Re: Re: Re: The greatest cricketer cricket ever produced
by Prasad Duddu on Jul 30, 2010 02:33 AM
wats the big deal wth numbers buddy...dnt be in this sick rankings........australia were no.1 for decades but they didnt shout like india all the time..they didnt increase the test matches like us.
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by Kaka on Jul 29, 2010 09:50 PM
Sri Lanka pitches have become a graveyard for bowlers. Better they dig it up and dump some desert sand in it to breathe some life into it.
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by suppandi on Jul 29, 2010 09:54 PM
haha yes no use playing matches on these pitches india when free visit lanka and vice versa for time pass!
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by Kaka on Jul 29, 2010 10:03 PM
Best pitches are found only in South Africa and Australia and to some extent, England and New Zealand. Australia is the best place for cricket Advt, superb stadiums, magnificent pitches and outfield, Lively and colorful crowd, Fabolous pavilions, great commentary by some of best commentators and then u get to play a tough and determined opponent. One must admit that they have a fabolous structure for not just cricket, but all games.
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by Kaka on Jul 29, 2010 10:16 PM
U can make out, nearly every match played in the two nations produce results. The PITCHES are ideal for both batsmen and bowlers. Also facilities too are so good.
As for me, greatest is one who have more control than anybody else over things he does in his profession. Having peaks here and there does not make someone greatest.
Sachin has played all forms of the game, cricket and excelled in all of them, hence he is the greatest batsman ever.
Re: Greatest.......
by suppandi on Jul 29, 2010 09:41 PM
stamina, maintaining fitness in long career, go getter attitude are key qualities an young cricketer needs to learn from sachin
I know it is very difficult to argue. It is difficult to see the value of Sachin because most of the times, it didn;t translate to wins. I believe in order to see the value of sachin, you need to have good bowlers who can take 20 wickets. Also tail enders who can chip in atleast 10 to 20 runs after sachin scored heavily. For instance, Tendulkar was out after scoring 100 plus against Pakistan and india was supposed to score another 20 runs with 3 wickets in hand. But india could not score those 20 and hence Sachins knock didn;t show the value that it deserves. Having said that, I believe Sachin is one of the Greatest cricketer that Cricket ever witnessed. He had unlimited potential and has the ability to play in all sorts of wickets and able to destroy any bowler. His game is more attactive to see. I believe cricket got a life because of players like Tendulkar.
Having said that, I believe there is going to be debate on who is greatest of all after Don Bradman and Garry Sobers. There are players like Steve Waugh, Ricky Pointing, Brian Lara who played very very valuable innings.
Re: Sachin is one of the greatest cricketers
by LG on Jul 29, 2010 09:26 PM
As for me, greatest is one who have more control than anybody else over things he does in his profession. Having peaks here and there does not make someone greatest.
Sachin has played all forms of the game, cricket and excelled in all of them, hence he is the greatest batsman ever.
Re: Sachin is one of the greatest cricketers
by richa on Jul 29, 2010 10:02 PM
It is not only about sachin in india, its about the team, ofcourse he is playiing from last twenty years and really served a lot but most of his performances are on the flat wickets of sub-continent and now its looking he is playing for records, look at the one example of IPL, one way he is just taking his steps back from zimbawe tour or other tours because he wants to be fot for 2011 worldcup and in other way he is continuing with IPL at any cost and on the other side look at the Ricky Pointing who is serving his country by quitting from IPL, as he wants to serve his country more and more and want to be fresh and more dedicated to his country instead of all such club or money cricket and look at his success rate and don't just blame our bowlers for all that and do you want to say that india never produced any quality bowlers from last twenty years, thats not any excuse at all and although i have all the respect for the sachin but still i feels that if he is scoring century or double century and we are ending on losing side or able to draw a match, then it looks aimless.
Re: Re: Sachin is one of the greatest cricketers
by sreenivasulu reddy on Jul 29, 2010 10:08 PM
Richa - Looks you are talking about Stats. Sachin performed very well in other countries also. You can see this information from Cricinfo. I am not sure on pontings decision to play for his country only. Because Aussies are very notorious and normally they will be after money. I know lot of times Sachin scored runs, but indian bowlers are not able to pick up 20 wickets. I didn;t see any matchwinning bowlers from india for last 25 to 30 years apart from Kumble.
Re: Re: Sachin is one of the greatest cricketers
by sunny on Jul 29, 2010 10:04 PM
By scoring double century in this match, Sachin along with Sehwag and Raina helped India to avoid defeat. So sometimes lack of result is better than a loss. And after scoring a century if India lose the match,then its not Sachin's fault. What other 10 players are doing? You just can not blame Sachin for everything.
And Pointing quit IPL because its "Indian Premiere League" and not the "Australian Premiere League"
Re: Sachin is one of the greatest cricketers
by sunny on Jul 29, 2010 09:24 PM
Very good point Reddy. Steve Waugh and Ricky Pointing had quality bowlers in their team. They had very good opening batsman in their team. There have been many occasions in tests and odis where Sachin played very good innings but lack of little support from other end cost those matches to India. The one you referred was a test match in 1999 in Chennai against porkis where Sachin scored brilliant 136 and last 3 batsman couldn't finish it off. One more such occasion in odi was in hydrabad against aus where Sachin scored 175 and poor lower middle order couldn't finish the game for India.
