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Zaheer Abbas feels Tendulkar is better than Bradman ? Shucks?
I think Zaheer Abbas is saying this as he is simply sucking up to Indian public (and therefore the moolah)
Here's why I think Tendulkar should never even be compared to Don Bradman
(a) In 21 years, Tendulkar has averaged 90+ in only 1 calendar year (and it is still ongoing. We'll see after the S.A series). Don Bradman entire career average is higher than that of Tendulkar's highest 1 year average.
(b) Tendulkar picks weak bowling attacks and pads up his statistics. Just see his performance against McGrath, Warne, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Shaun Pollock, Alan Donald, Muralitharan, etc. Even Lara has a better average against these greats than Tendulkar does.
Brian Lara in Tests:
http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/52337.html?class=1;filter=advanced;
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Tendulkar in Tests:
http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=1;filter=advanced;
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7 months ago
Brian Lara in Tests+ODIs:
http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/52337.html?class=11;filter=advanced;
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Tendulkar in Tests+ODIs:
http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=11;filter=advanced;
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STATISTICS CLEARLY SHOW THAT LARA WAS A SUPERIOR BATSMAN THAN TENDULKAR.
Brian Lara played 108 innings against these 7 great bowlers, scored 5253 runs with 14 centuries at an average of 50.02 runs
Brian Lara played 124 TEST innings NOT against these 7 great bowlers, scored 6740 runs with 20 centuries at an average of 55.70 runs
Sachin Tendulkar played 246 TEST+ODI innings against these 7 bowlers, scored 9344 runs with 28 centuries at an average of 40.10 runs per innings.
Sachin Tendulkar played 457 TEST+ODI innings NOT against these 7 bowlers, scored 21711 runs with 65 centuries at an average of 54.27 runs per innings. (also includes 1 T20 innings, 10 runs)
In Tests, while playing against the weaker bowlers (i.e., Not the 7 great bowlers), Sachin scored heavily at a Test average of 62.78. But the same Sachin was able to score an average of only 43.36 against the great bowlers.
In Tests, while playing against the weaker bowlers (i.e., Not the 7 great bowlers), Lara scored more runs (average = 55.70 runs) but not like Tendulkar. But the same Lara was still able to maintain an average of 50.02 against the great bowlers.
7 months ago
In Tests+ODIs, while playing against the weaker bowlers (i.e., Not the 7 great bowlers), Lara scored at a Test+ODI average of 46.94. Lara was still able to score at almost the same average 46.32 against the great bowlers also.
In Tests+ODIs, while playing against the weaker bowlers (i.e., Not the 7 great bowlers), Tendulkar scored at a Test+ODI average of 54.27. But the same Tendulkar was struggling to score runs against the 7 great bowlers and averaged only 40.10.
STATISTICS CLEARLY SHOW THAT LARA WAS A SUPERIOR BATSMAN THAN TENDULKAR.
RIZWAN, You hit the nail in the head.
"ZAHEER ABBAS JUST WANTED TO GET MEDIA ATTENTION.THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS TO PRAISE AN INDIAN CRICKETER"
should be modified to
"ZAHEER ABBAS JUST WANTED TO GET MEDIA ATTENTION.THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS TO PRAISE SACHIN TENDULKAR".
Had Zaheer Abbas praised Laxman or Dravid, both Indian cricketers, he would not have been noticed.
For those who think I am an Aussie, oh well, you are morons. I have been following Indian cricket right from the day when Sunny Gavaskar blasted off with that 65 and 67* and that amazing 700+ runs in his first tour.
I criticized him for that dour knock of 36* (60 overs of batting) while chasing what he would call at that time an improbable 300+ run chase in 60 over World Cup match"
That Amazing 174 by Sandip Patil.....the plucky and paunchy Yashpal Sharma. I can still remember that 222 by Vishy while Yaspal got 140 (Chennai vs England)....the courageous and one of the best players of Pace Bowling....
Mohinder Amarnath. Gavaskar's carried the bat innings not withstanding, Mohinder was the only one who could stand upto Imran Khan when he had his 40 wicket haul. That amazing series in West Indies against one of the best fast bowling line up the world has ever seen.....and then that inexplicable string of zeroes..........Then Vengsarkar took over the mantle of Mr Consistent..........later on Azhar with serious deficiencies against raw pace attacks (Azhar actually used to move away from the stumps like a gully cricketer does when facing a fearsome bowler)..assumed the role of a leading run scorer....while the spin trio, then Kapil, Dilip Doshi, Shivlal yadav and Maninder Singh dominated all these years.
One similarity between Maninder Singh and Harbhajan Singh is that they can never really take wickets when the team needs........
After that I went abroad and lived there for 12 years so I missed out the action from 1990 to 2002.
