Wonderful innings of Tendulkar
Vicky
feeling that Indians might come up with something special tonight.
I had the privilege to watch Tendulkar's wonderful innings - ball by
ball. He looked a bit sluggish briefly in the middle. But, he failed
to deliver the knock out punch at the end! It was a lame dismissal.
I thought the man certainly deserved the first ever ODI double century
(I know I know... in a men's game). But, you get what you deserve,
they say.
Well done Australia, who played until the last ball of the match.
Also, well done McKay.
Vicky:
Dave -Turner
one hell of an innings. It basically became Sachin vs Australia for most of
the second innings, and it was his knock that allowed India to get within
just a few runs of setting the 2nd highest successful ODI run chase in the
history of the game
Don speaks the truth
> likewise, as another Aussie i've got to take my hat off to Sachin, that was
> one hell of an innings. It basically became Sachin vs Australia for most of
> the second innings
Its been like that for ages....Sachin vs Australia.
Don
crictist
wrote:
Sometime it was VVSL v/s Australia.
Don speaks the truth
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even in that game in calcutta sachin got 3 crucial breakthroughs and
turned the tide of the game in last session of the match
Don
jzfredricks
I've been watching all of this series, mainly the Indian batting,
waiting for SRT to work his magic. Last night I was feeling tired, and
thought "stuff it!". :(
Crapats (TM)
> I had the privilege to watch Tendulkar's wonderful innings - ball by
> ball. He looked a bit sluggish briefly in the middle. But, he failed
> to deliver the knock out punch at the end! It was a lame dismissal.
Yes, the knock out punch.
Muzzles
Its been like that for ages....Sachin vs (Australias 2nd string team.)
Don
skp
Man, I have never been more disappointed with a India loss.
India managed to once again snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
SRT's dismissal was a crushing blow: premeditated shot when the
asking rate was just a little over 6 an over (I think they needed 23
off 21 or something like that). That said, it was one of the all time
great innings. Would have of course been that much sweeter had India
won.
Jadeja's run out was a plain case of a guy losing his brains under
pressure.
Nehra is just a joke with the bat. Can't these guys be taught how to
at least properly hold the bat?
Praveen Kumar apparently values his knees too much.
Okay...all that is off my chest...great match and kudos to Sachin and
the Aussies who somehow continue to win despite all their injuries.
Don speaks the truth
Muzzles wrote:
> Its been like that for ages....Sachin vs (Australias 2nd string team.)
>
> Don
Ask Mcgrath the stupidity factor in your post and you will
definitely get the answer.
Don
Cicero
Good innings but lets be real. It was a belter of a batting strip and a
small ground. Even White got runs.
Nirvanam
> Good innings but lets be real. It was a belter of a batting strip and a
> small ground. Even White got runs.
Are you implying that the innings was in any way not a great one? The
ground wasn't as small as you think...it is one of the bigger grounds
in India...at least 72-75 meter radius. The "belter-ness" of the pitch
applied to 21 other players, how come the other 3 openers did not
score as many as Tendulkar? How come the other great Ponting did not
use the conditions and the size of the ground to that great an effect?
Give credit where its due, its not fair to belittle such amazing
efforts by adding in meaningless riders like ground was small, pitch
was belter and all. 21 others in the game did not do what Tendulkar
did.
RaspingDrive
Tendulkar, for all his phenomenal records, is still unreliable. He is
a great talent but he has his defects. Given his stature, he should
have by now sealed enough matches by himself (like World Cup). One
century in Cuttack, one century in Trivandrum, one century in
Hyderabad, and some more on other Indian centers, scored on belters,
in meaningless ODIs, against second string or new bowlers not used to
bowling on subcontinental pitches, no doubt add to records. Let the
focus be on India winning the series even if it may be meaningless in
the overall superiority scheme of things.
S
S
Nirvanam
have influenced Indian wins (although the article was a comparison of
Dravid and Tendulkar because some idiotic claims were made that Dravid
was India's greatest Test match winner)
http://perceptz.blogspot.com/2009/02/is-rahul-dravid-indias-greatest-ever.html
RaspingDrive
Still I believe Tendulkar is unreliable. He is perhaps unfairly
criticized. According to me, however, that criticism is balanced by
the unfair adulation he gets, given his unreliability. Coming to the
Test scenario, how many times has the Indian team traveled to West
Indies in the last twenty years? How many times have we won the
series, and in how many of those series wins did Tendulkar figure?
