Great innings from Sachin

[Lord]

Dada's match aggregate was more than Sachin's. It was VVS and Dada who ensureed the draw and not Sachin. I expected Sachin to take the fight to the Aussies, but he showed no indication of going after the target. he was just scratching around most part, except for the few boundaries that were well timed. This is a very ordinary innings and with the backdrop that he was jusy 14 runs away from that record, getting out at that score and in such fashion takes all the gloss off this innings (if there is any). Sachin's innings today doesnt deserve any mention.

sachin came in at 24/2.dada came in at 138/4 with only few overs to go & draw almost ensured already. it was much tougher for sachin.after viru n dravid went in quick succession.even draw looked mighty difficult.let alone a win.just bcoz u expected madness from him n he displayed sense,doesnt mean he played a bad innings

[yoda]

one reasonable 4th innings performance after a gazillion failures. not surprised that you are all wet.

[Lord]

one reasonable 4th innings performance after a gazillion failures. not surprised that you are all wet.

which failures r u talking bout? did anyone stand up in these failures? why single out sachin?dont expect superhuman effort from him always

[SachDan]

Dada's match aggregate was more than Sachin's. It was VVS and Dada who ensureed the draw and not Sachin. I expected Sachin to take the fight to the Aussies, but he showed no indication of going after the target. he was just scratching around most part, except for the few boundaries that were well timed. This is a very ordinary innings and with the backdrop that he was jusy 14 runs away from that record, getting out at that score and in such fashion takes all the gloss off this innings (if there is any). Sachin's innings today doesnt deserve any mention.

your cricketing brain is getting better day by day :hatsoff: I saw your pics the other day..can you get a haircut :giggle:

[SachDan]

one reasonable 4th innings performance after a gazillion failures. not surprised that you are all wet.

You would have wished for one more failure to that list to have another field day?:giggle:

[SachDan]

so sachins 49 getting out 25 -30 overs before close deserves a thread but ganguly and vvs who ensured there werent any more hicups were just digging around ? Stop please please stop jumping up and down every time he scores more than his age

We would have seen five or six threads just dedicated to Sachin had he failed in this innings..one reasonable thread is better than five shyte ones!

[Lord]

We would have seen five or six threads just dedicated to Sachin had he failed in this innings..one reasonable thread is better than five shyte ones!

yup! true:giggle:

[umpire]

not a great innings. If he had remained unbeaten, sure it would have been better knock. I think only thing in his mind was saving the game. He was so close to the World Record, but he was more thinking about light going bad and getting off to the dressing room. Clarke and White, there was some easy test runs. But he was more worried about saving the game. He looked good, but def. should have stayed there until the end. Laxman played well equally. Australians are in trouble now, The two guys who love them are back.

[Lord]

not a great innings. If he had remained unbeaten, sure it would have been better knock. I think only thing in his mind was saving the game. He was so close to the World Record, but he was more thinking about light going bad and getting off to the dressing room. Clarke and White, there was some easy test runs. But he was more worried about saving the game. He looked good, but def. should have stayed there until the end. Laxman played well equally. Australians are in trouble now, The two guys who love them are back.

atleast he was playing for team.lot of people have accused him of playing selfishly.

[diegovegaz]

yes, that partnership surely was crucial the time spent by him was invaluable india could have easily lost its way if he hadn't got control over the chase but, its sadenning the way he got out, lapse in concentration, gifting away his preciious wicket to cameron white, the debutante

[satishg]

a good solid performance by him..feel happy to see this kinda innings from the little master..he was looking in complete control until that careless shot of white..anyway gud to see him back among runs..now a big one is around at Mohali for sure :yay::two_thumbs_up:

[Ram]

Just for the sake of shutting a few up people up, I would have loved to see him end the day with an unbeaten score. Personally, he must be terribly disaapointed he got out. But still, he did what he was asked to do.

[Lord]

Just for the sake of shutting a few up people up, I would have loved to see him end the day with an unbeaten score. Personally, he must be terribly disaapointed he got out. But still, he did what he was asked to do.

ya thats wat is important

[msb1991]

A good innings, but Sachin has been on downward slump for a while and India need some fifties or hundreds in this series from him if they want to win it - a few good series does not detract from the general lack of consistency. Moreover, his dismissal was pretty unacceptable, throwing away his wicket before the match was saved.

[umpire]

>a few good series does not detract from the general lack of consistency. Read this line again and tell him if it makes sense??

