Can Tendulkar get 100 international hundreds?

[Sir Alex]

Check stats. And I am SURE now you didn't watch a BALL of these two series live. Waqar was dropped for the next test, Gillespie was in his prime. Waqar was coming off injuries and was bowling slower than Wasim and only as fast as Abdul Razzaq.


What's next? Nadeem Khan was a better spinner than MacGill?


Seriously, we get it. You think Sachin is awesome and everything he has done on a cricket field is gold. But sorry, we don't think that way. And we have more than enough solid reasons without having to be edified by someone who so clearly has no idea what he is talking about. Just leave us alone to have our opinions.

Chill!

Okay I have seen both matches, and I don't think there is anything really seperating both innings. Both defined Tendulkar's and Lara's careers.

 

[honestbharani]

Man, Why are you being so defensive? I completely agree that for the series' concerned Gillespie and Waqar were in the same league of support bowlers.

However, I just wanted to clarify that you weren't putting Waqar in the bracket of great support bowlers overall(Like Gillespie is.) That would be criminally underselling him IMO.

Well, for that series, he was.. Overall picture is quite different.


Now, if you want to see a Sachin masterpiece, roll back the 2001 100 of his against pretty much the same bowling line up that Lara made his 153 against.. THAT was special.. Batsmanship at its best. NOt to forget, a wonderfully attacking 84 by Dravid as well.. In fact, the whole first innings of India was a bit of an exhibition of attacking batting in Chennai that year.


And I am not being defensive.. I am juz tired trying to explain anything remotely related to "fact" to Sir Alex..

 

[honestbharani]

Were you among those that gave Pakistan a standing ovation at the end?

YouTube - Ind vs Pak, 1st Test '99 - result: chennai wins!

Oh yes. They played awesome cricket. And tbh, the way our tailenders left Sachin high and dry made us appreciate the team effort Pakistan showed in that game even more...


There is the real clincher between those two innings. Watch Ambrose and Walsh battle it out with the bat as if their lives were on the line and watch Srinath, Joshi etc swing merrily. The worse fact is both Srinath and Joshi had the potential to hang around much more than Ambrose or Walsh. The way those idiots let Sachin down that day was appalling to say the least.


I am sorry if I am coming off bitter here but I am reliving an especially painful day as an Indian cricket fan.

 

[vcs]

Well, for that series, he was.. Overall picture is quite different.


Now, if you want to see a Sachin masterpiece, roll back the 2001 100 of his against pretty much the same bowling line up that Lara made his 153 against.. THAT was special.. Batsmanship at its best. NOt to forget, a wonderfully attacking 84 by Dravid as well.. In fact, the whole first innings of India was a bit of an exhibition of attacking batting in Chennai that year.


And I am not being defensive.. I am juz tired trying to explain anything remotely related to "fact" to Sir Alex..

I thought the 126 wasn't one of his best hundreds actually, I remember him being dropped once or twice. Still, that series as a whole was pretty awesome.

 

[honestbharani]

I thought the 126 wasn't one of his best hundreds actually, I remember him being dropped once or twice. Still, that series as a whole was pretty awesome.

Well, I never define an innings' greatness by drops.. If you can't catch them, you don't deserve to get them..


I juz loved the attacking approach the entire batting line up showed. Except the pathetically out of form and despondent Ganguly, that is...


Laxman's60s in both digs were like watching God bat.. And I have seen enough masterpieces from Lara and Sachin..

 

[vcs]

Oh yes. They played awesome cricket. And tbh, the way our tailenders left Sachin high and dry made us appreciate the team effort Pakistan showed in that game even more...


There is the real clincher between those two innings. Watch Ambrose and Walsh battle it out with the bat as if their lives were on the line and watch Srinath, Joshi etc swing merrily. The worse fact is both Srinath and Joshi had the potential to hang around much more than Ambrose or Walsh. The way those idiots let Sachin down that day was appalling to say the least.


I am sorry if I am coming off bitter here but I am reliving an especially painful day as an Indian cricket fan.

Yeah, agree totally. I was cheering on Ambrose and Walsh so much that day and they're typical tailenders, totally clueless with the bat. Walsh in particular, I remember how he got out to Damien Fleming in the '96 WC semifinal. Ambrose gave Lara some good company TBF in that particular match.

 

[vcs]

Well, I never define an innings' greatness by drops.. If you can't catch them, you don't deserve to get them..


I juz loved the attacking approach the entire batting line up showed. Except the pathetically out of form and despondent Ganguly, that is...


