Ya he has got out bowled and lbw a lot of times recently which has been his major problem. A major reason for it has been him playing across on the leg side. Gavaskar mentioned before this series started how great players don't get bowled and lbw the way Tendulkar has been so much in recent times before the test series started. He said that he found that Tendulkar had overcome that aspect in the tour games. However, we did see him repeat the error. He cannot move as fast as he moved before. He cannot bat in the same fashion for 18 years in his career. He batted differently at 16, 21, 28. However, a lot of people make the mistake that it necessarily translates to scoring lesser runs which is not necessarily true. You can see some one like McGrath, you don't even have to go back to Lillee. They didn't have their earlier speed but performed even later.
Look at Tendulkar's wagon wheel from yesterday:
He didn't hit the bigger shots on the leg side partly because England wasn't bowling fuller to him to play those shots and partly because he was in no mood to take risks. Cutting down shots doesn't mean you will score less runs. It means that you have eliminated chances of getting out. Which Steve Waugh would people have? The one which played the bouncers and got out or the one which made more runs after cutting down on playing shots on the bouncers. I don't mind Tendulkar playing less shots if he can secure himself not getting out and scoring more runs than he otherwise would have as a result of it.
honest. No doubt Jones would have leapt at that too.