[SachDan]

Little Master saved the match for India: Peter Roebuck SACHIN TENDULKAR had two things weighing on his mind as he took guard at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. One of them was a matter of the utmost importance requiring his most particular attention. The other a personal milestone that was beckoning, a record once held by an Indian master and now in the hands of a mercurial genius from Trinidad. Probably it helped Tendulkar that he had a match to save. Since last summer's sortie Down Under, he had been harassed by injuries, frustrated by poor form and undone by an unfathomable spinner. He needed something to bring him out of his shell. Defying the Australians was the perfect fit. If he could save the match, the rest would take care of itself. Arriving at the crease after Rahul Dravid had flicked airily to short mid-wicket where the visiting captain clutched the ball like a puppy with a bone, Tendulkar immediately looked alert. In the first innings he had been fooled by a slower ball. It had been an unusually ungainly dismissal. Now his feet were moving quickly and neatly into position and his bat looked as broad as the Hume Highway. The pleasure derived from watching him comes from the way he combines immaculate conception and productivity. Tendulkar took his time to assess pitch and bowling. Brian Lara was the same in his later years, waiting 20 or 30 balls before he tried anything forthright. In any case, it was not the sort of pitch upon which a new batsman can take liberties. Too many deliveries were keeping low, hitting the wrong part of the willow. And the Australians had adopted a stump-to-stump attack with a field set to pounce upon error. Perhaps, too, the man from Mumbai felt the time had come to confront persistent local suggestions that he had not performed to expectation on the last day of tight Test matches. Before long, Tendulkar began to seek opportunities to score. At last, Stuart Clark offered a delivery wide of the sticks and the batsman took his chance, moving back and sending the ball speeding away behind point. Immediately spectators were reminded of his exquisite timing and penchant for this stroke. When this shot is working, Tendulkar knows the rest of his game is in place. Clark cursed himself for his lapse. Not that Tendulkar was thinking only about himself. The Australians were trying by all means to unsettle his perky partner, Gautam Gambhir. On several occasions, Tendulkar walked down the pitch to support his beleaguered pal. Later he became engaged in lengthy discussions of unknown import with the visiting captain. He has always been an involved cricketer. That he was on edge was confirmed by his gesticulations as errant spectators wandered in front of sightscreens at inconvenient moments. No distractions could be tolerated. Having established himself at the crease, Tendulkar set about crafting singles. Although known for his resounding strokeplay, he has always appreciated the value of the taps into gaps that prevent bowlers cornering a batsman. Michael Clarke's prompt introduction eased the pressure, allowing him to tuck the ball behind square leg, another of his favourite strategies. Clarke had worried him before, and he was careful to keep his pads out of harm's way. Mitchell Johnson's appearance also opened up the field because the lanky lefty angles the ball wide of the poles enabling batsmen to use their arms. Presently, Tendulkar was able to glide and flick boundaries. It was not all plain sailing. Along the way India lost Gambhir to a corking in-ducker from Johnson that woke up any insect grazing upon the stumps. Tendulkar was not so easily disturbed. Watchful in defence, wary of the bounce and precise in defence, he constructed a wall around his wicket. Not until Cameron White took the ball were the Australians given a glimmer of hope. At once Tendulkar reached for a drive, edged and sighed with relief as the ball flashed past slip's outstretched left hand. White's leg breaks were a handful, and the batsman gave them their due. Still, it was surprising to see Australia rely so much on a modest spin combination. Perhaps the light was a factor. Meanwhile V.V.S. Laxman had taken root. He, too, was obliged to concentrate on occupation. Proper batsmen can adjust their games to meet different pitches and circumstances. Things can change quickly in the last two hours of a match. Not that the pitch was helping the bowlers. The crucial partnership between Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan had demonstrated that survival was relatively straightforward for those prepared to bide their time. Tendulkar took his team safely to tea. He had reached 47 yet, shortly after, with his team two hours shy of safety, he dropped his guard and fell to White, spooning a simple catch to Clarke. Lara's record was left to another day. http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/cricket/little-master-digs-in-for-the-fight-but-cant-quite-finish-the-job/2008/10/13/1223749938981.html

[msb1991]

You are working off the assumption that Tendulkar has been churning out good series after good series but you don't have to look very far to see that that isn't the case. In Australia, he was sublime and then he flailed in Sri Lanka.

[coffee_rules]

Flowery prose for a mere 40-odd score!

[DomainK]

Flowery prose for a mere 40-odd score!

I think if you set to find the top 10 innings in test cricket, you will find that quite a few of them would be much smaller knocks played under difficult circumstances than big knocks.

[umpire]

>a few good series does not detract from the general lack of consistency. you dint get it. You are contradicting yourself here. Few Good Series, doesnt that mean he is consistent.