Rajiv Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 58 MOM Awards http://stats.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/player/35320.html?class=2;template=results;type=allround;view=awards_match In 1998 itself player of the match 95 3 45 0 0 v Pakistan Dhaka 14 Jan 1998 ODI # 1276 player of the match 8 5 32 1 0 v Australia Kochi 1 Apr 1998 ODI # 1300 player of the match 100 0 19 0 0 v Australia Kanpur 7 Apr 1998 ODI # 1308 player of the match 80 0 21 0 0 v Australia Sharjah 19 Apr 1998 ODI # 1322 player of the match 143 1 27 0 0 v Australia Sharjah 22 Apr 1998 ODI # 1325 player of the match 134 0 12 0 0 v Australia Sharjah 24 Apr 1998 ODI # 1327 player of the match 100* 0 4 0 0 v Kenya Kolkata 31 May 1998 ODI # 1337 player of the match 128 0 13 0 0 v Sri Lanka Colombo (RPS) 7 Jul 1998 ODI # 1344 player of the match 127* - - 1 0 v Zimbabwe Bulawayo 26 Sep 1998 ODI # 1354 player of the match 141 4 38 1 0 v Australia Dhaka 28 Oct 1998 ODI # 1360 player of the match 118* 0 4 0 0 v Zimbabwe Sharjah 8 Nov 1998 ODI # 1369 player of the match 124* 1 16 1 0 v Zimbabwe Sharjah 13 Nov 1998 ODI # 1374 In April 1998 MOM on 1st April 7th Aprl 19th April 22nd April 24th April ( birthday ) such a purple patch Link to comment
Mr. Wicket Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 So zelfish. Couldn't he share the glory with some others? :winky: Nah, in all seriousness that 98 run was freaking amazing. As good as Sehwag is, as good as any of the young guns may be right now - Yuvraj or Raina or Dhoni on song may all be fantastic to watch, but I've not seen ANYONE that could compare to Tendulkar at his very best. And he was batting on a plane of his own in '98. Link to comment
Guest Hiten. Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Out of those 12 awards in 1998, 6 of them were against the Australians against who we struggled (more compared to other opponents). 5 out of those 6 awards came against the Australians, they surely must have hated him during that period of time. Link to comment
Cricketics Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 April is simply the best month i guess He must have been Aries in has last life. i just wish we can see again that APRIL RUN LIVE HAPPENING SOMETIME IN FUTURE. Link to comment
Rajiv Posted March 9, 2009 Author Share Posted March 9, 2009 i think I'd prefer games from those days, were more competitive IMO - the run fest is awesome to watch with towering sixes but I miss some classic stroke play Link to comment
Cricketics Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 i think I'd prefer games from those days' date=' were more competitive IMO - the run fest is awesome to watch with towering sixes but I miss some classic stroke play[/quote'] I think if you want to put more emphasis on classic stroke play, then this is the best era. yes the current era. Late 90z was all about sachin and few others.. after that it's today's era, where along with sachin, we have some beautiful master class players who are playing some fantastic shots. all players who were young and were in their nickers during sachin's 98 assault, have grown and matured as cricketers. you see, in this decade we have seen some fantastic stroke makers. Along with Tendulkar we have - Dravid, Laxman, ponting, sangakkara etc who have dominated this decade with some beautiful batting and fantastic shots. elgance etc. Link to comment
Guest Hiten. Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 i think I'd prefer games from those days' date=' were more competitive IMO - the run fest is awesome to watch with towering sixes but I miss some classic stroke play[/quote'] Rajiv, with respect to that time period 272 was on the par score. So India chasing it meant that it was no less than a runfest compared to today's 800/game. I think batsmen were more reluctant during that time whenever a target of 250+ was set. These days, batsmen are actually confident in chasing any sort of target thanks to RSA's mammoth run chase vs Australia. Y'day, Mccullum and Ryder were actually manoeuvring the ball instead of going ballistic on every ball. More importantly, those days ICC were not too bothered about cricket's reputation and attracting fans. These days, these morons are trying to attract fans by making placid pitches where the scores of 500 look chaseable ... and they think they will attract more fans this way. Link to comment
punjabi_khota Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Rajiv' date=' with respect to that time period 272 was on the par score. So India chasing it meant that it was no less than a runfest compared to today's 800/game. I think batsmen were more reluctant during that time whenever a target of 250+ was set. These days, batsmen are actually confident in chasing any sort of target thanks to RSA's mammoth run chase vs Australia. Y'day, Mccullum and Ryder were actually manoeuvring the ball instead of going ballistic on every ball. More importantly, those days ICC were not too bothered about cricket's reputation and attracting fans. These days, these morons are trying to attract fans by making placid pitches where the scores of 500 look chaseable ... [b']and they think they will attract more fans this way. They are right. For every purist who swears by test matches being the numero uno format, there are 10 fans too busy to follow anything more than a couple of hours of cricket. You really can't have the boring '20-40' over period as was the norm in the ODIs in 90s, when teams used to go at 4-5 rpo and be content. Link to comment
