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Hussey was one of the great batsmen of the modern era, right up there with Lara, Tendulkar, Dravid, Ponting and Kallis.

What took him above most of his countrymen was the man behind the batting, a model of how cricket could and should be played.

http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/intervi ... 10304.html

“Sachin and Lara were the two stand-out batsmen for me. Lara won more games for his team than Sachin probably has. I’d lose more sleep as captain knowing Lara was coming in to bat next day than I would with Sachin. You always found a way to restrict Sachin if you needed to. Lara could turn it on in half an hour and take a game away from you. For me, it has never been about making hundreds, it is about winning games and series.”
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Mohandas Menon ?@mohanstatsman 16m
in Tests vs Aus during Ponting's captaincy:
SRT 11 mts, 22 inngs, 1352 runs (71.16) 100s:4
Lara 4 mts, 8 inngs, 386 runs (48.25) 100s:1

Mohandas Menon ?@mohanstatsman 14m
Test results vs Aus during Ponting captaincy:
SRT: Mts 11, Ind 6, Aus 2, draw 3
Lara: Mts 4, WI/WXI 0, Aus 4


Mohandas Menon ?@mohanstatsman 3m
in Tests vs Aus during Ponting's tenure:
SRT 29 mts, 56 inngs, 3060 runs (61.20) 100s:9
Lara 16 mts, 32 inngs, 1453 runs (46.87) 100s:6

Mohandas Menon ?@mohanstatsman 20s
in ODIs vs Aus during Ponting's tenure:
SRT 55 mts, 2515 runs (47.45) S/r 87.91, 100s:8
Lara 32 mts, 1052 runs (35.07) S/r 79.22, 100s:2

Sachin now officially "Cricketer of the generation "

"officially"?

Even if he had not been given cricketer of generation award, he would still be the most valued cricketer by billions of his Indian fans.



The place he has been given by Indian fans is the best a cricketer would ask for.

Sammy commented that India knows how to treat their superstars.KP , this year said that he wished he had got God like status that is given to the likes of Sachin.The fan following he has is much more important than these awards given by ICC.

Cricket is not just about performance. It's also about life. It's about how you leave an imprint on the young: the imprint of integrity, of honesty and of gratitude. Sachin Tendulkar lived this quality all his life and he shared it with us all, as only he could.

The 20-year dream - Martin Crowe
http://www.espncricinfo.com/awards2013/ ... 25867.html

Ahmed Shehzad has more talent than Sachin Tendulkar: Abdul Razzaq

Yet again Pakistanis have compared someone with Sachin. They compared Sasit Ali, Hasan Raza to Sachin and flopped. Both of them could not sustain their place in team for more than 26 tests and 66 ODI's together.Now Razzak is saying Ahmed Sehzad is more talented that Sachin. Good to see Pakistan trying hard about this

Sachin @ World Cup

1992 (283) @ avg 47.42 @ SR 78.11
1996 (523) @ avg 87.16 @ SR 87.16
2000 (253) @ avg 47.50 @ SR 90.03
2003 (673) @ avg 61.18 @ SR 89.25
2007 (64) @ avg 32.00 @ SR 110.34
2011 (482) @ avg 53.55 @ SR 91.98

Hoping that Virat will continue this trend and wish he surpasses these brilliant WC achievements.

Playing at six world cups is a very creditable achievement in itself.

I am guessing that no-one else has even been to five?

I think miandad played in 6 , not sure if there are any others

Mahela Jayawardene, Shahid Afridi, Wasim Akram, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Aravinda de Silva, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Sanath Jayasuriya, Jacques Kallis, Imran Khan, Brian Lara, Muttiah Muralitharan, Thomas Odoyo, Ricky Ponting, Arjuna Ranatunga and Steve Tikolo all played in five.

Probably just Sachin with six.

So, I was slightly wrong......?

dan08 wrote:Probably just Sachin with six.

as I said above miandad has also played six