akilana
State Captain
You can’t reason out with fanboys.
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Shane Warne vs Curtly Ambrose
- Thread starter DrWolverine
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Sliferxxxx
First Class Debutant
Sachin is exceptional in terms of his longevity ie the number of tests he played but honestly, nothing he actually did on the field left me in awe. Like Vvs' 281 that left me in awe, or Perera’s 153* same.
subshakerz
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Hundreds in SENA as a teen
subshakerz
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Sachins 136 in Chennai was like that.
smash84
The Tiger King
Ok, but teen prodigy seems more like adding to his case of being the "best" rather than "greatest". No?
Sliferxxxx
First Class Debutant
Yeah great innings yes but not remotely in the same class as the 281 and others.
subshakerz
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Well I was arguing this in response to why I rate him so high in specialist skill.
subshakerz
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I mean it's not a prerequisite to have ATG innings to be top tier s long as you have great innings. Sachin does lack meg series though which I always acknowledge.
Coronis
Hall of Fame Member
Why?
Thala_0710
State Captain
This forum is getting more and more ridiculous. Sachin wasn't a teen prodigy now?
The youngest cricketer to score a test ton in AUS is not an Australian but Sachin Tendulkar.
The youngest cricketer to score a test ton in ENG is not an Englishman but Sachin Tendulkar.
The youngest cricketer to score a test ton in SA is not an South African but Sachin Tendulkar (till date the only teenage centurion in the country).
He is also the youngest ever to score fifties in NZ and PAK.
There are only 9 batsmen in the history of test cricket to score a ton in SENA as a teenager, 6 of them have 1 ton, Neil Harvey and Graeme Pollock have 2 each (both from SENA btw). Sachin alone has 4. If you remove the SENA filter, still no one has more than 2 test tons as a teen, while Sachin has 5.
But sure, Sachin wasn't a prodigy now.
smash84
The Tiger King
Ok, he was a teen prodigy. I probably remembered his teen years output less than they actually were. I am fine to stand corrected on that. But that still seems to be more a part of "best" rather than "great" to me. No?
Thala_0710
State Captain
Depends on how you define greatness. If you're the greatest teenage batsman ever, and also one of the best ever over the age of 35, that counts towards greatness imo.
sayon basak
Cricketer Of The Year
I feel that being a teen prodigy definitely adds to one's greatness.
smash84
The Tiger King
Fun fact.. Imran averaged more than Sachin when taking their batting over the age of 35
smash84
The Tiger King
I think someone needs to bring out the chatgpt definition again.
Thala_0710
State Captain
Imran played 25 inns over the age of 35 in which he had 8 not outs too, Sachin played 91. Not comparable at all.Fun fact.. Imran averaged more than Sachin when taking their batting over the age of 35
smash84
The Tiger King
Duh..there was a reason I only put his average there and not his total runs.
Coronis
Hall of Fame Member
He did play more when he was younger than others - which allowed him have more runs and centuries due to more opportunities as a teen, but not necessarily a better record, I’d call him one of quite a few teen prodigies.
Teen prodigies imo
Tendulkar 25 matches 1522 @ 44.76 5 tons 8 fifties
Umar Akmal 6 matches 578 @ 48.16 1 ton 4 fifties
Pollock 5 matches 399 @ 57.00 2 tons
Harvey 4 matches 299 @ 75.75 2 tons
Waqar 11 matches 55 @ 19.49 5 5’fers 2 10’fers
Mohammad Amir 14 matches 51 @ 29.09 3 5’fers
Paul Adams 7 matches 31 @ 25.06 1 5’fer
Wasim 8 matches 28 @ 24.57 2 5’fers 1 10’fer
And the greatest teen prodigy of all time imo.
Javed Miandad 7 matches 655 @ 59.54 2 tons 3 fifties 14 wickets @ 32.85
Teen prodigies imo
Tendulkar 25 matches 1522 @ 44.76 5 tons 8 fifties
Umar Akmal 6 matches 578 @ 48.16 1 ton 4 fifties
Pollock 5 matches 399 @ 57.00 2 tons
Harvey 4 matches 299 @ 75.75 2 tons
Waqar 11 matches 55 @ 19.49 5 5’fers 2 10’fers
Mohammad Amir 14 matches 51 @ 29.09 3 5’fers
Paul Adams 7 matches 31 @ 25.06 1 5’fer
Wasim 8 matches 28 @ 24.57 2 5’fers 1 10’fer
And the greatest teen prodigy of all time imo.
Javed Miandad 7 matches 655 @ 59.54 2 tons 3 fifties 14 wickets @ 32.85
DrWolverine
International Regular
Sachin is the easiest example of a cricket prodigy and someone who someone who fulfilled the expectations he had on him since Day 1.
OverratedSanity
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Tendulkar had comfortably the most aggregate runs and hundreds for any teenage cricketer. Averaged 45 or something as a teenager and was test standard, making tough runs away from home (even in tours he didn't make hundreds, he played important knocks in Pakistan and in nz vs Hadlee) from age 16/17. It's pretty unprecedented. Comparing him with teenage cricketers like miandasd is stupid, javed was 19 when he debuted not 16. No one else has ever been as impressive at such a young age.