Ponting will be grinning from ear to ear that the debilitating
Tendulkar focus is on again. He will be happy to win the series and
mutter a few praises on Tendulkar. Dhoni is probably aware of that.
Poor fellow, Dhoni.
Nirvanam
People don't get averages of 50+ in Tests and 40+ in one days if they
were not consistent in scoring runs. Reliability is influenced by
consistency. It is unfair to say Tendulkar is unreliable because the
truth is that the others in the team were not reliable even to support
him properly. Did you watch cricket in the 90s? India was just a one
man show in one days and in Tests it was only 2 men: Sachin and
Jumbo...the moment Tendulkar was out India just accepted loss. In
spite of such unrealistic expectations the guy delivered single
handedly. In one of the cricketers' (not sure if it was Azhar or Ajay
Sharma or ..) confessions as recorded by CBI in its match fixing
report, no bets were taken or placed until Sachin was still batting.
That says a lot about the value 1 player had on a game. And let us
understand this well, none of us fans understand the true value of a
player until we are asked to put money on them. These bookies put lacs
on games and these professional gamblers, if you may, did not risk
their money when Sachin was around. If Sachin was not reliable, how
could these professional gamblers hold him in such high regard? They
have no emotion like us fans. They are in for the money, and if a
player was unreliable then it just doesn't impact their decisions so
much. But if a player was reliable and known to be a match winner who
would risk his money? This is I think one of the best ways of judging
a player's true worth, and during the 90s there were greats like Lara,
Waugh, Jumbo, Warne, McGrath, Wasim, Waqar playing the game...no one
commanded that kinda respect from the bookies...repeat no one! The
bookies know about the value of the player because they put money on
them. It is a compliment albeit not in a "legal" frame of reference.
Besides, Sachin's unreliability as you claim is not Sachin's fault, it
is the fault of the 10 others in the team. You know what, you must go
thru something like this in your professional life to understand and
figure out whether it is truly reasonable to claim Sachin is
unreliable. Before you claim Sachin is unreliable, just ask yourself
to experience something similar (i.e. you performing by burning
midnight oil and your team does not do much, and then your manager or
your colleague says RaspingDrive you are unreliable). Get a
perspective RaspingDrive. You are being very unfair to Sachin.
RaspingDrive
Impressive write-up. Still I will stick to my view, thank you. Where
am I unfair to him? He is the best in terms of talent, style, and
records, but unreliable.
S
Nirvanam
That is where you are being unfair: claiming Sachin is unreliable.
Maybe it would help if you experienced such a thing first
hand...others claiming you are unreliable when you are really the one
who has done most of the work and your team/company rides on your
success. Whether it changes your view on Sachin or not, a first hand
experience will definitely give you empathetic perspective when
claiming someone else is unreliable.
Will S
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> On Nov 7, 8:32 am, Nirvanam <viz.sha...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Nov 7, 6:15 pm, "Cicero" <Some...@microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Good innings but lets be real. It was a belter of a batting strip and a
>> > small ground. Even White got runs.
>>
>> Are you implying that the innings was in any way not a great one? The
>> ground wasn't as small as you think...it is one of the bigger grounds
>> in India...at least 72-75 meter radius. The "belter-ness" of the pitch
>> applied to 21 other players, how come the other 3 openers did not
>> score as many as Tendulkar? How come the other great Ponting did not
>> use the conditions and the size of the ground to that great an effect?
>>
>> Give credit where its due, its not fair to belittle such amazing
>> efforts by adding in meaningless riders like ground was small, pitch
>> was belter and all. 21 others in the game did not do what Tendulkar
>> did.
>
> Tendulkar, for all his phenomenal records, is still unreliable.
I wish my team was made up of players that were that unreliable
ffs, go look at his record
He is in the top 3 batsmen of all time
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jzfredricks
> He is the best in terms of talent, style, and
> records, but unreliable.
Could you please define unreliable?
Don speaks the truth
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He is unreliable to assholes like you who espect him to score a
hundred every innings he plays.
Don