Stats comparison between Sachin Tendulkar and Kumar Sangakkara

[MesonK]

Opposition: Aus, Eng, NZ, PAK, Ind/SL, SA

Away/Home: only away

Sanga

Mats 117 Runs 4422 Ave 43.0 SR 82.07 100/50 8/28

Sachin

Mats 105 Runs 3435 Ave 34.35 SR 78.12 100/50 9/14

I am not trying to dismiss a legend like Tendulkar but whats going on here Sachins away ODI record against tougher bowling attacks is literally far far below Sanga who has better strike rate and far far better average. Both guys have played against almost same attacks on foreign pitches. Sample size is also kinda same.

Situation becomes even more funny when same opposition bowling attacks took on these two legends of the game outside Asia. Sanga maintains his overall away ODI stats against same tougher oppositions outside asia while tendy drops down to an average of 31

Sanga

Outside Asia

Mats 90 Runs 3261 Ave 42.35 SR 80.43 100/50 5/22

Sachin

Outside Asia

Mats 64 Runs 1932 Ave 31.16 SR 73.26 100/50 3/10

This is not a troll thread to bring down tendulkar but can someone explain this bad record ?

 

[captain crook]

Haha.. good thread to rile up the Indians. But looking at both the careers objectively, don't you think Sachin faced better bowlers in the early part of his career? I could be wrong, but dissecting the bowlers they scored against should really make this a fascinating thread!

 

[MesonK]

^ Its not much. They both retired facing same generation of bowlers with 2-3 years gap between them.

Actually, one can turn this argument around and use it against Sachin. For example Sachin faced weaker SL attacks up till the rise of Vaas, murali lead SL bowling units in late 90s. Sachin also faced comparatively weaker English attacks of 90s compared to the re-surged Anderson, hoggard, harmison, broad, swann combos in 2000s and onwards.

Sachin also dint spend his whole career against aussie lethal pack of Mcgrath+Lee+Gillespie+Warne+Mcgill. Early 90s aussie attack lead by McDermot was nothing compared to the mentioned one which sanga faced for almost entire career of his.

Same can be said about re-surged NZ attacks of Cairns, Bond, Mills, Vettori and later boys who are still playing and compare them to the unsettled and weaker 90s NZ bowling attacks. Sanga has faced harder bowlers in all forms.

If someone can do head to head bowler vs batsman stats then that would help but there is not much difference between who they faced. If you exclude Imran, Botham (anyone else ??) they both have faced almost same set of bowlers for most of their careers.

Its fascinating isnt it because Indian fans sometimes just put down sanga like he was a tier 2 FTB. I saw the same gap he has with even likes of dravid, ganguly ... I can post the stats. but lets stay to sachin here.

Point of this thread is to give Sanga his due respect. IMO he is easily on par with tendulkar or may be the joint best batsman to have been born in asia along with sachin

 

[Poison]

Very difficult to compare an opening batsman to a #3, especially in the shorter forms. Also completely different players in my opinion, Sanga more accumulator whereas Tendulkar (at least until late 2000s) used to really dominate attacks.

Test records are not comparable; Sachin didn't average below 40 anywhere. Sanga has a couple of gaps but I do think this is an unfortunate result of SL not touring Australia/England/SA as much as India did. Sanga imo is probably #3 in the modern era to come out of Asia.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Very difficult to compare an opening batsman to a #3, especially in the shorter forms. Also completely different players in my opinion, Sanga more accumulator whereas Tendulkar (at least until late 2000s) used to really dominate attacks.

Test records are not comparable; Sachin didn't average below 40 anywhere. Sanga has a couple of gaps but I do think this is an unfortunate result of SL not touring Australia/England/SA as much as India did. Sanga imo is probably #3 in the modern era to come out of Asia.

You have Sanga as 1 in the other thread. Confused or what?

 

[Poison]

You have Sanga as 1 in the other thread. Confused or what?

As pure batsmen yeah there's no real comparison between Sachin and anyone. Take into account everything outside that (Sanga kept for vast majority of his career, was a one-man show outside Asia, clutch-moments) and Sanga comes up trumps. Even Dravid comes up trumps over the false god.

 

[TQ89]

How can you compare sachin to anybody? The man played 25 years for gods sake.

Plus as most of you teenies forget despite being reminded by so many posters over the year that Sachin had to overhaul his whole game after 2004. You really going to compare this just on numbers?

Lete me ask you How many innings did you watch of Sachin in your lifetime and for that matter how closely did you watch sanga? Sanga trule became the beast that he is now in his last 5 years due to playing t20. Before that he was accumulator but nevertheless a very reliable player and remarkably consistent. Same goes for sachin in his first 13 years.

