100 100's - Finally it has come. Take a bow Master!
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ballers101
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Okay so Tendulkar is apparently 38 but he could be like 50 by now lol. For what ever reason we are not sure about Tendulkar's age right so lets see if he plays 3 or 4 more years he would need 9 more centuries since he has 91 right now. In that case I think he can get it the reason being that Tendulkar needs this to show to the world that he is by far the greatest batsmen ever. It will be difficult and to set a record like 100 100s is very tough for anyone but if anyone can do it for the time being, I think it's Tendulkar.
Fatal Shot
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I doubt it, unless India go on some sort of Test spree, where they play a lot of Test Cricket in the coming time.
Bublu Bhuyan
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Tendulkar is currently 36, not 38. And while I'm one of his biggest fans, I'll be the first one to admit that he isn't nor can he ever establish himself as the greatest batsman ever. There are 3 batsman whom I and most of the cricket fraternity will rate ahead of Sachin, maybe by an inch but still ahead - Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Vivian Richards. Bradman obviously is ahead by his mind blowing average. Regarding Sobers and Richards being ahead, it's not because of the talent factor or accomplishments. It's because of the conditions they both played in. Both of them played without helmets and against fearsome bowling attacks on uncovered tracks. Richards's biggest plus point is the way he dominated attacks, and mind you he played in the greatest ever era of fast bowling. As for Sobers, some experts including Geoffrey Boycott and Ian Chappell consider him to be the best batsman they have ever seen, even ahead of Richards. The most naturally gifted batsman by far.
Apart from these 3, there are another 3 batsman who can give Sachin a good run for his money - Sir Leonard Hutton, Sir Jack Hobbs, Wally Hammond.
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Comparing players from different eras is just not right. The comparison for best batsman of this era should be between:
Brian Lara
Ricky Ponting
Sachin Tendulkar
Jazques Kallis
Rahul Dravid
Mathew Hayden
Steve Waugh
Inzamam Ul Haq
And Sachin does not need to score 50-50 to prove he is best batsman. You do not score like him by being ordinary.
Brian Lara
Ricky Ponting
Sachin Tendulkar
Jazques Kallis
Rahul Dravid
Mathew Hayden
Steve Waugh
Inzamam Ul Haq
And Sachin does not need to score 50-50 to prove he is best batsman. You do not score like him by being ordinary.
Bublu Bhuyan
School Cricketer
Quite honestly, I believe Sachin will feature at the highest rank among those listed in any list of greatest cricketers. This is evident from the list ESPN prepared with those panel of judges rating the top 25 cricketers or the recent list of the top 100 Test cricketers by Christopher Martin Jenkins or the list made by Warne of the top 50 cricketers he played with or against. However, if you talk about the best cricketer since 1990, it will be Shane Warne who will be ahead of Tendulkar as evident from both the lists of ESPN and Christopher Martin Jenkins. In fact Warne would feature among the top 5, I believe.
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If i'm correct, we will be touring Australia in 2011/12 and England soon after.
I reckon he'll give these places one more whirl. 2 years of test cricket remain and 9 tons to get. He'll get there, I think.
I reckon he'll give these places one more whirl. 2 years of test cricket remain and 9 tons to get. He'll get there, I think.
ballers101
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See listen I cannot say that Bradman is the greatest ever to play because most importantly I NEVER SAW HIM PLAY. Neither did most likely anyone here, its like in basketball many people say that Wilt Chamberlin is the greatest basketball player to play because he averaged over 30 points along with 20 rebounds. However, people never saw him play so they say that Micheal Jordan is the greatest basketball player to ever play. As for Richards and Sobers its my personal opinion that Tendulkar is better because of his impact on cricket globally. Not saying that Richards and Sobers haven't affected cricket in a big way because they have but I feel that Tendulkar has affected in a larger way.
Also, I think that Sobers was a great batsmen yes, talent wise however, his stats are amazing but also think about it, Sobers never played a One Day International. And even though test cricket is the bulk of cricket, ODIs come into a big factor in the game, and we cannot dispute whether or he would be a great batsmen like Tendulkar or Richards in One Day cricket. Now between Richards and Tendulkar is all opinion, and in my mind if you look at stats Tendulkar is a better Tests Batsmen because he has more runs and a better average. In ODIs, I still think Tendulkar is a better batsmen because if Richards were to have played the amount of One Days that Tendulkar has played, there averages would be at par.
I mean this is beside the point really but in my opinion I think Tendulkar has made such a great impact on the sport that he deserves to be called the Greatest Player To Play Cricket.
TumTum
International Cricketer
^ How can you say Bradman didn't make make a big impact on cricket? He was the most famous sports person in those days, especially in the depression years.
Also we repeat his 99.94 average to this day.
Also TBH Sachin is hardly even heard of outside the subcontinent. His popularity is very overrated.
Also we repeat his 99.94 average to this day.
Also TBH Sachin is hardly even heard of outside the subcontinent. His popularity is very overrated.
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If I remember correctly, he got standing ovations every time he walked on and off the field in England AND Australia. He was immensely popular with the locals in T&T when I went for the WC too, although they preferred their Lara a bit 
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Dare
Chairman of Selectors
Sobers did get a 6 ball duck in his only ODI.
He averaged 38 with one century and 18 half centuries in 92 List A innings.
The thing that Sobers has going for him is that he was a aggressive batsman which would probably make him a good ODI batsman. He had all the shots that any other batsman could play. He did hit 6x6.
ballers101
Club Cricketer
Okay I will agree with that he was the most famous sports person in cricket in the depression years, however, you cannot say that he made a bigger impact than Tendulkar in cricket Today. Here's the reason why, when younger players are growing up they tend to have an idol cricketer which they follow. Now tell me one player in the world who's idol of cricket is Bradman, most likely not that many people. Reason being, none of these people have seen Bradman play, he may have created the game of cricket but the thing is that we never saw him play so we don't know how good he really was. He stopped playing cricket in 1948 and how many of you were even born in 1948 probably not many of you guys. So basically no one saw him play in front of your own eyes, you cannot honestly tell me how GREAT he was without actually seeing him play then game of cricket.
Also, I cannot believe you said that about Tendulkar he is easily one of the biggest players in the world any cricket fan would know the name Sachin Tendulkar. He is definitely a household name throughout the world because of his abilities as a cricketer. Now going back to the whole idol thing, Tendulkar is the biggest role model for children and kids in my eyes. Kids around the world watch and try to play like he does because they all know how great of a cricketer he really is.
BTW to dare's comment,
I would agree he would make a good ODI batsmen but definitely Richards and Tendulkar would still be regarded as far better batsmen in ODIs.
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