That's called being once in a lifetime talent with the added benefit of possessing kind of longevity which no one in cricket 's history ever had.
Well Root is not fit to tie Kane’s shoelaces according to [MENTION=147292]RedwoodOriginal[/MENTION]
What an illogical post this is. SRT is the greatest Asian cricketer and that is down to hundreds of factor.
Pakistan, however, don't have a single batsman who stands up even in one of them, that's a reality. I wish one day they produce a batsman of equivalence of Joe Root, let alone Tendulkar, so that their fans aren't so obsessed with the record of their nemesis and have something in their sleeves to care about. At the moment, it doesn't looks like any
That's more to do with your bowlers, not batsmen.
What an illogical post this is. SRT is the greatest Asian cricketer and that is down to hundreds of factor.
Pakistan, however, don't have a single batsman who stands up even in one of them, that's a reality. I wish one day they produce a batsman of equivalence of Joe Root, let alone Tendulkar, so that their fans aren't so obsessed with the record of their nemesis and have something in their sleeves to care about. At the moment, it doesn't looks like any
)Errr, how come it's only sore Pakistani fans who can see it? Why doesn't the rest of the world sees it? I've never heard one ex player or cricket analyist (non Pak ones) say something along those lines. Forget Pakistani fans, even Pakistani ex cricketers have been found singing his praises. Hanif Mohammad rated him better than Bradman. So my question is, if what you say is true, why is the rest of the world blind towards it? Could it be that it's you who can't digest that he is so highly rated by the cricketing fraternity? Yes, that's the truth.
With regards to the innings of Miandad you mentioned, you forgot that Holding, Roberts and Garner had all retired by then. And that particular innings came when even Marshall didn't play that Test. That's the quality of that innings
Actually that knock came in a series decider of India's tour of Australia 2003. That alone makes the relevance of the knock very high. It was a series decider and we were very close to winning the series against that Australian team had we taken those 20 wickets but Australia's batting lineup themselves was an ATG one.
However, what seperates Tendulkar with Miandad is that unlike Miandad, Tendulkar has half a dozen such knocks vs Australia whether we point to his 1992 century at Perth or 1999 century vs McGrath and Warne or his 155 and 126 at home vs McGrath and Warne.
Actually, your suggestion that it was a pointless knock tells us how much relevance your own opinion should be given to. It is hillarious actually because Babar's 196 came at home on a flat deck vs the present Australian team but was not good enough to save a home series loss is considered greatest knock he has played in tests by you guys.
So,now that you got a reality check, you are running away
This is not a one day international game that now you are linking those runs with the strike rate and in case if you haven't watched that game, let me tell you that it was the first inning and not fourth inning of the test match so not sure how strike rate matters.
As for the strength of that Australian team, that team had the greatest batting lineup of all-time. It had four ATGs in one team- Hayden( ATG opener), Ponting, Steve Waugh and Gilchrist.
Pakistan on other hand got smacked recently by home bullies- David Warner and Labuschagne of all.
So after singing bhajans all your life about how well Waqar did against the West Indies in his prime, you are now forced to put an asterisk against it because you have no other option. You even used his performance against the West Indies during that period to cover up his chokes against Australia all his career.
And why on earth should I not bring up the accolades and critical acclaims Sachin has received from the entire cricketing fraternity? The reason it’s nonsense to you is because it hurts you. It’s because your hero hasn’t even received even 0.000000001% of that. A cricketer is rated based on his career records and on how highly his peers rate him. Dennis Lillee is rated by almost everyone who saw him as the greatest fast bowler of his time, even by your own Imran Khan. That’s what makes him the greatest.
And what performance you are speaking of? Almost every great player apart from Bradman have had holes in their career. Sachin came in 1989, and he too is someone who doesn’t have a single hole in his career. He averages above 40 in and against every nation. Even Sobers and Viv have holes in their career, but not Sachin. That’s the reason why you have to bring in victories in the equation, because you know a player has no control over it, and it’s the only option left for you to save face.
Now listen, you can keep arguing all you want, the next time another World XI or a list of greatest cricketers come up, once again Sachin will feature at the top. You know it just as well as I do. All you’ll be left up with is, “ I’ll kick out Sachin, and include X,Y,Z”. Afterall that’s what you’ve always done because you have no other option left.
Lastly, you are a fan of a disgraceful match fixer life Saleem Malik. You leave no stones unturned to defend him. You have the face and audacity to criticize a player who made it to WISDEN’s All Time World XI?
Spot on. This is just their jealousy which is getting better of them.
