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http://cricketnext.in.com/news/top-p.../38903-13.html
Top performer: Sachin Tendulkar
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Posted on Mar 08, 2009 at 14:28
New Delhi: Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar slammed a blistering 163 and helped his team win the third ODI by 58 runs against New Zealand at the AMI Stadium in Christchurch on Sunday.
The master-blasters first century on New Zealand soil helped India put up a mammoth 392 for four off their stipulated 50 overs after put in to bat by stand-in Kiwi skipper Brendon McCulum.
Tendulkar added 50 runs off 60 balls with Gautam Gambhir (15 off 27 balls) for the second wicket after Virender Sehwag got out early.
He then put on 138 runs for the third wicket off 17.4 overs with Yuvraj Singh (87 off 60 balls with ten fours and six sixes) and then stitched another 135 runs with his skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (68 off 58 balls with five fours and two sixes) off 15.4 overs for the fourth wicket before he retired injured.
Tendulkar, who looked set to break the highest individual score record in an ODI before stomach cramps forced him to go back to the pavilion.
Tendulkar faced 133 balls, which included 16 boundaries and five sixes and was declared the Man-of-the-Match.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...ts-another-ton
Sachin Tendulkar Hits Another Ton!
Sachin Tendulkar has notched up his 43rd hundred in ODIs. Not a new site for avid fans of the little master! He not only made an effortless ton, but also brought up his third 150-plus score. The last one was scored against Namibia in Pietermaritzburg in the 2003 WC.
India was not off to a flying start, losing Sehwag very early. Gambhir joined Tendulkar and I thought it would be the ideal situation. Soon Gambhir departed! Then in a spot of bother, Sachin was joined by the flamboyant Yuvraj.
Their partnership and then the big hitting of Dhoni and Raina, helped India make a mammoth 392.
Tendulkar, unfortunately, had to retire today. If he had played the remaining five overs, he could have made a double hundred (I am not over optimistic I guess!). Today's 163, studded with 16 fours and five sixes, was right up there because of his shot selections and the way he went about his innings.
He reached his hundred in 101 balls, and then accelerated his game. He played 133 balls before retiring (I was very disappointed with that!), which clearly shows how aggressive he had been post 100.
He got his 57th Man of the Match award, and that is by far the highest. For the record, Sir Viv Richards had 31 awards from 187 matches, which is one in six matches!
I had written earlier in my first article that this series could decide Tendulkar's future in ODIs and I think he has answered me yet again with another sublime knock.
His 20 in the first match was rusty and he was very cautious. Last game he started slowly, and then displayed his true instinct. Today, he has stamped his authority on the game and once again proved why he is the greatest ODI cricketer.
Thank you Sachin Tendulkar for another masterpiece and I sincerely hope I get to watch many more of these.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sto...-11088,00.html
Sachin Tendulkar leads India to big total against New Zealand
Article from: Herald Sun
March 08, 2009 03:55pm
A BRILLIANT century by Sachin Tendulkar led India to a massive 4-392 in the third one-day match against New Zealand in Christchurch today.
Tendulkar smashed 163 from 133 balls, with five sixes and 16 fours, before retiring hurt with a strained stomach muscle.
He was supported by Yuvraj SIngh (87 from 60) and captain MS Dhoni (68 from 58) as the Indians took a toll of all the New Zealand bowlers after being sent in to bat by acting captain Brendon McCullum.
Kyle MIlls was the best of the Kiwi bowlers with 2-58 from his 10 overs, while Tim Southee recorded the most expensive bowling analysis by a New Zealand ODI player - 0-105 from 10 overs.
India lead the five-match series 1-0 after winning the first match by 53 runs in Napier on Tuesday.
The second match in Wellington was washed out on Friday.
McCullum is leading the New Zealand side in the absence of Daniel Vettori, who returned home because his wife is due to give birth to their first child.
The team chasing seems to do pretty well here," he said as he sent India in.
Jeetan Patel came into the New Zealand side for Vettori and Southee replaced Iain O'Brien.
