kaptaan Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Retired Australian fast bowler Brett Lee, who has waged many a stirring battle against Sachin Tendulkar, today rated the Indian legend a notch above West Indies great Brian Lara, thus singing a different tune to that of veteran South Africa all-rounder Jaques Kallis. Asked to compare the two great batsmen, Lee said, "I have to say Sachin, because he has that aura when he comes out to bat." "I have waged many a battle against him and was lucky enough to get him out more number of times than anyone else in the world. But I was also on the receiving end of many hundreds -- like the hundred (116) he got at Melbourne in 1999 and the many hundreds he has scored against us all around the world. When you play against Sachin you somehow (have to) find a way to give that little bit extra," said Lee. "When I played my first Test at Melbourne as a 23-year-old fresh faced kid from the bush, I am looking at this guy resembling Sachin Tendulkar. He was tiny, his bat was this big," said the 37-year-old former pace bowler, who grabbed 690 wickets in Tests and ODIs combined. "I thought to myself 'this is the guy I want to play against'. I was pinching myself it was not a dream. I thought I can ask him for an autograph rather than bowl to him. It's strange when you get to play against someone who was the hero as you were growing up. "It's a huge opportunity and I had a lot of opportunities to play against him," added Lee. Lee's assessment of Tendulkar was at variance with that of Kallis, who two days ago, was quoted as saying that Lara was the best batsman he has ever played against. Kallis, one of the greatest all-rounders to have graced the game, however, described Tendulkar's achievements as incredible.http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/top-stories/Brett-Lee-rates-Tendulkar-above-Lara/articleshow/31417479.cms Link to comment
Crookbond Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Missing context - Lee's a good friend of Tendulkar. Kallis is a good friend of Lara. Link to comment
Old guy Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Why do things like these Get so much news ? It's his personal opinion which is fine .. Link to comment
CSK Fan Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Missing context - Lee's a good friend of Tendulkar. Kallis is a good friend of Lara. Yeah but this list (of players who consider Sachin best after Bradman) is highly biased towards Sachin Link to comment
CSK Fan Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Lee saving his bacon. And so did the 100s of others who pout Sachin above Lara like Bradman, Sobers, Richards, all were saving their bacons Link to comment
maniac Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Lara rates Sachin above himself...so don't get these random quotes....anyways :agree: with Blee Link to comment
Detonator Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Lara rates Sachin above himself...so don't get these random quotes....anyways :agree: with Blee :agree: Link to comment
Detonator Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Kallis >>>> Lee Kallis opinion >>>>>> Lee opinion hence Lara >>>>>>> Tendu :fishing: Link to comment
alexander Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 This is another silly debate. SRT and BCL are both legends. If you ask 10 bowlers, it'll be a 5/5 split as to who was ever so slightly better. For me: SRT was more consistent, BCL has higher peaks. It balances out. Link to comment
zep1706 Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 I rate Tendulkar and Lara about equal in tests and overall Tendulkar slightly higher because of his consistency and much superior ODi record. Lara was spectacular but Tendulkar was a more complete batsman. Link to comment
kaptaan Posted March 4, 2014 Author Share Posted March 4, 2014 Kallis >>>> Lee Kallis opinion >>>>>> Lee opinion hence Lara >>>>>>> Tendu :fishing: lara >>>>> kallis lara opinion >>>>>>> kallis opinion hence sachin >>>> lara B->B-> Link to comment
SLICKR392 Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Yeah but this list (of players who consider Sachin best after Bradman) is highly biased towards Sachin And Aussies mostly consider Sachin over Lara. Link to comment
akshayxyz Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 lara >>>>> kallis lara opinion >>>>>>> kallis opinion hence sachin >>>> lara B->B-> and sachin has not yet spoken about his opinion. So it stops there. Link to comment
Pakistan Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 And so did the 100s of others who pout Sachin above Lara like Bradman' date=' Sobers, Richards, all were saving their bacons[/quote'] Yes, all of them saving their bacon by rating Sachin above legendary Lara. Did not your own Board said that India make 80% revenue in cricket? Link to comment
CSK Fan Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Yes' date=' all of them saving their bacon by rating Sachin above legendary Lara. Did not your own Board said that India make 80% revenue in cricket?[/quote'] How on earth does a dead Bradman and Sobers etc make anything out of this? And when most of these said these, BCCI wasn't even a super-power Link to comment
velu Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Lara rates Sachin above himself...so don't get these random quotes....anyways :agree: with Blee and sachin rates lara above himself :giggle: Link to comment
maniac Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 and sachin rates lara above himself :giggle: Quotes Please Link to comment
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