Sachin tendulkar vs brian lara?? players views

[don_corleone840]

Wisden Wisden writes in a piece headlined "Tendulkar the Great (and getting greater)". It went on to cite that Tendulkar's had been the 28 most prolific years and 27 of the most prodigious months in the history of batting. Player Views Steve Waugh: "You take Don Bradman away and he (Sachin) is next up, I reckon." Brian Lara: "Sachin is a genius. I'm a mere mortal. I would like to be a lot more consistent. I would like to be a (Sachin) Tendulkar, or someone like that, someone who could go out in the middle and keep scoring; if he doesn't get a hundred, he gets at least 30 or 40, and scores like that. You know, it would be great to be that sort of individual. But, looking at it, I am also happy to be the player that I am. The big scores that I get, scoring 500 runs in one innings, or 375 runs in another innings, is something special too. I have got to be able to take the good with the bad. I am quite happy with the way things are for me batting-wise. But, as a top-flight player, you want to be considered not only as someone who could spoon out great performances, but someone who has been consistent over the years. I have not been able to measure up to that yet, but hopefully, in the latter part of my career, I will be able to do that." Marlon Samuels: "Sachin is the best batsman in the world. The way he lifts the team and the way he bats. Watching him play helps me in my batting." Andy Flower: "There's Sachin on one hand, and then there are the rest of us." Wasim Akram: "I have bowled to both Tendulkar and Lara and I have found Lara more attacking. Tendulkar has a tighter technique, no doubt, but Lara can single-handedly win the game for his team. I am not saying Tendulkar cannot do it but Lara has maybe done it more often than him. If you are asking me who the best batsman I have bowled to is, then it's not Tendulkar and not Lara as well. It's Martin Crowe... he was an amazing batsman. Regarding Tendulkar and Lara, I would love to have both in my team! Who wouldn't?" Glenn McGrath: "For me, it's Tendulkar. Both are class acts but I am saying this because I have had more success against Lara than I have against Tendulkar. I think I have a fair idea of what Lara likes and doesn't like and I feel I can make his life at the crease very uncomfortable. He is vulnerable outside the off-stump early on and is not as tight as Tendulkar in defense. I would go for Tendulkar as the best in the world." Waqar Younis: "Unfortunately, I have not bowled enough to Tendulkar in Test matches but there is no doubt about his class. I have bowled against Lara and I have had some success against him. I think over the years I would say I have been fifty-fifty against both Tendulkar and Lara. I have got them a few times and they have got runs against me as well. I can never forget a 16-year-old Tendulkar batting on after being struck on the nose by a fast bouncer from me. I think Tendulkar is mentally tougher than Lara." Muthiah Muralitharan: "I have played a lot of cricket against Tendulkar compared to what I have played against Lara. While both are difficult to bowl to, I think Lara plays me better than Tendulkar. That Lara is a left-hander is an advantage to him, but the great thing about him is he launches into the attack straightaway. He uses his feet well against me while Tendulkar relies more on the sweep, I feel. I find Lara tougher." Jason Gillespie: "In my opinion it's Tendulkar who is ahead of the two. Mentally stronger than Lara, he has a better technique as well. Tendulkar doesn't get worked up like Lara when the opposition has a few words to say to him. Lara on his day can be destructive, but you have to look at consistency and I think Tendulkar is definitely more consistent than Lara." Saqlain Mushtaq: "Both have their good qualities but I feel Tendulkar doesn't give as many chances as Lara does. Lara, once he settles down, can be a better player to watch because of the left-hander's grace and also because he plays more shots. He has played more match-winning innings compared to Tendulkar because he finished off the job once he is in. But Sachin is more compact and puts a heavy price on his wicket. It is more difficult to dislodge Tendulkar compared to Lara." Barry Richards: "Lara is a better batsman than Sachin simply because he tends to score big whenever he plays against teams like Australia and South Africa and the stats actually support it. Lara has scored three 200's against the Aussies 2 of which have come in Australia and apart from that he has a test record of 375 as well whereas Sachin has a couple of 200's against New Zealand and Zimbabwe and that too in India." Sir Vivian Richards : "Players like Sachin deserve to be preserved in cotton wool. I first saw him when he was touring England. I saw two of his innings. When you start hitting respectable fast bowlers for sixes over their heads then you are serving notice." Geoffrey Boycott (For Sachin) :"Form is Temporary but the Class is Permanent" Sir Donald Bradman "Sachin Style of Playing resembles my style. That Touch I use to feel when I batted". Great Sunil Gavaskar "Sachin Tendulkar is better than Sir Donald Bradman" Andrew Flintoff "Sachin Tendulkar is a better batsman than brian Lara" Ricky Ponting "If I would like to have three men in my team from the oppostion squad they would be Andrew Flintoff, Murali and SACHIN TENDULKAR

