tendulkar mark 3

[simba28]

Very true bumper .. I am new to these posts , but i believe none of the Indian batsmen have the confidence in their ability.. Its not the age just the lack of self belief they have these days.. But i hope they forget all that and smash some balls around in the fourth..

[Gaurav]

India will come from behind and win this test match. It will be mother of all rear guard actions :D

[Donny]

Spot on Simba. The whole mental attitude of the Indian cricket team seems to be sadly lacking. RD's body language, in the field, is a disaster, for a start. It's similar to Lara's who often looked like he'd wet his pants. The other players need to be able to look to their captain and get a boost, especially the youngsters. As for the 'fantastic four', I'm afraid they miss the point. Sometimes you must risk getting out by attempting to take command instead of always digging in and grinding out runs. Batsmen like RD (and Sach over recent years) are valid but unless they have fluent strokeplayers around them, the batting successes, on a team level, will be infrequent.

[Gaurav]

When it comes to India it's all in the HEAD + in the belly :hysterical:

[observer1]

Yeah' date=' I reckon that's answered Observer's question.[/quote'] Thanks Varun For me, the two most telling tables about team strengths were: after 1990 for 350+ Scores: Code: +--------------+------------------------------------------+ | team | Avg diff between highest and 2nd highest | +--------------+------------------------------------------+ | West Indies | 71.7576 | | India | 61.1220 | | Sri Lanka | 60.7576 | | Zimbabwe | 54.5909 | | England | 49.0851 | | New Zealand | 48.5577 | | Australia | 47.6744 | | Pakistan | 46.8000 | | South Africa | 45.7595 | | Bangladesh | 33.0000 | +--------------+------------------------------------------ AND THE LAST COLUMN OF THIS TABLE After 1990: Code: +--------------+-----------+----------------------------+---------------------------+----------------------------+---------------------------+ | Team | # Innings | % Score >350 with all <100 | % Score >350 with all <75 | % Score >300 with all <100 | % Score >300 with all <75 | +--------------+-----------+----------------------------+---------------------------+----------------------------+---------------------------+ | South Africa | 540 | 3.33 (18/540) | 0.19 (1/540) | 5.56 (30/540) | 0.56 (3/540) | | New Zealand | 467 | 2.57 (12/467) | 0.21 (1/467) | 5.57 (26/467) | 1.07 (5/467) | | Australia | 705 | 2.13 (15/705) | 0.57 (4/705) | 4.96 (35/705) | 1.70 (12/705) AUS | | England | 708 | 1.84 (13/708) | 0.14 (1/708) | 5.08 (36/708) | 1.13 (8/708) | | Pakistan | 511 | 1.76 (9/511) | 0.39 (2/511) | 4.11 (21/511) | 0.98 (5/511) | | Zimbabwe | 295 | 1.69 (5/295) | NULL | 4.75 (14/295) | 1.36 (4/295) | | Sri Lanka | 496 | 1.61 (8/496) | 0.20 (1/496) | 3.83 (19/496) | 1.61 (8/496) | | India | 490 | 1.43 (7/490) | NULL | 3.47 (17/490) | 0.41 (2/490) INDIA | | West Indies | 597 | 1.17 (7/597) | 0.67 (4/597) | 3.85 (23/597) | 0.84 (5/597) | | Bangladesh | 167 | 0.60 (1/167) | NULL | 2.99 (5/167) | NULL | +--------------+-----------+----------------------------+---------------------------+----------------------------+---------------------------+ I have disregarded England, given their minnow status till the mid 2000s. Stats are revealing, arent they