Rajiv Posted March 9, 2009 Author Share Posted March 9, 2009 I think if you want to put more emphasis on classic stroke play, then this is the best era. yes the current era. Late 90z was all about sachin and few others.. after that it's today's era, where along with sachin, we have some beautiful master class players who are playing some fantastic shots. all players who were young and were in their nickers during sachin's 98 assault, have grown and matured as cricketers. you see, in this decade we have seen some fantastic stroke makers. Along with Tendulkar we have - Dravid, Laxman, ponting, sangakkara etc who have dominated this decade with some beautiful batting and fantastic shots. elgance etc. From Strokeplays POV - in todays date - its Yuvraj else I really dont know who to pick. From that time, another fav of mine was Aravinda De Silva and the noob Jayawardene Link to comment
Anakin Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Perhaps better bowling quality and pitches also had something to do with that. Not to mention the extra power plays, and then the worst of all, the huge penalty for no balls. The ODIs are favoring the batsmen too much. It's not a surprise that there are far fewer good bowlers nowdays. No one in their right mind would wanna become a bowler. Link to comment
Anakin Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 From Strokeplays POV - in todays date - its Yuvraj else I really dont know who to pick. From that time' date=' another fav of mine was Aravinda De Silva and the noob Jayawardene[/quote'] M Waugh was a treat to watch Link to comment
Guest Hiten. Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 They are right. For every purist who swears by test matches being the numero uno format' date=' there are 10 fans too busy to follow anything more than a couple of hours of cricket. You really can't have the boring '20-40' over period as was the norm in the ODIs in 90s, when teams used to go at 4-5 rpo and be content.[/quote'] Why not have bowling machines instead of bowlers then ? There has to be a equal contest between bat and ball. Y'day's game was neither fun for the kiwi fans nor the Indian fans. Despite India scoring 392 runs, we were busy opening jinx threads whereas Kiwi fans were busy moaning about how their bowlers gave 392 runs and yet came to a touching distance of winning this one. It almost felt as if there was no bowler in yesterday's game :giggle: Link to comment
Anakin Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Out of those 12 awards in 1998' date=' 6 of them were against the Australians against who we struggled (more compared to other opponents). 5 out of those 6 awards came against the Australians, they surely must have hated him during that period of time.[/quote'] I remember Kasprowich made some comment like I'm focking sick of this guy in Sharjah Link to comment
punjabi_khota Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Why not have bowling machines instead of bowlers then ? There has to be a equal contest between bat and ball. Y'day's game was neither fun for the kiwi fans nor the Indian fans. Despite India scoring 392 runs' date=' we were busy opening jinx threads whereas Kiwi fans were busy moaning about how their bowlers gave 392 runs and yet came to a touching distance of winning this one. It almost felt as if there was no bowler in yesterday's game :giggle:[/quote'] Are you saying the Indian bowlers and fielding were upto mark ? Link to comment
Guest Hiten. Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Are you saying the Indian bowlers and fielding were upto mark ? Fielding, certainly not. But how can you measure the bowler's ability on a placid pitch and one of the smallest ground to go with ? Tim Southee is a much better bowler than (10-0-105-0). Link to comment
punjabi_khota Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Fielding' date=' certainly not. But how can you measure the bowler's ability on a placid pitch and one of the smallest ground to go with ? Tim Southee is a much better bowler than (10-0-105-0).[/quote'] Well, I don't think the bowlers bowled that well even accounting for easy batting conditions. Ryder was bowling lollies even club cricketers would have no problems hitting out of the park, Munaf was having a all too common off day, we were missing Ishant who is one bowler who makes it count even on lifeless pitches, and Kumar is useless if there is no swing. NZ were missing Vettori. I mean for ****s sake, bowlers have better RPOs in T20s than some of them had last night. Link to comment
Shehezaada Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Set the record for runs scored in a single year, almost 2500 runs in one year Tests and ODIs combined! Wonder how much Yousuf got in his record breaking year in 06 Link to comment
suraj Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Set the record for runs scored in a single year' date=' almost 2500 runs in one year Tests and ODIs combined! Wonder how much Yousuf got in his record breaking year in 06[/quote'] Yousuf's runs should really be wvaluated against what the opposition got in the same matches e.g. 600+ runs by Pakistan vs. 413/1 by India in atest match Result Yousuf Epic fail!!!!!! Link to comment
suraj Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Are you saying the Indian bowlers and fielding were upto mark ? no but come one Southee and Millls being able to play like Greatbach was zimbly ridiculous Link to comment
THX_1138 Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 58 MOM Awards In April 1998 MOM on 1st April 7th Aprl 19th April 22nd April 24th April ( birthday ) such a purple patch and all against the aussies! ma chud gai! Link to comment
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