Laxman's60s in both digs were like watching God bat.. And I have seen enough masterpieces from Lara and Sachin..

Yeah, Laxman since Sydney in 2000 has been amazing against Australia, India best batsman against Oz if I daresay it. In that match, his knock in the 2nd innings was really special and it took a special catch to get him out as well.

 

[honestbharani]

Yeah, Laxman since Sydney in 2000 has been amazing against Australia, India best batsman against Oz if I daresay it. In that match, his knock in the 2nd innings was really special and it took a special catch to get him out as well.

yeah.. I was right opposite Waugh when he was airbound.. Had I had a camera, I would have shot a darn good picture that day.. Might just have made me a few thousands richer too, tbh.

 

[Sir Alex]

Well, for that series, he was.. Overall picture is quite different.


Now, if you want to see a Sachin masterpiece, roll back the 2001 100 of his against pretty much the same bowling line up that Lara made his 153 against.. THAT was special.. Batsmanship at its best. NOt to forget, a wonderfully attacking 84 by Dravid as well.. In fact, the whole first innings of India was a bit of an exhibition of attacking batting in Chennai that year.


And I am not being defensive.. I am juz tired trying to explain anything remotely related to "fact" to Sir Alex..

I'd take his 100 at Melbourne in 1999 against McWarne

 

[Avada Kedavra]

Pointless comparing the two innings IMO.They are so similar that it isn't even worth it.If you want to be pedantic,you could add that an India-Pak match is more,much more,of a pressure match than an Aus-WI match could ever be for obvious reasons...but again it is all down to opinion. Both great career defining innings -let's just leave it at that.

Coming back to the topic - how long will it take Tendu to bring up the 100th ton? He has 7 tests after the third India SL test this year (2 vs Aus home,3 vs NZ home and 2 vs SA away). That is 16 innings potentially+whatever ODIs he chooses to play.Given his form this year,he may very well bring it up this year Insha'Allah.

 

[Sir Alex]

Sachin has already made 5 100s this year, that is his most in any year and equals his 1999 performance (from 10 tests). Tendulkar has played just 6 tests so far, and another 8 tests are in pipeline this year alone. He is on 772 runs @ 96 now, and looks likely to go past 1000 and even 1500 is a distinct possibility with this form. Also, I dream of another 5 100s which I think would make him the one to score most 100s in a calendar year.

 

[Cevno]

Pointless comparing the two innings IMO.They are so similar that it isn't even worth it.If you want to be pedantic,you could add that an India-Pak match is more,much more,of a pressure match than an Aus-WI match could ever be for obvious reasons...but again it is all down to opinion. Both great career defining innings -let's just leave it at that.

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Agreed .

If you start nitpicking that Barbados pitch was flatter throughout the match than the Chennai wicket and with Walsh and Amborse producing a special display to get Australia out cheaply in the 3rd innings.
The pitch was only assisting the Pace bowlers due to a green tinch on it ,but was pretty less helpful for the spinners. While the Chennai pitch had seam and bounce from the start.
While the Barbados pitch held together,the Chennai pitch was cracking and assisting the spinners.
If you look at the scores too at Barbados every innings except was above 300 while in Chennai all were below 300 while at Chennai each was below 300.

It is almost very tough to compare the two innings and i can make several arguments for each to be better than another.

 

[Spark]

If he doesn't get it within 8-10 months I will be genuinely surprised.

 

[cricman]

5 More to go

He could possibly get it in the World Cup

 

[honestbharani]

yeah.. needs 2 or 3 in the ODIs and I am sure there is another couple on the anvil in the coming year in tests... Would love it if he could hit the 50 on either side the most.. Think it will happen as well..

 

[vcs]

Keep going champ. Hopefully he gets one in the upcoming ODI series.

 

[vcs]

Tendulkar these days has refined the act of constructing and managing a long innings into an exact science. His shot selection is so, so good. He keeps the pull shot under wraps until someone tries to set a field to attack him with the shot ball. Then he brings it out, gets a couple of boundaries and gets the field back to where he can score with his usual shots. Keeps the sweep in the bag until he gets to 170 or so, suddenly sees an opportunity and goes for it. To sum up,

 

[Jono]

20 scores over 150.

Amazing.

 

[vcs]

As things stand currently, Tendulkar averages 56.88 to Sanga's 56.85. Does that make him the highest averaging batsman playing right now?

 

[Jono]

Yes Tendulkar has the highest average among current batsmen, but if he gets out for less than 240, his average will fall below Sangakkara's again.