ESPNCricinfo Awards 2010

[morgieb]

Well they probably weren't, but how they bowled an amazing spell to put England in dire **** only to lose horribly sounds a little more than a coincidence.....

 

[blahblahblah]

Make your mind up!

what i meant was that cook has a good chance but not that if its given to vvs, its like waste of the award or so !

 

[blahblahblah]

Surprised that Sachin's Double ton against the Aussies didn't make it. Was a quality innings that one.

Good to see knocks that weren't over 100+ being nominated though. They should really start calling em "match-winning knocks" instead of "match winnings hundreds". Laxman on there 3 times WAG

His greatness will never be reflected through stats. Such an awesome player.

in such a case, sachin`s 207 against sri lanka which saved the match also needed an inclusion there


anyways the list is fair IMO

 

[Contra]

in such a case, sachin`s 207 against sri lanka which saved the match also needed an inclusion there


anyways the list is fair IMO

No that double ton came on a road. Not to say it wasn't a very good innings (because the match still had to be saved) but his double against Aus was much much better on a track that did have something in it (if as a bowler you had the required skills).

 

[blahblahblah]

No that double ton came on a road. Not to say it wasn't a very good innings (because the match still had to be saved) but his double against Aus was much much better on a track that did have something in it (if as a bowler had the required skills).

yep sorry i just remembered the fact that i save dthe match

found it just now

u were right that 207 was pretty much on a dead track

 

[Mike5181]

Chris Martin's bowling performance against India should be there tbh. There were so many things going against him at the time.

1) Verge of being dropped and never playing again
2) Best batting line up in the world in home conditions
3) Flat as **** pitch where no one else could take wickets
4) Match hopes on his shoulders

 

[smash84]

But both ultimately secured wins for their side.

Both did and Tendys effort was very very good but Abdur Razzaq's effort came in an almost impossible situation and Tendulkar is one of the greatest batsmen ever and when I talked to Saeed Anwar after Sachin had made 200 Anwar told me that if there was one batsman who should have broken it, it should have been Sachin. Nobody expected Abdur Razzaq to smash 63 of the last 65 runs in 5 odd overs to beat Pakistan's usual nemesis SA.

 

[vcs]

Razzaq's innings was better.

 

[BoyBrumby]

All entirely subjective, obvz, but my votes would go to VVS's effort in the first test versus the crims at Mohali & Johnson's effort at Perth.

It's the match and personal situations that made them all the more impressive. Laxman was severely hampered by a back injury and Oz were putting the champers on ice with the Indians still needing the better part of 100 for victory and only two tailenders for company; very, very special indeed.

Johnson had been dropped after having returned 0/170-ish at the Gabba and was facing an England line up that'd put on over 1000 runs for the loss of only 7 wickets in their previous two innings defending a below-par looking 268, reached in no part thanks to his own efforts. Mitchell produced a logic (and physics) defying display of swing bowling to rip through our middle order. The only remaining question is how does he swing it with that seam position? One's minded to suppose not even the man himself knows or we'd see it more often.

 

[vcs]

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Lots of brilliant knocks there, Afridi's in the Asia Cup was also amazing.

 

[Cevno]

Sehwag's 110 with all the rest batsmen failing against Newzealand on a real tricky track was a fabulous innings as well.


And so was Angelo Mathews 77 not out against Australia taking srilanka 107 for 8 to 240. The partnership with Malinga was equally fabulous as the Razzaq innings.

 

[GIMH]

How the **** has Trott's innings at Lord's vs Pakistan not been nominated?

Well they probably weren't, but how they bowled an amazing spell to put England in dire **** only to lose horribly sounds a little more than a coincidence.....

No way morgieb, the reason they managed to lose despite blowing away the top order was because of Trott, and Broad.

 

[morgieb]

ODI batting has to go to Tendulkar. First ever double-ton ftw.

Matthews was the tougher innings, but Tendulkar had more significance.

 

[blahblahblah]

it just has to be 200!!!!!!!

such an amazing knock.. watched it all over again now

 

[smash84]

ODI batting has to go to Tendulkar. First ever double-ton ftw.

Matthews was the tougher innings, but Tendulkar had more significance.

it just has to be 200!!!!!!!

such an amazing knock.. watched it all over again now

The 200 was phenomenal indeed

 

[Howe_zat]

The 200 was brilliant but it was sort of inevitable during that match. Sachin was on 186 with 7 overs to go, and sort of crawled there while Dhoni layed into the bowling on a flat deck. From halfway through the innings, the match became all about the record and nothing else.

It was far less about this particular match and more about being an extra trophy to top a stunning career.

Razzaq's on the other hand, was just unbelievable to watch. As has been said he single-handedly won the match, he pretty much nicked victory from three-quarters of the way down the throat of defeat, just epic.

 

[Jono]

Laxman

 

[smash84]

The 200 was brilliant but it was sort of inevitable during that match. Sachin was on 186 with 7 overs to go, and sort of crawled there while Dhoni layed into the bowling on a flat deck. From halfway through the innings, the match became all about the record and nothing else.

It was far less about this particular match and more about being an extra trophy to top a stunning career.

Razzaq's on the other hand, was just unbelievable to watch. As has been said he single-handedly won the match, he pretty much nicked victory from three-quarters of the way down the throat of defeat, just epic.

I do agree with that. IMO the best innings was the Abdur Razzaq innings. However Tendy must be commended for doing something that nobody has ever done before.

 

[Teja.]

Razzak's Innings>Tendulkar's Innings

The Laxman thing is hard really, I have no doubt in mind that his 96 and 73 are a couple of leagues above any other Innings' in 2010. The 96 was against a better bowling line up on a harder pitch to bat on with Laxman scoring 250% more in his Innings than any other Innings in the match. However from a more 'human' perspective, His 73 basically won a match from an impossible situation, while playing with a broken back. It's extremely hard to pick. Most other batsman would be proud to have one of those Innings' as the best knock of their entire career. Laxman - WAFG.

 

[Prince EWS]

However Tendy must be commended for doing something that nobody has ever done before.

Yeah, and he will. People will always remember the first double hundred, how long it took for it to occur, who scored it and exactly how fitting it was for such a great to finally break the barrier. It'll go down in history - nay, it already has gone down in history - as a landmark limited overs knock.

While some may see that as further justification to give him the award here, I see it the opposite way, if anything. Historical significance stands alone and doesn't need to be incorporated into awards like this; it has an intrinsic place above. If it was the best innings regardless I'd give him the award, but the Razzaq innings was (IMO anyway) better, so it deserves proper recognition too for being what it was.