New Zealand: Brendon McCullum (capt), Ian Butler, Grant Elliott, Martin Guptill, Kyle Mills, Tim Southee, Jacob Oram, Peter McGlashan, Jeetan Patel, Jesse Ryder, Ross Taylor.
India: MS Dhoni (capt), Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/wtMost...BrandChannel=0
Tendulkar century gives India 2-0 series lead
Sun Mar 8, 2009 9:17am GMT
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Sachin Tendulkar's 43rd one-day international century hoisted India to a 2-0 series lead over New Zealand with a 58-run victory in Christchurch on Sunday.
Exploiting the short boundaries at Lancaster Park, Tendulkar stroked his way to 163 before he was forced to retire hurt after apparently pulling a stomach muscle, though he managed to guide his side to an imposing 392 for four off 50 overs.
"It's a pleasure to watch Sachin's innings in the way he paced it," India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said in a televised interview. "He took a balls up front then later on he knew what kind of shots he could play. He's an amazing batsman."
New Zealand began their chase enthusiastically with openers Jesse Ryder and Brendon McCullum putting on 166 for the first wicket before Ryder called the stand-in captain through for a suicidal single in the 22nd over and McCullum was run out for 71.
Ryder moved to his first one day century, which included 12 boundaries and four sixes, before Ross Taylor absentmindedly left his ground and was run out for seven and Martin Guptill was trapped in front by Yuvraj Singh for one.
The home side slumped to 188 for four when Ryder holed out in the deep for 105, leaving the last recognised pairing of Grant Elliott and Jacob Oram at the crease.
Oram, however, was bowled by Harbhajan for seven and Zaheer Khan bowled Elliott (18) and Peter McGlashan (seven) in three balls to effectively end the run chase in the 34th over.
Kyle Mills (54) Tim Southee (32) and Ian Butler (24) extracted some revenge on the Indians for their own treatment with some lusty blows at the end of the innings, with Mills and Southee combining for an 83-run ninth-wicket in seven overs.
The onslaught, however, was not enough and the hosts were bowled out for 334 on the first ball of the 46th over.
Earlier, Tendulkar smashed 16 boundaries and five sixes and shared a brutal 138-run partnership with Yuvraj (87) and a 135-run stand with Dhoni (68) to help India post the highest one day score in New Zealand.
"It was amazing batting," McCullum said. "The way Sachin played was outstanding and he got a lot of support from the senior players as well.
"I guess we just weren't accurate enough with our plans."
New Zealand's attack was hampered by the absence of captain Daniel Vettori, who missed the game to attend the birth of his first child in Auckland, and a muscle strain suffered by Butler after he had bowled just five overs.
"You take Dan's 10 overs and lock them away and know you have some pretty economical overs there," McCullum added.
"I guess Ian Butler going down injured half way through his spell and Jacob (Oram) not being able to bowl the full 10 as well I guess it showed we were a bit light.
"In the end we didn't bowl well enough."
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket...ars-record-bid
Missing link damages Tendulkar's record bid
By CHRIS BARCLAY
Last updated 06:41 09/03/2009
The New Zealand pace bowler fortunate to avoid India's latest batting onslaught was unwittingly responsible for Sachin Tendulkar abandoning the pursuit of a unique cricketing milestone yesterday.
Tendulkar, whose sublime 163 set the scene for India's 58-run victory in game three of the five-match one-day series, was visualising becoming the first batsman to reach the 200-run barrier until a lingering body blow forced him to retire hurt after 45 overs of the tourists' impregnable of 392 for four.
Already the holder of the most ODI runs and centuries by a batsman, Tendulkar's first hundred on New Zealand soil 19 years after he first toured here threatened to blossom into something more even special at AMI Stadium.
He reached his 43rd ODI century in 101 balls and after motoring past 150 he seriously contemplated surpassing the biggest individual ODI innings on record the 194 Pakistani opener Saeed Anwar amassed against a team including Tendulkar at Chennai in May 1997.
Instead the 35-year-old had to settle for the second highest knock of his 425-match ODI career when it became apparent a delivery by Iain O'Brien during the Wellington washout on Friday would thwart his ambitions.
