Sachin always flops when he is near any big milestone

[Lurker]

Dude' date=' now you are simply trolling. Those series mentioned are the last few series we played. [b']Why stop at counting two matches, we should count per day. Like Dravid and Laxman flopped big time today, forget what they did in the last match, drop both of them. And of course Sehwag and Gambhir

You seriously think all those put together have half as clout as the Marathi? Dude VVS, RD, Sehwag, Gambhir have ALL been dropped for lesser offenses. SRT, in words of Ganguly, will never be dropped. Period. Stop asking tough questions.

[kabira]

Let me reiterate. There are two big series to be played over 12 months' date=' the Eng series and the Oz Series. This series isn't going well for him and if he fails again in OZ at the age of 39 why should we retain him?[/quote'] He will never fail in Australia. He loves batting on those tracks. :--D:--D

[asterix]

This is the biggest series..ECB is always competing with BCCI.. and Sachin failed in this all important series.. ECB is on the verge of thrashing BCCI.. The SKY commentary team is on the verge of thrashing the STAR Sports commentary team.. If only Sachin didn't hyped and practised at Lords for months together chatting with, of all people, that Monty Panesar.. :headshake:

[Guest Gunner]

Because the team might still need him and we might still not have a suitable replacement for him by then? There will be many 'un-important' series in between were we will be testing young guns to see if they can stand up. Seeing the WI series and this series' date=' our young players have just not stood up[/quote'] If this is your basis for building a new team, Gavaskar would have still been playing in 2001 when we discovered Sehwag as an opener. We cannot wait for replacements for players of the calibre of RSD/SRT etc. We have to accept that we won't find a replacement and look at the best players we have. It is this view which has screwed Australian cricket. They kept waiting for great players to turn up, it doesn't work that way. I don't understand why you are so resistant to change when change is the only constant in life....

[goose]

The series is far from over.

[kabira]

You seriously think all those put together have half as clout as the Marathi? Dude VVS, RD, Sehwag, Gambhir have ALL been dropped for lesser offenses. SRT, in words of Ganguly, will never be dropped. Period. Stop asking tough questions.

so was Dravid dropped when was awful for past one year?? Sehwag had in different SA series...was he dropped. You just dropped someone when he is out of form for one series. Does not happen anywhere in the world except may be Pakistan.

[Guest Gunner]

He will never fail in Australia. He loves batting on those tracks. :--D:--D

Even if he doesn't, I don't think he should continue much longer after that. We need to let a young player get in, try, fail and succeed or learn. We can't delay this endlessly.

[Cricketics]

Actually for Sachin himself. Bigger achievement would have been reaching milestones liek 10,000 runs. The dude has already acheived over 50 centuries in tests which I am sure matter to him more than the sume of his total centuries of test and odi's. It's just that people have actually hyped the number "100" which is certainly a big number, but you can't be adding something from test and oid's and making it big.

[kabira]

In any given series, one or two batsman will be in different form. No way you will find all 6 firing together. Its the one who are in form has to carry the team. Tendulkar, Gambhir and Laxman did in SA. Tendulkar, Laxman, Raina did it in SL If you are in bad form, fair enough you are in bad form, happens to best of the best. but those who are in good form like Dravid, Laxman, they should have scored more. Laxman has been getting out after starts and that too some soft dismissals.

[kabira]

Even if he doesn't' date=' I don't think he should continue much longer after that. We need to let a young player get in, try, fail and succeed or learn. We can't delay this endlessly.[/quote'] I am totally with you. But to get our youngster prepared, we need A tours. They should play full Ranji season. They 3 A tours to places like Srilanka, England, SA, Australia, NZL. BCCI is so powerful, they can arrange those, get the sponsoer, live coverage, the home board will make money. Our A team will have crowds as well.

[Sachinism]

This is the biggest series..ECB is always competing with BCCI.. and Sachin failed in this all important series.. ECB is on the verge of thrashing BCCI.. The SKY commentary team is on the verge of thrashing the STAR Sports commentary team.. If only Sachin didn't hyped and practised at Lords for months together chatting with, of all people, that Monty Panesar.. :headshake:

Battle of the boards :haha::haha:

If this is your basis for building a new team, Gavaskar would have still been playing in 2001 when we discovered Sehwag as an opener. We cannot wait for replacements for players of the calibre of RSD/SRT etc. We have to accept that we won't find a replacement and look at the best players we have. It is this view which has screwed Australian cricket. They kept waiting for great players to turn up, it doesn't work that way. I don't understand why you are so resistant to change when change is the only constant in life....

Or why not allow those youngsters more time to improve their game and techniques in domestic cricket before coming into the test side. Not wait to be brought in and found out

[akshayxyz]

Time to retire. Age has caught up. I always kept saying this, it was not about fitness, it is in the eye and the reaction speed. Quarter of a second too slow and it is finished. I hope the great man knows it is time to hang up his boots.

For a typical 85mph bowl, it takes about 0.45 seconds to reach the batsman ( from the point of release). Now you can guess how sensible is the number that you have picked.

[Guest Gunner]

For a typical 85mph bowl, it takes about 0.45 seconds to reach the batsman ( from the point of release). Now you can guess how sensible is the number that you have picked.

1. I didn't make a song and dance about the accuracy of that number. It was just a figure of speech. 2. You have lovely focus on the larger issue. :cantstop::cantstop:

[anotherhawkeye]

If you ask me, it serves him right for missing the WI tests. He thought he was so good to pick and choose series for his 100th ton. Midget got pwned. :cantstop: :((

[akshayxyz]

1. I didn't make a song and dance about the accuracy of that number. It was just a figure of speech. 2. You have lovely focus on the larger issue. :cantstop::cantstop:

and as per you, bigger issue is - SRT's reflexes have slowed down suddenly. If you have some sense, then you would understand that this dip in performance is definitely not about reflexes - he has shown enough of that in last 4 innings.

[Laaloo]

If you ask me, it serves him right for missing the WI tests. He thought he was so good to pick and choose series for his 100th ton. Midget got pwned. :cantstop: :((

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[Guest Gunner]

and as per you, bigger issue is - SRT's reflexes have slowed down suddenly. If you have some sense, then you would understand that this dip in performance is definitely not about reflexes - he has shown enough of that in last 4 innings.

Ok, let us continue playing the same team till we need to role them in on a wheel chair. That should make perfect sense!!

[nballa]

i think sachin should retire with 99 centuries as a homage to the don. would there have been a more fitting tribute in the history of sport? i'm gushing just thinking about it.

[Deleted_User_1]

Seriously, this team has achieved a lot. Looks jaded now. Time for a complete overhaul..... SRT, Dravid and Laxman needs to retire. Zak ass and Bhajji banished, and let's start over like the Aussies.

[Iconoclast]

Tough luck for Tendulker today ... just fell 99 runs short of his century.