harbhajan Singh rescued matters slightly. Here at the Westpac Stadium, they lost vital wickets in the middle, which, combined with Dhoni struggling to lay a vehement bat on ball, cost them the late surge that might have realised a total of 170 to 180.
Even here, we must be wary of exaggeration. It’s impossible to know how much of the batting failure was brain fade, how much was influenced by the New Zealand bowlers, who did terrifically well in finding the hole, as they call the yorker length, and how much was reaction not lining up with execution. Dhoni’s comment that we are a much more talented batting unit than we have shown doesn’t clear things up either.
New Zealand, on the other hand, found the right pace to bat at. The most pleasing aspect has been the top four with the bat, said captain Daniel Vettori, who himself has contributed outstandingly with the ball.
“They get us off to great starts and then finish it. That’s exciting because the top four wins a lot of Twenty20 games and a lot of one-day games. They will be together for a pretty long time, they’re all young, and so it is exciting times for New Zealand cricket.”
Batting second helped. Knowing the target allows easier compartmentalisation of the innings. What also helped, counter-intuitive as it sounds, was Brendon McCullum not hitting the ball as he’s accustomed to! He was forced to bat through the innings in the first game, gluing the power-hitters together, and although he rediscovered his touch in the second game, the experience of Christchurch stood him in good stead.
In a hurry
Perhaps the nature of one-day cricket (contrasted with Twenty20 cricket) will assist India’s batsmen. In the Twenty20 Internationals, Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag were in a hurry beyond even their considerable powers.
Sehwag once said he bats quicker than is healthy in limited-overs cricket, and this tendency seemed to manifest itself in his great mate Gambhir. The extra time to work with in the ODIs could be just what they need.
Sachin Tendulkar’s re-entry will benefit the side as well. Lost amidst his physical genius are his batting brain and the intangible value of his presence. New Zealand is where Tendulkar found his calling in one-day cricket, when promoted to open. Enabling India win its first ODI series here will round things off nicely.[/tscii]
http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite...1?OpenDocument
Isolate Tendulkar and Dravid to tame India: Parore to Kiwis
Wellington, Feb 28 (PTI) Former Kiwi player Adam Parore has advised the New Zealanders to "isolate" Indian greats Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid if the hosts aspire to succeed in the later Test series against the tourists.
Parore said Indians are vulnerable in cold conditions here but because Tendulkar and Dravid are quick to adapt to any conditions, taming them would help the hosts immensely.
"Two of the greats, Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, are here, and they will be expected to make runs the way they almost always do. Greats like Tendulkar and Dravid know how to adapt. They will make runs anywhere. It is unrealistic to expect to dominate them.
"The idea is to operate as a team, to isolate the great players so as to put the pressure on the others," Parore wrote in his coloumn for the 'New Zealand Herald'.
The former stumper, who had joined rebel ICL, said Indian batsmen will struggle because of the completely different conditions in his country.
"Still, I think our bowlers have certain advantages, because the conditions are so foreign to the Indians. And whereas India has had a bit of success in, say Australia, recently, the way we take the pace off the ball and our ability to exploit our two-paced wickets should still trouble them," he wrote.
New Zealand will play three-match Test series against India starting from March 18. PTI
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryP...in+stays+a+hit
So the world champions were bested at Twenty20 cricket. It has been the perfect start to the series for fans in New Zealand. They get right behind their team, and even though you don't see Daniel Vettori or Ross Taylor on advertising hoardings, they are loved in this rugby-crazy nation. The one thing fans long for since India arrived on February 21, is just when they'd get a chance to watch Sachin Tendulkar?
Wherever you go in the world, the refrain of home fans is the same: Let Sachin get a hundred, but let our team win. Given how infrequently India have travelled to New Zealand, this tour is a first opportunity for many in the younger generation to get a good look at the little maestro.
At Wellington, a young fan turned up at practice and got Tendulkar to autograph his arm, only to show up the next day with that signature inked in as a tattoo. Taxi driver tales are often clichéd or apocryphal, but when Mark Wong, of Chinese origin, told this correspondent that India played poorly outside their country but that "little guy has been playing for 20 years, no?", you knew the extent of Tendulkar's impact.
For many fans, Indian cricket is synonymous with Tendulkar, the presence of Rahul Dravid, V.V.S. Laxman, M.S. Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh notwithstanding. For Tendulkar, the recent past has been about ticking the unchecked boxes as he reached the evening of his career. Last year in Australia, he scored a match-winning hundred and another near-ton to propel India to their first-ever ODI tri-series triumph Down Under. Late December in Chennai, Tendulkar stayed unbeaten on the final day as India chased down an incredible target, thereby putting to rest the accusation that he did not finish games for India.
In a 20-year career, through five trips to New Zealand, Tendulkar has not reached three figures in ODIs. Overall, he's the most prolific Indian, 1460 runs from 38 matches at 41.71. He has four hundreds, but all have come at home.
When the curtain goes up on the ODIs at Napier's McLean Park on Tuesday, Tendulkar will have his best chance to set the record straight.
India, who chose to stay back in Wellington for an extra day on Sunday, had to cancel their practice session because of tender underfoot conditions. But clear skies are predicted after the weekend rain receded. The pitches are expected to be much better for batting than on previous trips here and India's star is on the rise.
Tendulkar has been in the country 10 days without playing a game and the interest of fans is piqued. All that he needs to do is light up the stage that he has uniquely made his own.
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http://uk.reuters.com/article/sports...51R0GL20090228
India's Tendulkar celebrates ton at Tussauds
Sat Feb 28, 2009 8:22am GMT
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indians have long believed no one holds a candle to Sachin Tendulkar and now the master batsman is having his image cast in wax at Madame Tussauds in London.