"Towards the end I was hopeful I would be able to get it (200) if I stayed there to the 50th over, it was in the vicinity," Tendulkar said after India secured an unbeatable 2-0 lead.
But O'Brien, an observer after he was replaced by Tim Southee, spared his team-mates further ignominy as India exceeded the 376 for two made at Hyderabad a decade ago the previous best ODI innings made against New Zealand.
"I got hit in my abs (abdominals) off O'Brien and the muscle was quite sore," said Tendulkar, explaining the discomfort intensified when he entered the 60s.
"I knew with every big hit I was damaging it there came a stage where I just knew I couldn't go on."
Tendulkar retreated after creaming 16 boundaries and five sixes.
His unscripted departure was a belated boost for stand-in captain Brendon McCullum who despaired of dismissing the diminutive strokemaker after asking India to bat first.
"It wasn't until he started walking off that it was out of reach, the ease at which he was playing. . . a double hundred was certainly a possibility.
"I can hardly remember a shot that he didn't hit out of the middle. There were times he was playing with half a blade and still hitting in any area he wanted."
Tendulkar shared in century stands with Yuvraj Singh (87) and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (68).
Yuvraj and Tendulkar added 138 for the third wicket and notably 69 came in a five over burst when India astutely took their batting power play in the 23rd over a strategy that knocked McCullum and his bowlers out of kilter.
Southee eventually made his own unfortunate in the record books his 0-105 was the most expensive 10-over spell by a New Zealand ODI bowler.
Grant Elliott's seven overs cost 60 and Ryder went for 56 off five though he later avenged his treatment.
New Zealand was undoubtedly weakened by Daniel Vettori's absence he was excused to remain in Auckland and await the birth of his first child.
McCullum's bowling permutations were also complicated when Ian Butler reported a thigh strain halfway through his allocation and Jacob Oram is rationed to an eight-over maximum as he returns from an Achilles strain.
Oram was easily New Zealand's most economical bowler taking none for 34, including a maiden, while Kyle Mills took a respectable two for 58 in his 100th match.
Challenged to maintain a scoring rate of 7.86 an over from ball one, New Zealand required a flawless chase.
McCullum (71) and Ryder (105) started pugnaciously with their own boundary barrage worth 166 from 132 balls, but when they were separated by a run out five wickets toppled for 37.
They were eventually dismissed for 334 with 29 balls remaining.
Ryder, who struck a dozen boundaries and five sixes, deservedly registered his breakthrough ton from 72 balls in what could amount to a watershed innings for the talented though occasionally distracted dasher.
The teams head to Hamilton, where game four is scheduled for Wednesday.
Both medical staffs will be busy as Butler's quadriceps and Tendulkar's upset tummy are monitored.
New Zealand also anxiously await news on Vettori's availability.
http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite...5?OpenDocument
It's the best batting line-up I have been a part of: Tendulkar
Joseph Hoover
Christchurch, Mar 8 (PTI) Sachin Tendulkar, who has played in different eras since his debut in 1989, today rated the current Indian batting as the best line-up he has been part of.
"I would definitely say so," Tendulkar said in reply to a query in the post-match conference.
Tendulkar, who has played alongside the likes of Kapil Dev, Navjyot Singh Sidhu, Mohammad Azaruddin, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid, believes the present Indian batting under the leadership of Mahendra Singh Dhoni and comprising Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir was the best line-up of the country.
"We got almost five or six guys who can clear the ropes at will. If you have a good four or five overs in a row, we could end up scoring 50 plus runs. At the back of mind we know that with such an explosive line-up no target is impossible," said the veteran of 425 ODIs after contributing unbeaten 163 in India's 58-run win in the third one-dayer against New Zealand.
India scored 392 for four against New Zealand in the third one-dayer to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the five-match series.
Asked if he had changed his approach to the game, Tendulkar said "it depends on the momentum". PTI
Matter over. Straight from horse's mouth. Its what I have been saying for quite some time 8-).
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