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

OP have you kept all other things constant in your analysis or are converging/diverging variables are also in play in the above numbers ??

P.S. I haven't checked the numbers for either batsman so it's very difficult for me to have an opinion going by the face value of what is mentioned by the thread starter....

 

[Indiafan]

^ Its not much. They both retired facing same generation of bowlers with 2-3 years gap between them.

Actually, one can turn this argument around and use it against Sachin. For example Sachin faced weaker SL attacks up till the rise of Vaas, murali lead SL bowling units in late 90s. Sachin also faced comparatively weaker English attacks of 90s compared to the re-surged Anderson, hoggard, harmison, broad, swann combos in 2000s and onwards.

Sachin also dint spend his whole career against aussie lethal pack of Mcgrath+Lee+Gillespie+Warne+Mcgill. Early 90s aussie attack lead by McDermot was nothing compared to the mentioned one which sanga faced for almost entire career of his.

Same can be said about re-surged NZ attacks of Cairns, Bond, Mills, Vettori and later boys who are still playing and compare them to the unsettled and weaker 90s NZ bowling attacks. Sanga has faced harder bowlers in all forms.

If someone can do head to head bowler vs batsman stats then that would help but there is not much difference between who they faced. If you exclude Imran, Botham (anyone else ??) they both have faced almost same set of bowlers for most of their careers.

Its fascinating isnt it because Indian fans sometimes just put down sanga like he was a tier 2 FTB. I saw the same gap he has with even likes of dravid, ganguly ... I can post the stats. but lets stay to sachin here.

Point of this thread is to give Sanga his due respect. IMO he is easily on par with tendulkar or may be the joint best batsman to have been born in asia along with sachin

sachins career post his elbow injury was a substandard one

 

[idrizzy]

I've always rated Sangers. Definitely the best test batsmen in the modern era. Didn't think he was as good as Tendulkar but from here he's probably better.

Plus who doesn't like a stylish left-hander?

 

[Buffet]

Both guys have played against almost same attacks on foreign pitches. Sample size is also kinda same.

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This is not a troll thread to bring down tendulkar but can someone explain this bad record ?

Two bold statements are contradictory. One batsman debuted in late 80s and other debuted in early 00s.

 

[Khan12]

Sachin is the most overrated player in history of the game.

 

[cr7great]

sachin was the greatest ever to play cricket
and sanga scored heaps of runs against minnows and when pitches become flats,short boundries
i dont remember any good inning from sangakara against good bowling attack
in world cups
he dominated world cup 2015 world when pitches of australia were suer flat

 

[New Yorker]

^ Its not much. They both retired facing same generation of bowlers with 2-3 years gap between them.

Actually, one can turn this argument around and use it against Sachin. For example Sachin faced weaker SL attacks up till the rise of Vaas, murali lead SL bowling units in late 90s. Sachin also faced comparatively weaker English attacks of 90s compared to the re-surged Anderson, hoggard, harmison, broad, swann combos in 2000s and onwards.

Sachin also dint spend his whole career against aussie lethal pack of Mcgrath+Lee+Gillespie+Warne+Mcgill. Early 90s aussie attack lead by McDermot was nothing compared to the mentioned one which sanga faced for almost entire career of his.

Same can be said about re-surged NZ attacks of Cairns, Bond, Mills, Vettori and later boys who are still playing and compare them to the unsettled and weaker 90s NZ bowling attacks. Sanga has faced harder bowlers in all forms.

If someone can do head to head bowler vs batsman stats then that would help but there is not much difference between who they faced. If you exclude Imran, Botham (anyone else ??) they both have faced almost same set of bowlers for most of their careers.

Its fascinating isnt it because Indian fans sometimes just put down sanga like he was a tier 2 FTB. I saw the same gap he has with even likes of dravid, ganguly ... I can post the stats. but lets stay to sachin here.

Point of this thread is to give Sanga his due respect. IMO he is easily on par with tendulkar or may be the joint best batsman to have been born in asia along with sachin

Broadly agree; Sanga vastly underrated and I always felt he was more often an outright matchwinner for his team, whereas Sachin famously scored in loosing causes. Sachin gets points for his longevity, there was a kind of genius in how he reinvented himself in the last years of his career, and surely there are aspects of his game which were exquisite to behold. Allowing for such differences I would rate Sanga alongside him.

 

[The_Odd_One]

Sachin was a FTB at least in ODIs in the 90s. Did not score a single century outside Asia against any non-minnow team.

