Brian Lara vs Ricky Ponting (against pace bowling)

[Prince EWS]

Which Innings was better ? Lara 153* vs Australia or Sachin 136 vs Pakistan

This would definitely be a better question for a Healy vs Dujon thread. Mention Imran Khan for extra relevance.

 

[Van_Sri]

Which Innings was better ? Lara 153* vs Australia or Sachin 136 vs Pakistan

Lara Scored 54.06 % of Runs for his Team and Sachin Scored 61.26 % of Runs for his Team.

 

[Sliferxxxx]

153*.

 

[capt_Luffy]

153* pretty decisively. It's arguably the Greatest innings ever played, Tendulkar's innings, no matter how good it was, might not be in Top 100.

 

[Van_Sri]

153*.

What if Sachin Won the Match

 

[Sliferxxxx]

Difference is Lara's peak was in 00s not 90s.
Inngs 126-205 vs 80-159.

Forgetting the 80 test crap, Lara did also have a first peak from 1992 to 1996 (or thereabouts).

 

[Sliferxxxx]

What if Sachin Won the Match

If it did, it probably would be ranked higher. That's just human nature.

 

[OverratedSanity]

153* pretty decisively. It's arguably the Greatest innings ever played, Tendulkar's innings, no matter how good it was, might not be in Top 100.

Not top 100 is silly. Was an incredible innings. Obviously not quite as good as Lara's though.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Not top 100 is silly. Was an incredible innings. Obviously not quite as good as Lara's though.

It would make mine but neither made DoG's nor Wisden's. Mostly for the outcome ofcourse.

 

[centurymaker]

What if Sachin Won the Match

Be he/India didn't. So it's not rated very highly.

 

[OverratedSanity]

It would make mine but neither made DoG's nor Wisden's. Mostly for the outcome ofcourse.

No disrespect to either exercise, but a statistical analysis of individual innings quality is futile imo.

 

[capt_Luffy]

No disrespect to either exercise, but a statistical analysis of individual innings quality is futile imo.

I agree (though Wisden wasn't statistical). I just meant that there are a few lists which it didn't made.

 

[sayon basak]

Which Innings was better ? Lara 153* vs Australia or Sachin 136 vs Pakistan

153* imo.

 

[Van_Sri]

And what about his fighting innings of 136, with a bad back, at Chennai against Pakistan?

Back spasms are not in scorecards. What goes on record is the score and the result. In the end Pakistan won that match, despite Sachin's fine innings. As an experiment I pretended that Tendulkar had scored another ten runs and taken India to a twoor three-wicket win: then his innings would have been close to the overall Top Ten. Indeed, if the other Indian players had taken them to a win, Tendulkar's innings would have comfortably made it into the Wisden 100 and the Indian Top Ten. Winning was the difference between, say, Brian Lara's 153 not out (when West Indies beat Australia by one wicket) and this innings. Winning is not everything, but it is quite important

 

[DrWolverine]

Which Innings was better ? Lara 153* vs Australia or Sachin 136 vs Pakistan

Lara’s 153*

 

[Van_Sri]

But it almost ended in anti-climax when he was dropped by wicketkeeper Ian Healy on 145 with West Indies still seven short of victory. - Lara was Lucky on that day and Sachin was not Lucky.

 

[Sunil1z]

How many of them are in away conditions ?because lara is always been a home tracks bully.

Love this guy

 

[Van_Sri]

Watch at 10:50 in the Video and 11:23

 

[capt_Luffy]

Love this guy

Surely @honestbharani doesn't.....

(Also you shouldn't too. I fear he unironically thinks Tendulkar=Kohli)

 

[OverratedSanity]

But it almost ended in anti-climax when he was dropped by wicketkeeper Ian Healy on 145 with West Indies still seven short of victory. - Lara was Lucky on that day and Sachin was not Lucky.

Sachin had a stumping missed by moin .

But then lara was also out lbw but not given.