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    *Official* India in South Africa

    Sehwag scored a 60 odd at Centurion and was the second highest scorer of the match from either side at Durban after Laxman. He has been looking good and it's only a matter of time he converts to a big one. Not sure how he is being counted as a failure?
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    Has the result of a cricket match ever made you cry ? If yes, which one ?

    Just the one - India vs. Pakistan test at Bangalore in '87. There have been more close and heartbreaking defeats after that, but I guess as you grow older you realize more and more that it's just a game and tears are meant for sadder occasions in life than losing a cricket match you are not...
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    Kallis vs Ponting as test batsmen

    Maybe. But no one is having an argument comparing Smith to Ponting. I am pretty sure Ponting would not have left an attack to 16 RPO off 6 overs if he was in Kallis' place with a struggling partner.
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    Greatest cricketer post 1990

    To people advocating Kallis and Pollock, don't you think it's absolutely essential for a player to be in the top notch category of at least one suit before laying a claim to be the best ever cricketer. Neither Kallis nor Pollock would count amongst the top 20 batsmen or bowlers in the game. Even...
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    Kallis vs Ponting as test batsmen

    By the time Kallis started hitting out and showed some intent, the required run rate was in the realms of impossibility at 16 RPO to be sustained over 6 overs - that's a sufficient cushion for even a crap attack like India's.
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    *Official* Third Test at the WACA

    andy, can you please let me know if my response to the above post warranted or not?
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    Greatest cricketer post 1990

    Voted for Tendulkar, but amongst him, McGrath and Gilchrist is very hard to separate. Gilchrist, specially, has redefined the way the game is played. Not too many cricketers can lay claim to that, not even Bradman. The option of having a dud with the bat for a wicket keeper has simply been...
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    Can Tendulkar get 100 international hundreds?

    1. Ponting came into the argument because he is in a similar situation to where Tendulkar was 3-4 years back. He is also regarded as one of the greatest batsmen to have played the game (I agree with that) just like Tendulkar. However, all criticism of Ponting has been limited to his performance...
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    Can Tendulkar get 100 international hundreds?

    Not at all. I think you completely missed the point. Personally, I don't get riled up at all if someone criticizes Tendulkar for whatever reasons. I was just trying to explain why a lot of Tendulkar fans are overtly sensitive about criticism towards him. And there are merits to my argument as...
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    Can Tendulkar get 100 international hundreds?

    Never said Chappell represents all Australians. However, he is a notable cricket analyst and commentator, and is widely acclaimed to have a very good knowledge of the game. It is fair play to criticize someone for their playing abilities when they are not performing, as Tendulkar was during...
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    *Official* Third Test at the WACA

    Apologies. Point taken - perhaps got carried away seeing the 'Symonds, the victim and unlucky one' posts.
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    Kallis vs Ponting as test batsmen

    A thread comparing Ponting and Kallis as batsmen racks up 130 replies, one discussing Kallis' position as a batsman in the annals of cricket is on 200, and another one comparing him as an all rounder to no less than Sobers gets 1000 replies. Then some people talk about Kallis being underrated?
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    *Official* Third Test at the WACA

    Yeah, got to take the word of blokes like Clarke who bore testimony for Symonds after claiming a bumped catch and refusing to walk after edging to first slip over someone with an impeccable image like Tendulkar. (in a match played under the gentleman's agreement, BTW)
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    Can Tendulkar get 100 international hundreds?

    Any more sensitive than carrying a liability with the bat for 4 years and a mediocre captain to boot in the national squad? Tendulkar fans don't get sensitive in isolation. They get sensitive because the likes of Ian Chappell reserve their infinite cricket wisdom for Tendulkar - insinuate that...
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    Kallis vs Ponting as test batsmen

    It's a tough call to make, but the answer always has to be Ponting. Yeah, both made hay after sucking in the 90s and in the batting paradises of the 00s, but there is absolutely no doubt about Ponting's supremacy with the bat. He had a 4-5 year peak, albeit supported by an exceptional team and...
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    *Official* Third Test at the WACA

    So poor Symonds' career got finished after he accused someone falsely of racism? If yes, then I would say justice well served, instead of weeping a river.
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    Where does Kallis rate as a batsman alone?

    Yeah, isn't it remarkable that immediately following the retirement/decline of some great fast bowlers and flattening of pitches how so many batsmen like Inzamam, Ponting, Kallis, Dravid, Jayawardene etc. etc. all become much better players. Must be top billing for 'Coincidence of the Century'...
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    Where does Kallis rate as a batsman alone?

    1 century in 20 innings till Walsh and Ambrose were around followed by 7 in 23 innings after their retirement.
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    Where does Kallis rate as a batsman alone?

    Why just the bolded ones? It's suddenly not clear to me that even Bradman is better than Kallis. After all he just played in 2 countries against one decent opposition. If Kallis keeps playing West Indies, Zimbabwe, and Bangladesh in 10 grounds he'll overtake Bradman as well.
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    Where does Kallis rate as a batsman alone?

    And that is precisely why Kallis has 1 century in 20 innings against the WI till 2001-2 and then 7 in 23 innings after that. How you can call any NZ attack from the past many years better than a bowling line up with Vaas and Murali is not clear either.

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