You know nothing about cricket and you seem to be puzzled as how to respond when someones stat's the truth and proves that someone's actually allot better then Chanderpaul. 7 centuries in the last couple of years doesn't set the world alight.
An average of over 57 in a career is amazing but over a short period of time isn't when guys have acchieved much better.
Don't worry, as you'll see in many threads that I post in. I have the last laugh and I am often right.
LMAO!
Didn't you once say Matthew Hayden would almost certainly NOT maintain an average of 40 in ODI cricket? And yet over the last year of your disappearence his average has risen to 44? The same as Tendulkars? His also hit 5 centuries over the last year?
http://www.planetcricket.org/forums/showthread.php?t=22802&highlight=Opening+Batsman
What happened there?
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But you think the fact that Tendulkar had pressure on his shoulders makes him a better batsman?
It's not like Ponting's not ever had pressure on his shoulders, because he has, everytime Australia's in trouble he'll come and play a vital innings that will win us the match. He was predicted to go on and captain Australia at the age of 14, debuted at First-Class cricket at 17 (Which is incredible because you'll probably never find anyone in the future debuting in Australia FC cricket at a younger age, most debut in their early 20's), and he has overcome personal problems early on in his career to go on and become probably the 2nd best batsman to ever live.
Ponting isn't great because he played with great players that helped him become great, his one of the main reason why Australian Cricket has had so much success. Watch Australia when Ponting isn't playing, the don't look anything like the same team and often lose.
And to say Ponting wouldn't of acchieved anything if he had the same pressure as Tendulkar just because YOU think so is ridiculous because as I shown with the Greatest Opening Batsman thread, you're not very intelligent when it comes to predicting these sort of things, are you?