WHY do they say this?

[vcs]

Ah my memory must be faulty, should check some of these things up before posting

No, I was saying you were right. That picture of him is from the P. Sara Oval, which is the only Asian ground he played in.

 

[fredfertang]

Weren't some of those North American teams rather strong then or were they already on the decline.

Cricket had gone rapidly downhill in the US by the time of this tour in 1932 - a lot of the games were against odds and I don't think Australia were tested at any point

 

[GotSpin]

Cricket had gone rapidly downhill in the US by the time of this tour in 1932 - a lot of the games were against odds and I don't think Australia were tested at any point

The game peaked around 1902 or something didn't it?

It's interesting that he averaged the same against any opposition. Really quite strange.

 

[archie mac]

No, I was saying you were right. That picture of him is from the P. Sara Oval, which is the only Asian ground he played in.

Even when I think I am wrong

Cricket had gone rapidly downhill in the US by the time of this tour in 1932 - a lot of the games were against odds and I don't think Australia were tested at any point

I love the story of the Aust. team when they decided to give one of the teams they were playing - and flogging - a chance. When one of the opp. hit a rare ball into some long grass and started to run. First one Aussie fieldsman and then another went to look for the ball, soon another entered the search and so on until eventually they were all in the long grass hidden from site and sitting down, thinking they would give a chance to their opp. and let them score a few runs.

When they finally came out they found their opp. had thought the Aussies must have been on a break and so had decided to take an early lunch and were in the pavilion enjoying their meal

 

[archie mac]

The game peaked around 1902 or something didn't it?

It's interesting that he averaged the same against any opposition. Really quite strange.

Still were producing some good players up until the Great War.

Bradman often gave his wicket away once he reached a ton against weak teams. He also tried to score runs at a great pace which meant greater risks. So his average against weak teams can be a little misleading

 

[fredfertang]

If they could lose the ball in the outfield perhaps the wickets were a bit iffy as well - I'm sure I've got a book about this tour somewhere but I can't remember who wrote it

 

[archie mac]

If they could lose the ball in the outfield perhaps the wickets were a bit iffy as well - I'm sure I've got a book about this tour somewhere but I can't remember who wrote it

Ric Sissons

The Don and the Babe

 

[fredfertang]

Ah yes - and I see from that that the Australians actually managed to lose one game, although Cricketarchive calls it a draw

 

[archie mac]

Ah yes - and I see from that that the Australians actually managed to lose one game, although Cricketarchive calls it a draw

Bit hard to expect a one day match to contain four innings

I always remember Sep Carter losing the sight of an eye during this tour although I can't remember who the bowler was)

 

[GotSpin]

Still were producing some good players up until the Great War.

Bradman often gave his wicket away once he reached a ton against weak teams. He also tried to score runs at a great pace which meant greater risks. So his average against weak teams can be a little misleading

That could be an explanation then. Would be interesting to see how many not outs he had on that tour though

 

[fredfertang]

That could be an explanation then. Would be interesting to see how many not outs he had on that tour though

14 - though he retired out at least once

 

[fredfertang]

Actually it seems Bradman got to the crease in every single one of the 51 matches on that tour - perhaps it is testament to his powers of concentration that he was able to take it sufficiently seriously to average 102

 

[Burgey]

Actually it seems Bradman got to the crease in every single one of the 51 matches on that tour - perhaps it is testament to his powers of concentration that he was able to take it sufficiently seriously to average 102

Actually iirc Arthur Mailey and a sponsor organised that tour and it was the Bradmans' honeymoon. Or part of it.

If he didn't play then the tour would have basically been a flop, so he had to play every match.

So he presumably also averaged 100+ on that tour being bleary eyed and with shagger's back.

 

[Turbinator]

Ftr,

http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=Don+Bradman&word2=Sachin+Tendulkar

I rest my case

 

[archie mac]

Ftr,

Don Bradman / Sachin Tendulkar - Google Fight : make this fight with googlefight !

I rest my case

Well Bradman is brown bread

 

[smash84]

The most famous bread in Pakistan is actually

"Dawn Bread" ....the brand name is Dawn

 

[archie mac]

The most famous bread in Pakistan is actually

"Dawn Bread" ....the brand name is Dawn

Very interesting, why are you telling us this

 

[Howe_zat]

Ftr,

Don Bradman / Sachin Tendulkar - Google Fight : make this fight with googlefight !

I rest my case

Settled.

 

[Spark]

More proof that Tendulkar is an unsporting thug

 

[honestbharani]

It baffles me when guys like that do this. I can understand it when it comes from some of the fans of low intelligence, but not the guys listed above.

There is zero argument to be had here. Even Jono, who sleeps cuddled up to a Sachin teddybear, accepts this.

That is such a false claim and a slap in the face of luminaries such as precamb, Sachin200, Dhonifan...


I daresay there are a few who still post here who will beat Joni in the Sachin worship stakes..



Seriously speaking, the claim is not as unfathomable as it first appears to be. Let's be clear here, even though the basics of the game are the same, what Sir Don played and what Sachin is playing are pretty different sports.. In a sense, Sachin is by himself when it comes to what he faces upto everytime he is playing for India and to possess the record he does inspite of all that, is such an amazing feat that people do seriously contemplate even if Sir Don would have been able to do that in this environment.. In that sense, it is kinda an arguable point.

But when people start stating that Sachin IS a better test batsman than Sir Don, it starts bordering on the ridiculous...