[don_corleone840]

here are his achievements 1. Sachin Tendulkar is the Highest Run scorer in the One day Internationals 2. Sachin Tendulkar is the Highest Run scorer in the Test Cricket 3. Most number of hundreds in the ODI 46 4. Most number of hundreds in the Tests 47 5. Most number of nineties in the ODI 6. Most number of man of the matches in the ODI's -61 7. Most number of man of the series(15) in ODI's 8. Best average for man of the matches in ODI's 9. First Cricketer to pass 10000 run in the ODI 10. First Cricketer to pass 15000, 16000, 17000 run in the ODI 11. He is the highest run scorer in the world cup (1,796 at an average of 59.87 as on 20 March 2007) 12. Most number of the man of the matches in the world cup 13. Most number of runs 1996 world cup 523 runs in the 1996 Cricket World Cup at an average of 87.16 14. Most number of runs in the 2003 world cup 673 runs in 2003 Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a single Cricket World Cup 15. Man of the Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup. 16. Most number of Fifties in ODI's 17. He is the only player to be in top 10 ICC ranking for 10 years. 18. He is one of the three batsmen to surpass 11,000 runs in Test cricket, and the first Indian to do so. 19. First and only cricketer to get Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna. India's highest sporting honor 20. In 2003, Wisden rated Tendulkar as d No. 1 and Richards at No. 2 in all time Greatest ODI player 21. In 2002, Wisden rated him as the second greatest Test batsman after Sir Donald Bradman. 22. he was involved in unbroken 664-run partnership in a Harris Shield game in 1988 with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli. 23. Tendulkar is the only player to score a century in all three of his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debuts 24. In 1992, at the age of 19, Tendulkar became the first overseas born player to represent Yorkshire 25. Tendulkar has been granted the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award and Padma vibhushan by Indian government. He is the only Indian cricketer to get all of them. And the only cricketer to receive Padma vibhushan. 26. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODI's 8 times 27. Tendulkar has scored 1894 runs in calendar year in ODI's most by any batsman 28.First batsman in the history who was given out through third umpire. 29. He has the least percentage of the man of the matches awards won when team looses a match. Out of his 61 man of the match awards only 7 times India has lost. 30. Tendulkar most number man of match awards against Australia 31. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 50 centuries in international cricket 32. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 75 centuries in international cricket: 93 centuries 33. Has the most overall runs in cricket, (ODIs+Tests+Twenty20s), as of 30 June 2007 he had accumulated almost 26,000 runs overall. 34. Sachin Tendulkar with Sourav Ganguly hold the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They have put together 6,271 runs in 128 matches 35. The 20 century partnerships for opening pair with Sourav Ganguly is a world record 36. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODI matches when they scored 331 runs against New Zealand in 1999 (Sachin 186*, Dravid 153) 37. Sachin Tendulkar has been involved in six 200 run partnerships in ODI matches - a record that he shares with Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid 38. Most Centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998 39. Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs (41 Centuries and 87 Fifties)(as of 18th Nov, 2007) 40. the only player ever to cross the 13,000-14,000 - 15, 000and 16,000 run marks IN ODI. 41. He hit the fastest double century in any international match 42. Maximum number of 150 plus scores in ODIs 43. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 ODI runs against all major Cricketing nations. 44. Sachin was the fastest to reach 10,000 runs taking 259 innings and has the highest batting average among batsmen with over 10,000 ODI runs 45. Most number of Stadium Appearances: 90 different Grounds 46. Consecutive ODI Appearances: 185 47. On his debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the second youngest debutant in the world 48. When Tendulkar scored his maiden century in 1990, he was the second youngest to score a century 49. Tendulkar's record of five test centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record 50. Tendulkar holds the current record (217 against NZ in 1999/00 Season) for the highest score in Test cricket by an Indian when captaining the side 51. Tendulkar has scored centuries against all test playing nations. He was the third batman to achieve the distinction after Steve Waugh and Gary Kirsten 52. Tendulkar has 4 seasons in test cricket with 1000 or more runs - 2002 (1392 runs), 1999 (1088 runs), 2001 (1003 runs) and 1997 (1000 runs).[6] Gavaskar is the only other Indian with four seasons of 1000+ runs

