What if Tendulkar was an Aussie ?

[Eclipse]

You know it is not the same- most of the time i am here, i am multi-tasking and its one thing to fire off a comment after reading about it, its totally different ballgame spending time looking something up that actually requires undivided attention.
I came across the data because a) I am a Tendulkar fan and b) I visit other websites, some significantly more intellectually geared cricketing-wise than here ( eg: VTCB) These kind of topics are far more common there than here.
For example, Tendulkar batting for under-15 (at the age of 12) was averaging 100+
In his first FC season as a 15 year old, he was averaging 50+
I have already pointed towards the sources where you can verify these information should you wish.

And didn't Ponting also do that? Ponting once made something like 6 hundreds in six innings in Junior cricket.

what you suggest doesn't tell me his record was better than Pontings at the same age.

 

[Turbinator]

I have selected the analogy from experience - i can speak from personal experience relating to the ICSE, CBSE, A-Levels and American education system and i've interacted a fair bit with Aussie students up here.
So far, i've found the Aussie and American students to be significantly less rounded than Canadian students...

BRAAP!

CA-NA-DA Eaaaaaa! That's why a lot of Canadian students do find the SATs and ACTs and all those other American tests quite easy...


P.S. This post was completely off-topic and irrelevant.... forgive me... I was bored!

 

[C_C]

And didn't Ponting also do that? Ponting once made something like 6 hundreds in six innings in Junior cricket.

what you suggest doesn't tell me his record was better than Pontings at the same age.

Err because Tendulkar, unlike Ponting, was playing beyond his age group.

 

[C_C]

Don't worry mate, most of us aren't like that.

Most of us(and by 'us' i mean people-not just asians) arnt like you either, i am glad to say.

 

[silentstriker]

Most of us(and by 'us' i mean people-not just asians) arnt like you either, i am glad to say.

Haha, first thing you've said correctly in a long time.

 

[C_C]

Haha, first thing you've said correctly in a long time.

Ironic that you found it 'correct'. Oh well.I guess on some levels you know who you really are.

 

[marc71178]

Err because Tendulkar, unlike Ponting, was playing beyond his age group.

Allegedly...

 

[silentstriker]

Ironic that you found it 'correct'. Oh well.I guess on some levels you know who you really are.

Yea, someone with extraordinary intelligence, humor and wisdom. If everyone was like me, I wouldn't be all that special, although the world might be a much better place.

 

[silentstriker]

Allegedly...

Don't bother. The day he actually presents a factual argument is the day India becomes a dominant test side.

 

[C_C]

Allegedly...

Call Mumbai cricket association if you don't already know that a 12 year old Tendulkar was annihilating 15 year old kids in competetive cricket.
Since U-15 records arnt available on the internet, you can either go to an indian cricket forum and enquire, contact Mumbai cricket association or simply fall back to the tired,cliched and intellectually lazy dominions of 'spoon-feed me the proof or i wont buy it because i really dont care- all i care about is to harp on it'

 

[Turbinator]

What a peaceful and pleasant thread...

 

[C_C]

Yea, someone with extraordinary intelligence, humor and wisdom. If everyone was like me, I wouldn't be all that special, although the world might be a much better place.

No comment more than this.

 

[Turbinator]

No comment more than this.

You mean "No comments OTHER than this."

Wow, Canadian education is tops!

 

[marc71178]

Hmm - now suddenly the information isn't available.

The same information that you "can't be bothered to provide" but that you were so sure existed.

That rat still smells - you can never back up your so called facts with hard proof, and whenever challenged on it, refuse to do so...

 

[C_C]

Don't bother. The day he actually presents a factual argument is the day India becomes a dominant test side.

I realise you are a newbie here in relative terms and as a result you might've missed the threads where i actually discussed cricket seriously- i doubt what that means, given that you are too consumed in cooking up utterly meaningless 'ratings' that show nothing more than the lack of fundamental understanding of cricket from your part.Oh well.

 

[C_C]

Hmm - now suddenly the information isn't available.

The same information that you "can't be bothered to provide" but that you were so sure existed.

That rat still smells - you can never back up your so called facts with hard proof, and whenever challenged on it, refuse to do so...

Please do not misquote me- i said the information is not available online
And if you think i am bluffing, would you be so kind to post Atherton or Gough's under-15 record here- just to demonstrate that these things are available online ?
I've backed up my 'so-called' facts significantly more than you ever have in your entire voluminous postings here that are nothing more than one-liners. I have also told you where exactly you can find the information you seek.
And as i expected, you want to be dismissive simply because you are lazy and you don't really care to find out - you wanna be spoon-fed.
The ball is in your court now.

 

[Turbinator]

= SS, C_C, and Marc

 

[silentstriker]

I realise you are a newbie here in relative terms and as a result you might've missed the threads where i actually discussed cricket seriously-

Don't worry I can guess.

C_C: Western Civilization, with its evil influence has corrupted the game of cricket.
Everyone: ??
C_C: Duh, look at what Hitler did, that clearly shows Ponting is inferior to Dravid.
Everyone: ...
C_C: Idiots

 

[adharcric]

This thread has turned into an absolute disaster. Here's my take ...

Tendulkar is probably the greatest batting prodigy the cricketing world has seen in the past few decades and almost certainly a greater teen prodigy than Ponting was. He may have been good enough to make the Aussie side at the age of 18, but there is more to the story. Breaking into first-class cricket in your teens, regardless of how talented you may be, can be very difficult in Australia. Ponting's case was also influenced by where he came from. That said, Tendulkar may or may not have made the Aussie side in his teens; this depends on which part of Australia he came from and other factors.

IMO, Tendulkar would definitely have been good enough to make the Aussie side at the age of 18. He might not have actually made it though.

Everyone here has a semblance of an argument (C_C included, despite some of the conclusions a few you have jumped to) but there is a seriously inability to see the other side's POV. There are a few who have come in as usual and made the typically sly, useless remarks that they have a habit of making. That's all I have to say on this matter.

 

[silentstriker]

There are a few who have come in as usual and made the typically sly, useless remarks that they have a habit of making. That's all I have to say on this matter..

If you mean me, you're probably right. I'll just extricate myself from this thread now.