He is the greatest batsman of all time when one considers his numbers in all formats but he is hugely overrated as well. He lacked impact, struggled against ATG bowlers outside his comfort zone, and was never a pressure player.

 

[waleed88]

Can someone add the stats from Sanga's era in which Sachin played (2002 onwards I think) ... considering Sachin also played in the 90s which was a bowler dominant era...
[MENTION=138806]MesonK[/MENTION]

 

[big_gamer007]

[MENTION=138806]MesonK[/MENTION]

If you have not followed Sachin's career from the start you would not know of his impact in the 90's.. Remember in the 90's grounds, bat sizes, pitches, bowlers etc were all trougher compared to 2000's.. Sachin was a monster in 90's he dominated attacks.. That is why he was rated along side Viv and bradman as the greatest batsmen ever.. Post tennis elbow Sachin still played for 12 more years and modified his game to be less dominating yet same effectiveness..

Sanga is a great player but only people who have not watched Sachin in 90's would say he can be rated alongside Sachin..

 

[The_Odd_One]

Can someone add the stats from Sanga's era in which Sachin played (2002 onwards I think) ... considering Sachin also played in the 90s which was a bowler dominant era...

[MENTION=138806]MesonK[/MENTION]

90s was not always a bowler friendly era. Both Sanath and Afridi hit fastest 100s in the 90s. Anwar broke the record of highest ODI score in the 90s. ODIs had changed after 1995.

 

[waleed88]

90s was not always a bowler friendly era. Both Sanath and Afridi hit fastest 100s in the 90s. Anwar broke the record of highest ODI score in the 90s. ODIs had changed after 1995.

It will be interesting to see Sachin post 2000 and Sanga for a more accurate comparison, I am just saying

 

[captain.hansolo]

Opposition: Aus, Eng, NZ, PAK, Ind/SL, SA

Away/Home: only away

Sanga

Mats 117 Runs 4422 Ave 43.0 SR 82.07 100/50 8/28

Sachin

Mats 105 Runs 3435 Ave 34.35 SR 78.12 100/50 9/14

I am not trying to dismiss a legend like Tendulkar but whats going on here Sachins away ODI record against tougher bowling attacks is literally far far below Sanga who has better strike rate and far far better average. Both guys have played against almost same attacks on foreign pitches. Sample size is also kinda same.

Situation becomes even more funny when same opposition bowling attacks took on these two legends of the game outside Asia. Sanga maintains his overall away ODI stats against same tougher oppositions outside asia while tendy drops down to an average of 31

Sanga

Outside Asia

Mats 90 Runs 3261 Ave 42.35 SR 80.43 100/50 5/22

Sachin

Outside Asia

Mats 64 Runs 1932 Ave 31.16 SR 73.26 100/50 3/10

This is not a troll thread to bring down tendulkar but can someone explain this bad record ?

is this the happy place you wish to return to after the mauling that is on the cards in a week?

 

[MesonK]

is this the happy place you wish to return to after the mauling that is on the cards in a week?

whatever floats your boat vada pav. My intention was to do a stats comparison. Take it or leave it

[MENTION=138806]MesonK[/MENTION]

If you have not followed Sachin's career from the start you would not know of his impact in the 90's.. Remember in the 90's grounds, bat sizes, pitches, bowlers etc were all trougher compared to 2000's.. Sachin was a monster in 90's he dominated attacks.. That is why he was rated along side Viv and bradman as the greatest batsmen ever.. Post tennis elbow Sachin still played for 12 more years and modified his game to be less dominating yet same effectiveness..

Sanga is a great player but only people who have not watched Sachin in 90's would say he can be rated alongside Sachin..

What are you on about. Let's do a bowling attack comparison from two eras of same teams (no stats yet)

90s .... 2000s and onwards till both sachin and sanga retired

England

Gough, Lewis, Defrietes, Ealham, Cork, Mullaly, Croft .... Anderson, Flintoff, Caddick, Harmison, Hoggard, Broad, Swann, Giles. (2000s attack is far better)

Aussies

Mcdermot, Rieffel, Fleming, Moody, Waugh, younger Mcgrath .... Mcgrath, B.Lee, Gillespie, Warne, Mcgill, Hogg, Bracken (there is no comparision, 2000s attack is better)

NZ

Harris, Larsen, Morrison, Cairns, Pringle ..... Bond, Cairns, Vettori, Mills, Martin, Franklin (2000s attack is better)

Donald, young Pollock, Klusener, P Devillers.... Pollock, Donald, Ntini, Steyn, Kallis, nel (2000s attack is marginally better otherwise balanced)

