Brian Lara a true Gent

[honestbharani]

yeah he's been hitting the ball well lately

On debut?

 

[marc71178]

To be fair, he is right.

Conventional wisdom states - Hobbs, Bradman, Sobers, Richards, Lara, Tendulkar.

Perhaps Hammond was as good as Tendulkar. But Hammond was a clear second best to Bradman. Whereas Tendulkar isn't a clear second best to anyone in the past 20 years.

But conversely, Tendulkar hasn't been clearly better than his top ranked peers.

 

[Burgey]

Tendulkar sponsors him though, impossible.

Saw the guy in Hyderabad right in front of me outside the stadium. Some peeps wanted photos with him and he was happy to oblige, but he refused to look into the camera. Someone with better knowledge of religious customs may be able to explain why.

Also must admit, his painted facial hair looked weird in person.

I think it was the custom of him rightly regarding you as a ****.

 

[Red]

Didn't mean he didn't have big scores, he was a great batsman, one of the best of all time and was beautifully elegant. Compared to the other names mentioned he was generally more of an accumulator who didn't take as much chances and had cut some shots out of his repertoire.

Not sure what you mean by this. Greg Chappell was close to ideal as a batsman. IMO him and Tendulkar are ideal to compare and discuss.

 

[kyear2]

Not sure what you mean by this. Greg Chappell was close to ideal as a batsman. IMO him and Tendulkar are ideal to compare and discuss.

In many ways yes, and when one looks at them as total cricketers Chappell is clearly ahead because of his part time bowling, but primarily because of his sublime slip catching. But Sachin's longevity and consistency and his sheer volume of numbers for me just pushes him ever so slightly ahead of Lara (who I believe is the better batsman), Chappell and Headley.

 

[smash84]

Tendulkar is a pretty safe fielder. I don't see how Chappell's slip fielding gives him a huge edge

 

[OverratedSanity]

I've noticed slip fielding is an aspect which is so overrated on here. They're the most important fielding positions by far but not important enough to pick a batsman which you consider inferior. Kyear2 did say he considers Tendulkar a superior batsman. Surely that's more important than who's better in the slips

 

[Prince EWS]

I've noticed slip fielding is an aspect which is so overrated on here.

It's more just a kyear2 thing than a CricketWeb thing.

 

[smash84]

I've noticed slip fielding is an aspect which is so overrated on here. They're the most important fielding positions by far but not important enough to pick a batsman which you consider inferior. Kyear2 did say he considers Tendulkar a superior batsman. Surely that's more important than who's better in the slips

Probably only kyear2 mentions slip fielding as an important thing (and maybe Watson and Monk). Before kyear2's arrival there wasn't really any mention of slip fielding being such an important position. Kyear2 thinks a good slip fielder brings more to the side than a good captain. That is what he feels.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Probably only kyear2 mentions slip fielding as an important thing (and maybe Watson and Monk). Before kyear2's arrival there wasn't really any mention of slip fielding being such an important position. Kyear2 thinks a good slip fielder brings more to the side than a good captain. That is what he feels.

Yeah, personally I fell if your slip fielders are safe enough to grab most opportunities, you're good to go. After a certain point, it just becomes irrelevant how good slip fielders are tbh, as long as you don't drop too many. Spectacular slip fielders aren't really necessary if they don't even get to show off their brilliance that often

 

[smash84]

Exactly, that is how I feel too. If your slip fielders are safe enough and not dropping around straight forward chances you will stay competitive. Diminishing returns sets in very quickly for slip fielding

 

[watson]

If I needed a century to be scored against 3 ATG fast bowlers and an ATG spinner then I would choose a mid-1970s Greg Chappell over an early-2000s Tendulkar if pressed. Chappell's extra capabilities with the ball, or in the slips have nothing to do with it - when in form he could take any bowling attack you care to mention and throttle it.

(Of course, I have no way of proving the above assertion, it's just my feeling after watching the two batsman in action. In the case of Greg Chappell, live at the SCG)

 

[karan316]

I think its a bit weird that some of the posters behave like veteran cricketers(who know it all) and actually make the views of ex cricketers and experts sound rubbish. They are the guys who have more knowledge than most of us and have actually been there.
I know sometimes they do get a bit carried away and pass a few meaningless comments, but you can't place the value of a few keyboard warriors over their words. We can discuss stuff as cricket fans, but we really shouldn't make wrong comments about ex players, experts, etc.

 

[CricAddict]

I think its a bit weird that some of the posters behave like veteran cricketers(who know it all) and actually make the views of ex cricketers and experts sound rubbish. They are the guys who have more knowledge than most of us and have actually been there.
I know sometimes they do get a bit carried away and pass a few meaningless comments, but you can't place the value of a few keyboard warriors over their words. We can discuss stuff as cricket fans, but we really shouldn't make wrong comments about ex players, experts, etc.

Pakistani batting great, Hanif Mohammed recently said "I am one of those fortunate people who has seen both Bradman and Tendulkar bat in my lifetime and in my opinion Tendulkar is the best batsman I have seen in my life". Do you agree to this?

 

[fredfertang]

When did Hanif ever see Bradman bat?

 

[Prince EWS]

When did Hanif ever see Bradman bat?

When he was 51 years old.

 

[fredfertang]

When he was 51 years old.

That makes sense then - that would have made The Don 77, and even the man himself accepted he was a bit over the hill by then

 

[benchmark00]

He used to stream the matches. Would tell you the website but I'm not allowed to under current forum rules.

 

[watson]

That makes sense then - that would have made The Don 77, and even the man himself accepted he was a bit over the hill by then

Probably would have still been better than the recent No.3 Australian batsman.

 

[fredfertang]

He used to stream the matches. Would tell you the website but I'm not allowed to under current forum rules.

Since when have you taken a blind bit of notice of forum rules?