Data : 2010-11-10 10:08:36Hey who ever you are the stats are all wrong.................I think you dont deserve to question the great man...........sachin is the best and did you see bradman batting. I never saw so i think sachin is great.
Date : 2010-11-10 10:16:22
Related Questions
Should Australians be ashamed of comparing Sachin Tendulkar to Overrated Don Bradman?
Obviously, Sachin Tendulkar is the Greatest Cricketer of All Time according to the facts with Valid Points and Genuine Reasons after a hard lot of Research and Facts, clearly proving that Sachin Tendulkar is a class part and miles ahead of Don Bradman -
1. Most of Professionals Can hit more than 6 sixes in one game (Yuvraj Did It Against against Stuart Broad of England in T20 World Cup 2007) where as it took Bradman a 20 years long career to do so -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l4Hyv0Utrs
2. Bradman played 52 international matches in his 20 years long International career (avg. of 2.3 matches per year) so it was easy to maintain such high average whereas Sachin has packed schedule of over 21 years by playing in 30 matches per year with the passion for doing something phenomenal to make India proud and that's what actually he had done so far in his 619+ International Career Matches including 442 ODIs and 177 Tests.
3. Test Cricket was the only form of cricket in which cricket was existed during the era of Don Bradman only suited format for him as per his Strike Rate of 29.7 and whereas Sachin Tendulkar adjusted Himself for every format such as T20 (as we saw in IPL 2010), ODIs,Test Cricket and has a much better strike and of around 55+ in Tests, 86+ in ODIs and has a nice average of 38+ in Twenty20 (IPL) which hardly ever seen in this short format by any other player great player.
4. Semi-Professional Era with no such good bowlers as Kumble, Warne and Murali so no one from a genuine cricket fan would call it the one the best for Bowlers with slow pace and low bounce.
5. Bradman played on same pitches and conditions and against almost against Same Teams and Bowlers.(As He Scored 70% of his runs against England).
6. Australians were the best bowlers during the time of Don Bradman and cricket was not so popular so it was not much competition b/w England and Australia due to Mighty Australian Team of the era of Don Bradman.
7. Sachin would even have may came close to the average of even 75+ in Test Cricket and even 65+ in ODIs if he wasn't a victim of such dubious umpiring in his whole career and then he would have easily reached 120 centuries and the landmark of 40K Runs -
http://sachinandcritics.com/sachin_vs_ump.php
We Also Have to Consider the fact that it is only since 1997 (dubious umpiring luck),it would not be that difficult to calculate his umpiring luck in his start 8 years with such innocence he was the only player to accept those dodgy decision like a true gentleman not the one like Ponting who argue and wannna change a correct decision and act up as an umpire -
You can't even Recall any Cricketer with such bad luck at umpiring, doubt if Bradman was victimized as such even 5 times?
8. Dead Pitches are said to falsely said to be impossible to bat at but to the admit the fact , wonder watching the Bradman's Video With deliveries not Even Bouncing till the Waist Height at Such Slow Speed with no grace and so Bradman has ample of time to play the stroke at those so called uncovered pitches.
Clearly He Wouldn't Had Play Little More Bouncing Balls (than usual of his time) That Great.
9. Cricket Legends and Expertise too Accepting Sachin Tendulkar is the Greatest (full marks to them for being such honest as well as Faithful).
Nasser Hussain calling him better than Bradman --
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/series-tournaments/sachin-tendulkar-immortal-at-200/Tendulkar-better-than-even-Bradman-Nasser-Hussain/articleshow/5615151.cms
Sir Viv Richards saying his Feats Untouchable and also him being the greatest --
(#1) http://www.theindiadaily.com/sachin-is-greatest-ever-viv-richards/
(#2) http://cricket.ndtv.com/storypage.aspx?id=SPOEN20100162923&nid=71971
Zaheer Abbas (A Truly Pakistani Legend) had words right from his heart -
http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_sachin-tendulkar-better-than-bradman-zaheer-abbas_1463479
Sir Richard Hadlee have had his remarkable Point about Our Legend -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVNTZtAThFg (Video)
Brett Lee (One of the Most Successful Australian Fast Bowler) Calling Him the Greatest --
http://www.sify.com/sports/tendulkar-is-the-greatest-batsman-brett-lee-news-news-kmspOiaebce.html
Wasim Akram (Best All Time Fast Bowler) have had his words right from the heart --
http://www.espnstar.com/cricket/exclusive/news/detail/item549875/Akram-hails-Sachin-as-the-greatest/
Sachin Best of All Time, According to Brian Lara -
http://netindian.in/news/2011/01/18/00010176/sachin-best-batsman-world-says-lara
10. As For Bradman, Without Helmet and Modern Equipments such as helmet and It was much easier to play your stroke for that Batsman so Sachin beats him having such unique but heavy modern protection gears where it is not a comfort zone.