Wasim, Waqar, Aaqib, Mushtaq, Saqlain, Azhar .... Shoaib, Asif, Gul, Sami, Razzaq, Kaneria, Ajmal, Amir (if you exclude the two W's and esp the fact the waqar carried a back injury for a long time of 90s, the attacks are arguably balanced)

.................... and here is Sachins career in 90s (1989-1999) against Aus, Eng, Sl, SA, Pak, NZ in ODIs played away

Mats 59 Runs 1738 Ave 29.93 SR 78.96 100/50 3/7

more misery if you sieve out the ODIs he played outside asia

Mats 37 Runs 980 Ave 26.48 SR 75.26 100/50 0/5

I dont see any MONSTER hidden in this record as you were claiming

Research before you claim stuff.

Can someone add the stats from Sanga's era in which Sachin played (2002 onwards I think) ... considering Sachin also played in the 90s which was a bowler dominant era...

[MENTION=138806]MesonK[/MENTION]

Sang

Mats 117 Runs 4422Ave 43.0 SR 82.07 100/50 8/28

Sachin

Mats 60 Runs 2299Ave 42.57 SR 82.93 100/50 7/11

Sample sizes dont match but they are pretty much even. One is called God and other is considered a tier 2 accumulator/FTB ...

Broadly agree; Sanga vastly underrated and I always felt he was more often an outright matchwinner for his team, whereas Sachin famously scored in loosing causes. Sachin gets points for his longevity, there was a kind of genius in how he reinvented himself in the last years of his career, and surely there are aspects of his game which were exquisite to behold. Allowing for such differences I would rate Sanga alongside him.

Sanga has better strike rate in away ODI's against tough bowling attacks compared to sachin, who is the accumulator here ?

career longevity is a norm in India (and Pakistan) Kapil dev with his ~30 test bowling average played for 16 years, does that make him a better bowler than lets say Hadlee or Imran, Marshal from same era ? These are all legends of the game, lets talk about modern day low talent players from subcontinent who have for decade plus, Ishant sharma has a test average of what 37 ? guy has played almost 80 tests now. Imran farhat with his batting average of 32 played 40 tests for pakistan too ... in our part of world, these things happen. Career longevity proves nothing. Otherwise this guy has more wickets and runs than any allrounder from same era and played cricket for 21 freaking years (a lucky hack tbh)

here is something interesting, I dont want to come across as I am trying to bring down Sachin but his chasing average outside asia is 27.7 vs Sanga's average of 40 against same attacks away from home outside asia Surprised yet ? I couldnt believe myself!

sachin was the greatest ever to play cricket
and sanga scored heaps of runs against minnows and when pitches become flats,short boundries
i dont remember any good inning from sangakara against good bowling attack
in world cups
he dominated world cup 2015 world when pitches of australia were suer flat

lame comment, stats I posted were against toughest bowling attacks from same eras on same venues. Read the OP. Remembering good knocks is the not the right criteria.

Two bold statements are contradictory. One batsman debuted in late 80s and other debuted in early 00s.

which works against Sachin because any batsman who started cricket around 1999-2000 faced re-surged attacks from nations like England, NZ and Australia, SL. All of them had lame attacks in 90s, who would literally would want to compare broad to ealham or anderson to cork? I have posted bowlers from the two decades above. Besides in the same era, they both have same record with Sanga having far better chasing ability against tougher attacks away from home.

How can you compare sachin to anybody? The man played 25 years for gods sake.

Plus as most of you teenies forget despite being reminded by so many posters over the year that Sachin had to overhaul his whole game after 2004. You really going to compare this just on numbers?

Lete me ask you How many innings did you watch of Sachin in your lifetime and for that matter how closely did you watch sanga? Sanga trule became the beast that he is now in his last 5 years due to playing t20. Before that he was accumulator but nevertheless a very reliable player and remarkably consistent. Same goes for sachin in his first 13 years.

Numbers dont lie, your post is that of an emotional fan who cant accept the truth. I am a big fan of Wasim Akram for example but numbers say pre injury waqar was probably a better bowler. Should I become irrational and deny that ?

 

[MesonK]

I posted this thread not to bring down Sachin. He is a God of the game, as a fan I love him (Yes I do). But what hurts me is that India is a large nation with massive media projection on its sportmen. Sachin has that backup of his large nation and media to keep the spotlight on him. That is good and he deserves it for life.

