Sachin tendulkar vs brian lara?? players views

[satyam1729]

:hysterical:

He is better than Ponting and Hayden.

[Don Sharma]

Sobers was a minnow basher.

:cantstop:

[satyam1729]

http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/52946.html?class=1;filter=advanced;home_or_away=2;orderby=default;player_involve=807;template=results;type=allround http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/52946.html?class=1;filter=advanced;home_or_away=2;orderby=default;player_involve=930;template=results;type=allround http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/52946.html?class=1;opposition=5;template=results;type=batting;view=innings

[Don Sharma]

Well, stats don't show Hussey was dropped twice while on his way to that "epic" hundred in the Boxing day test. Enough said. BTW Sobers averages 0 in ODIs, does that mean McGrath was a better bat than him?

[TumTum]

He is better than Ponting and Hayden.

:hysterical:

[satyam1729]

:hysterical:

:haha::haha::haha:

[f2000560]

But again is consistency really worth more than inconsistency? If one players manages to score heaps of runs in a short space of time' date=' isn't that a wonderful achievement?[/quote'] depends on your preference ( your rather your risk averseness) but in this case i would still prefer the one with lesser variance cause their returns (average) is more or less same.

[don_corleone840]

The 2nd spot would probably go to Gary Sobers' date=' followed by Viv Richards in the 3rd spot. After that it'll be a pick between Sachin, Hammond, Hobbs and Hutton (in my books that is).[/quote'] sobers never faced quality bowling so he cant be considered in top 3 batsman of all time and sachin tendulkar is best after don. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vthfSPF_LCw]YouTube- Tendulkar is the best batsman since Bradman - Richie Benaud[/ame]

[bhajji]

i totally agree to ranjhas view i don't remember how many times we have been answered this same silly question

[TumTum]

:haha::haha::haha:

Glad it was just a joke, remember to include a sarcasm smiley next time :winky:

[gaurav92]

Glad it was just a joke' date=' remember to include a sarcasm smiley next time :winky:[/quote'] There is one :sarcastic_hand:

[TumTum]

There is one :sarcastic_hand:

Is that really a sarcasm smiley... :giggle:

[gaurav92]

^Well yes :agree:

[99.94]

K thanks for that. I wasn't actually aware that Tendulkar was a good batsman.

[TumTum]

^Well yes :agree:

Lol ICF has so many smileys (even player & character smileys) but they forgot one of the most important ones > :giggle:

[don_corleone840]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igKAAs3NDA8]YouTube- Tendulkar's 3 unbelievable 6's-Which 6 is the best -[/ame]

[Bublu Bhuyan]

Sobers was a minnow basher.

:hysterical: Most of the ex-players who saw him bat rate him higher than even Viv Richards. Boycott, Ian Chappell and others who saw him bat consider him the best batsman they ever saw. In one sentence, he is the best batsman since the days of Bradman, ahead of Viv and Sachin. P.S. As for that video of Richie Benaud rating Tendulkar to be the best batsman since Bradman, that's uploaded my me.

[Bublu Bhuyan]

He is better than Ponting and Hayden.

Better than Hayden? Yeah, I'll give him the edge over Hayden in terms of aggressiveness. Better than Ponting? Nope, no way. Ponting is much better than him in both Test and ODI cricket. Having said that, I'm a fan of Sehwag's swashbuckling batting approach.

[satyam1729]

:hysterical: Most of the ex-players who saw him bat rate him higher than even Viv Richards. Boycott, Ian Chappell and others who saw him bat consider him the best batsman they ever saw. In one sentence, he is the best batsman since the days of Bradman, ahead of Viv and Sachin. P.S. As for that video of Richie Benaud rating Tendulkar to be the best batsman since Bradman, that's uploaded my me.

Lol Ian Chapell , Woolmer, SA coach also consider Sehwag comparable to Bradman.

[Bublu Bhuyan]

Lol Ian Chapell ' date=' Woolmer, SA coach also consider Sehwag comparable to Bradman.[/quote'] There has been lots of ex players who rate Sobers higher than Viv. That itself tells you how good Sobers was. I'd have probably rated Tendulkar on par with him if he didn't decline somewhat from 2003 till the 2007 WC. Not that he didn't perform during that period, he did. But the flair which he displayed till 2002 was jaw dropping. Guys like Viv were in awe of him. Let me post an interview of Viv Richards where he speaks of Sachin during that time -

Q: Do you see any weakness in Sachin?s batting? Anything you want corrected? A: Weakness? (Incredulous.) Corrected? When a guy is playing like that you don?t have a look at his batting for faults. I would say he?s 99.5 per cent perfect. Q: Some players have commented that when he finishes he would be in the top two-three players who ever played the game? A: Easy. I think he?s already there. Even if he retires tomorrow and doesn't achieve anything more he is right there. And he's still young. I have never seen Bradman but heard people talk about him. But I tell you what; if Bradman could bat like this man does then he was dynamite. I have seen only Sachin. 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.

Link: http://caribbeancricket.com/news/xxxx/xx/xx/968 That flair of his went somewhat missing from 2003 till the 2007 WC. But he was back into that groove since then.