Tendulkar's triumphant image will go up at the famous waxwork museum in April, next to other cricketing greats such as retired West Indies batsman Brian Lara and Australian spinner Shane Warne, Tussauds said in a statement.
The highest test and one-day run-getter's figure will also rub shoulders with sporting headliners such as David Beckham and Tiger Woods in the museum's interactive sports zone.
"We are delighted to confirm our next sporting superstar is going to be Sachin Tendulkar; his achievements on the cricket pitch are phenomenal and he is one of the biggest names in international sport," Liz Edwards, Madame Tussauds PR manager, said in the statement.
Tendulkar will be the first Indian sports personality to be unveiled at Tussauds, although the museum features wax statues of many Bollywood actors and politicians.
Tendulkar will be featured in a typical celebratory "on the pitch" pose after scoring a century, dressed in cricket whites.
He has already had a sitting with a team that travelled to Mumbai to capture a catalogue of reference photographs and over 200 precise measurements.
There will also be a cricketing challenge around the introduction of the figure, where guests can test their skills against the 'masterblaster', it said.
(Reporting by N.Ananthanarayanan; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
The six at 5.22 in video 3 over the pavilion box and on to the road :shock: :notworthy:
MichaEl Holding says it is somewhere in the range of 78 storeys :D.
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This 100 marks Thalaivan's 36th International 100 (ODI- 20 and Test - 16)and on this day he went past the records of Desmond Haynes, Sir Vivian Richards and Sunil Gavaskar who had 35 Hundreds till then.
And all this @ 25 :notworthy:
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லண்டன் அருங்காட்சியகத்தில் தெண்டுல்கருக்கு மெழுகுச்சிலை
லண்டன் அருங்காட்சியகத்தில் இந்திய கிரிக்கெட் வீரர் தெண்டுல்கருக்கு மெழுகுச்சிலை நிறுவப்படுகிறது.
மெழுகுச்சிலை இங்கிலாந்து தலைநகர் லண்டனில் உள்ள Ôமேடம் டுசாட்ஸ்Õ என்ற பிரபலமான மெழுகுச்சிலை அருங்காட்சியகம் ஏராளமான பயணிகளை கவரும் முக்கிய சுற்றுலா மையமாக விளங்கி வருகிறது. இதில் உலகின் பல்வேறு துறைகளை சேர்ந்த புகழ்பெற்ற நட்சத்திரங்களுக்கு மெழுகுச்சிலை வைத்து கவுரவிக்கப்படுகிறது. இங்கு இந்தியாவைச் சேர்ந்த பாலிவுட் நடிகர்கள் அமிதாப் பச்சன், ஷாரூக்கான், ஐஸ்வர்யா ராய், சல்மான்கான் மற்றும் முன்னாள் பிரதமர்கள் இந்திரா காந்தி, ராஜீவ்காந்தி, பி.வி.நரசிம்மராவ் ஆகியோருக்கு ஏற்கனவே மெழுகுச்சிலை வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
இருப்பினும் இதுவரை இந்தியாவைச் சேர்ந்த எந்த ஒரு விளையாட்டு வீரரின் சிலையும், இந்த புகழ்பெற்ற அருங்காட்சியகத்தில் வைக்கப்படாமல் இருந்தது. இந்த குறை இந்திய கிரிக்கெட் அணியின் சாதனை மன்னன் சச்சின் தெண்டுல்கர் மூலம் நிவர்த்தியாக உள்ளது.
ஏப்ரல் மாதம் திறப்பு
இது பற்றி அருங்காட்சியக செய்தி தொடர்பாளர் கூறுகையில், Ôஒரு நாள் மற்றும் டெஸ்ட் கிரிக்கெட்டில் அதிக ரன்கள் குவித்தவர் என்ற பெருமையை பெற்றுள்ள தெண்டுல்கருக்கு மெழுகுச்சிலை நிறுவி கவுரவப்படுத்த உள்ளோம். அருங்காட்சியகத்தில் ஏற்கனவே நிறுவப்பட்டுள்ள வெஸ்ட் இண்டீஸ் கிரிக்கெட் வீரர் லாரா, ஆஸ்திரேலிய கிரிக்கெட் வீரர் ஷேன் வார்னே ஆகியோரின் சிலைக்கு அருகே தெண்டுல்கரின் சிலையை நிறுவ திட்டமிட்டு இருக்கிறோம்Õ என்றார்.
இதையட்டி கடந்த வாரம் தெண்டுல்கர் லண்டன் சென்றிருந்தார். அப்போது, உருவச்சிலையை தயாரிக்க ஏதுவாக அவரை அளவெடுக்கும் பணி முழுமையாக நடந்தது. டெஸ்ட் கிரிக்கெட் உடையுடன் அவர் அளவெடுக்கப்பட்டார். பின்னர் அந்த உடையை நன்கொடையாக அளித்தார்.
தெண்டுல்கரின் மெழுகுச்சிலையை உருவாக்கும் பணி மேடம் டுசாட்சில் உள்ள சிற்ப கூடத்தில் நடந்து வருகிறது. இதற்காக ஒரு கோடி ரூபாய் செலவழிக்கப்படுகிறது. தெண்டுல்கரின் மெழுகுச்சிலை ஏப்ரல் மாதத்தில் திறக்கப்படும். 8-)
Source: Dailythanthi dated 01-03-2009
Thanks a lot AF. These videos have some rare footages. Thalaivar's first ODI century, famous Perth century :shock: This is a treasure :notworthy: Million thanks to the uploader too :2thumbsup:
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Vaarum, Ummai than thedittu irundhein, oyy so late? :twisted:
Seriously these are classic videos. :notworthy:. Vaazgha conhuman :).
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