[vvvslaxman]

You have entered into unchartered waters. Amazing it has never occurred to anyone to compare Sachin with Lara .

[bhanu]

Hmm i never seen lara play but judging from stat and i have seen tendulkar play i would say tendulkar is better then lara...

[Jersey #10]

Great Sunil Gavaskar "Sachin Tendulkar is better than Sir Donald Bradman"

Sunil bhai always talking big :hmmm:

[achilles]

Sachin ke baare mein kya bolu. He is the best there is, there was, there will be. :bow: I'd like to say something about Brian Lara though- "Moody Genius" :hatsoff:

[Precambrian]

Lara at his best is better than Sachin at his. But Lara rarely touched his best, while Sachin consistently performed at or near to it. That is why Sachin is overall the better batsman.

[Serani]

Hmm i never seen lara play but judging from stat and i have seen tendulkar play i would say tendulkar is better then lara...

You never saw Lara play? How old are you. unlucky.

[riya]

According to Mcgrath Lara is better than Tendulkar.

[achilles]

You never saw Lara play? How old are you. unlucky.

Ridiculous comment but hilarious at the same time :hysterical:

[achilles]

According to Mcgrath Lara is better than Tendulkar.

Yeah. No wonder McGrath loved Lara's ****

[Jersey #10]

NEVER BEFORE AND NEVER AGAIN! ONLY NOW AND ONLY ONCE - DR. SACHIN TENDULKAR

[Pak_Forever]

Lara has gotta be the most beautiful stoke maker cricket has ever produced. I could watch that guy bat day in and day out. Records wise they both got very commendable stats, but Sachin's might be better due to longer career in cricket. 20 years and still this run machine is rolling on. :hatsoff:

[Ranjha]

[b555]

wats that ranjha?

[Ranjha]

wats that ranjha?

Its up now...lol the word s.h.i..t was banned in the image so had to rename the file.

[DomainK]

Sachin:adore:

[Bublu Bhuyan]

I won't say much. Just that the 90's used to be the era of bowlers, and during those 10 years only 4 batsman averaged above 50 (among those who scored at least 2000 runs during that period). Look below and find out the differences in them - Tendulkar - 58 (ave), 100/innings ratio - 4.9 S.Waugh - 53 (ave), 100/innings ratio - 7.9 B. Lara - 51.60 (ave), 100/innings ratio - 8.6 G. Gooch - 51.55 (ave), 100/innings ratio - 6.9 Most of the knowledgeable fans don't even give two hoots about the next era, where FTB's from everywhere averaged above 50. Tendulkar >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lara, S. Waugh during the era that really mattered. Link: http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=batting_average;qualmin1=2000;qualval1=runs;spanmax1=31+Dec+1999;spanmin1=01+Jan+1990;spanval1=span;template=results;type=batting

[Ranjha]

I think this thread should die....We all know who is greater...whats the point of going over it again and again?

[b555]

such threads are started only when theres extra popcorn left in the kitchen and nothing else useful to do :finger: