Sangakkara on Lara

[Zinzan]

I sorta meant batsmen. Obviously Warne is a decent shout for best player.

Yeah, along with Tendulkar, Lara, Kallis, Ambrose, Akram, Steyn & Murali I suppose.

 

[fredfertang]

Heard before his 277 at SCG he got wasted at new years eve which was 2 days before that test

Taking a leaf out of Garry Sobers' book

 

[viriya]

The brilliant thing about Lara is that he was constantly exposed to the new ball against bowlers with their tails up. The likes of Tendulkar and Ponting had world class openers ahead of them taking the new ball and putting runs on the board before they came in... Lara never had this.

Remarkable batsmen. Best player in the last 25 years.

This is a good argument for Sangakkara as well.

 

[Chrish]

Yeah, along with Tendulkar, Lara, Kallis, Ambrose, Akram, Steyn & Murali I suppose.

Mcgrath..

 

[Black_Warrior]

Are we seriously having this conversation? Guys if you wanted to do this, you could have just bumped the Official Lara vs Tendulkar thread.

 

[harsh.ag]

Tendulkar would have gotten more accolades had he been a lefty. They just seem more elegant somehow.

 

[Furball]

Would also have gotten more accolades if he wasn't a chubster with a massive bat. Not a good combo for looking elegant.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Would also have gotten more accolades if he wasn't a chubster with a massive bat. Not a good combo for looking elegant.

Thats was post 2002 Tendulkar though.

 

[honestbharani]

Reckon he was always chubby though... And the bat has always been huge since he started using the MRF bat. I stil remember the 18 year old with that little Power bat though.. Good times

 

[Slifer]

Are we seriously having this conversation? Guys if you wanted to do this, you could have just bumped the Official Lara vs Tendulkar thread.

This. And you lot can stop with the comparisons to other greats as well. Thread is about the great BCL leave it at that.

 

[Flem274*]

****ing clarke. not on the same planet guys. take it to the australian circle jerk thread.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Are we seriously having this conversation? Guys if you wanted to do this, you could have just bumped the Official Lara vs Tendulkar thread.

This. And you lot can stop with the comparisons to other greats as well. Thread is about the great BCL leave it at that.

Yes because clearly a thread where the OP is a video literally titled Sachin vs Lara is no place to talk about Sachin vs Lara.

 

[honestbharani]

But that is not the intent of the thread. And I think it is fair enough to ask people to use the dedicated thread created for such comparisons.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Sure, blame the OP for that. Don't have the usual waahh about "Oh don't talk about Sachin boohoo". Clearly it's not off topic.

 

[honestbharani]

Sure, blame the OP for that. Don't have the usual waahh about "Oh don't talk about Sachin boohoo". Clearly it's not off topic.

Lol... like most CW waaaahhhs, it is understandable even if it is a bit of an over-reaction. I myself didn't find it worsening to the level of pure comparison threads yet but I can see why some can be annoyed seeing it going down that route. Heck, I even posted something about Sachin right here.


Anyways back on topic, that article in TCM makes it clear how good a thinker of the game The Prince is. Question to posters here: Is it the fact that he is so good at the game that makes him think that well about it or is it the other way around? I mean, I have seen people who are naturally gifted but who don't have the genius for the game's minutiae and there are folks who are excellent thinkers of the who are not so naturally gifted as batsmen. This guy is a frightening combo of the two and it is what makes me feel for all his achievements he still underachieved as a batsman.

 

[DriveClub]

Lol... like most CW waaaahhhs, it is understandable even if it is a bit of an over-reaction. I myself didn't find it worsening to the level of pure comparison threads yet but I can see why some can be annoyed seeing it going down that route. Heck, I even posted something about Sachin right here.


Anyways back on topic, that article in TCM makes it clear how good a thinker of the game The Prince is. Question to posters here: Is it the fact that he is so good at the game that makes him think that well about it or is it the other way around? I mean, I have seen people who are naturally gifted but who don't have the genius for the game's minutiae and there are folks who are excellent thinkers of the who are not so naturally gifted as batsmen. This guy is a frightening combo of the two and it is what makes me feel for all his achievements he still underachieved as a batsman.

Most very good to great players understand the plans bowlers are setting them up for through the field settings etc. They also will do their homeworks on each bowler beforehand. It's the execution and skill level that differs.

 

[honestbharani]

Yes but to be able to work out how many boundaries u need to score in a day to reach the target n then to do exactly dat is just God Mode levels of genius.

 

[Zinzan]

Lol, Forget God-mode, this thread has turned to weird-mode.

 

[vcs]

I remember I was doing some Math homework while watching that innings live on TV, late night in India. Suffice to say I couldn't concentrate long on the Math.

 

[honestbharani]

I had my class X Math final board exam next night... Went to **** alright but I gotta see possibly the greatest test knock of my generation ?