Date : 2011-01-19 06:07:45Sachin and Sir Bradman. One anaylisis.(Not for raisers)?
I have analyzed the Sachin and Bradman's career. The observations are as follows-
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1. Bradman only played tests. Sachin is playing all three formats.
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2. Bradman played his mostly against the England who had a younger, beginners team. And scored a total of 7000 runs in which 5000 were against only England. Sachin Played against every team, having 30,000 runs, centuries against every team, played 21 years of cricket and still in 2010 he is ICC cricketer of the year.
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3. Bradman played 20 years but only less than 60 test matches, but Sachin is playing for 20 years but played 175 tests + 434 one-days + T20 matches. So Sachin has very busy schedule, so fitness was more challenging for Sachin in comparison to Bradman.
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4. Bradman did not face too many world class bowlers. England has only younger players who used to play as hobby. But Sachin had played against Murlidharan, Shane, McGrath, Shoib, Wasim, and currently David stain, Mendis, Bret lee etc.
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5. Tendulkar scored his maiden Test century at 17 years of age, whereas Bradman was 20 when he notched up the first milestone.
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6. Bradman played in that environment when there was only two umpires not third umpire, no cameras. But Sachin is playing in that time when there is a lot of pressure, lot of expectations, lot of cheering, lot of criticizing, lot of fast cricket, lot of good quality bowlers and where every ball is being analyzed with lot of cameras. There are lot of criticizers in the world now who can detect every single of defect of playing technique of batsman.
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But I am not saying that Sachin is greater or Bradman is Greater. But at least we can say that Sachin is "Alive Bradman" or Sachin is "Modern Bradman".
And after-all we have Bradman's comment itself. Bradman said,"I feel myself in Sachin when he plays"
Agree Friends...?
Date : 2011-02-10 02:27:13Sachin and Sir Bradman? One deep analysis (Not for raisers)?
I have analyzed the Sachin and Bradman's career. The observations are as follows-
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1. Bradman only played tests. Sachin is playing all three formats.
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2. Bradman played his mostly against the England who had a younger, beginners team. And scored a total of 7000 runs in which 5000 were against only England. Sachin Played against every team, having 30,000 runs, centuries against every team, played 21 years of cricket and still in 2010 he is ICC cricketer of the year.
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3. Bradman played 20 years but only less than 60 test matches, but Sachin is playing for 20 years but played 175 tests + 434 one-days + T20 matches. So Sachin has very busy schedule, so fitness was more challenging for Sachin in comparison to Bradman.
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4. Bradman did not face too many world class bowlers. England has only younger players who used to play as hobby. But Sachin had played against Murlidharan, Shane, McGrath, Shoib, Wasim, and currently David stain, Mendis, Bret lee etc.
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5. Tendulkar scored his maiden Test century at 17 years of age, whereas Bradman was 20 when he notched up the first milestone.
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6. Bradman played in that environment when there was only two umpires not third umpire, no cameras. But Sachin is playing in that time when there is a lot of pressure, lot of expectations, lot of cheering, lot of criticizing, lot of fast cricket, lot of good quality bowlers and where every ball is being analyzed with lot of cameras. There are lot of criticizers in the world now who can detect every single of defect of playing technique of batsman.
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But I am not saying that Sachin is greater or Bradman is Greater. But at least we can say that Sachin is "Alive Bradman" or Sachin is "Modern Bradman".
And after-all we have Bradman's comment itself. Bradman said,"I feel myself in Sachin when he plays"
Agree Friends...?
Date : 2011-02-10 06:38:46What is the Highest individual Scores for each batting position in odi.?
i. e .
Highest Test match scores for each batting position
1. Len Hutton (ENG) - 364 vs. Australia at The Oval, 1938
2. Matthew Hayden (AUS) - 380 vs. Zimbabwe at Perth, 2003–04
3. Brian Lara (WI) - 400* vs. England at St. John's, 2003–04
4. Mahela Jayawardene (SL) - 374 vs. South Africa at Colombo, 2006–07
5. Sir Donald Bradman (AUS) - 304 vs. England at Leeds, 1934
6. Doug Walters (AUS) - 250 vs. New Zealand at Christchurch, 1976–77
7. Sir Donald Bradman (AUS) - 270 vs. England at Melbourne, 1936–37
8. Wasim Akram (PAK) - 257* vs. Zimbabwe at Sheikhupura, 1996–97
9. Ian Smith (NZ) - 173 vs. India at Auckland, 1989–90
10. Walter Read (ENG) - 117 vs. Australia at The Oval, 1884
11. Zaheer Khan (IND) - 75 vs. Bangladesh at Dhaka, 2004
What is the record for ODI.
Date : 2011-06-13 00:56:16