But what do we do about an equally talented (stats proved it) legend of the game from a tiny island nation with no media to fight his case ? he has no army of internet fans defending and boosting about his legendary status ? How many indian fans jumped in this thread to defend Sachin, compared to how many SL fans are there on this board to wedge stats wars in Sanga's name ?

Lets be unbiased and honest as devoted fans of the game for once and give due credit to greats of game instead of just putting them down just because they were born on another piece of land.


............. BTW such threads will continue

 

[Rotoman]

OP is using spreadsheets to suit his narrative. The problem is that it's very difficult to rate Sanga alongside Sachin when you've seen both of them play.

Sangakkara could not really dominate attacks like he's dominated inside SSC, Colombo. Averages 41 and 35 respectively in England and SA but that will be doing the working through spreadsheets. Use your eyes.

 

[Buffet]

which works against Sachin because any batsman who started cricket around 1999-2000 faced re-surged attacks from nations like England, NZ and Australia, SL. All of them had lame attacks in 90s, who would literally would want to compare broad to ealham or anderson to cork? I have posted bowlers from the two decades above. Besides in the same era, they both have same record with Sanga having far better chasing ability against tougher attacks away from home.

I don't care who you rate higher. My comment was only about both not facing the same bowlers which is factually true due to both debuting 11-12 years apart. Since you claimed that both faced the same set of bowlers, I corrected that.

 

[Buffet]

Can someone add the stats from Sanga's era in which Sachin played (2002 onwards I think) ... considering Sachin also played in the 90s which was a bowler dominant era...

They had 12 years of overlapping career where they faced the same set of bowlers and played under the same rules. Even then comparing numbers are not very useful due to different roles, but here you go.

Against top 8 teams ( Period is Sanga's debut to SRT retirement)

Sachin Avg 47 & SR 86
Sanga Avg 36 & SR 75

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Against top 8 teams outside of home

Sachin Avg 46 & SR 83
Sanga Avg 37 & SR 77

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Against top 8 teams , in opposition's home

Sachin Avg 43 & SR 83
Sanga Avg 38 & SR 79



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You can change filters yourself :

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...2;spanval1=span;template=results;type=batting

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...0;spanval1=span;template=results;type=batting

 

[Smbhayi]

Sachin is a bottler, failed in 2 WC final. nuff said

 

[Tusker]

It will be interesting to see Sachin post 2000 and Sanga for a more accurate comparison, I am just saying

Here you go:

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...0;spanval1=span;template=results;type=batting

KC : 10915 @ 38.76 and SR = 75.60 Hundreds = 14
SRT : 9855 @ 46.70 and SR = 85.75 Hundreds = 25

 

[Smbhayi]

They had 12 years of overlapping career where they faced the same set of bowlers and played under the same rules. Even then comparing numbers are not very useful due to different roles, but here you go.

Against top 8 teams ( Period is Sanga's debut to SRT retirement)

Sachin Avg 47 & SR 86
Sanga Avg 36 & SR 75

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Against top 8 teams outside of home

Sachin Avg 46 & SR 83
Sanga Avg 37 & SR 77

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Against top 8 teams , in opposition's home

Sachin Avg 43 & SR 83
Sanga Avg 38 & SR 79



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You can change filters yourself :

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...2;spanval1=span;template=results;type=batting

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...0;spanval1=span;template=results;type=batting

[MENTION=138806]MesonK[/MENTION]

 

[Specialisttailender]

During Sachin's days average of 40 was today's 50.

 

[SL_Fan]

Sanga didn’t do too bad in LOIs especially post 2004 considering that he kept wickets as well and held together a brittle middle to lower order. The 2014 T20 WC win and MOTM in the final would probably have to be the cherry on top. But he certainly isn’t up there with Sachin in ODIs far from it. After king Viv Sachin has a solid case to be the second best ODI bat ever.


Sanga in ODIs post 2004 vs Top 7

 

[TQ89]

whatever floats your boat vada pav. My intention was to do a stats comparison. Take it or leave it



What are you on about. Let's do a bowling attack comparison from two eras of same teams (no stats yet)

90s .... 2000s and onwards till both sachin and sanga retired

England

Gough, Lewis, Defrietes, Ealham, Cork, Mullaly, Croft .... Anderson, Flintoff, Caddick, Harmison, Hoggard, Broad, Swann, Giles. (2000s attack is far better)

Aussies

Mcdermot, Rieffel, Fleming, Moody, Waugh, younger Mcgrath .... Mcgrath, B.Lee, Gillespie, Warne, Mcgill, Hogg, Bracken (there is no comparision, 2000s attack is better)

NZ

Harris, Larsen, Morrison, Cairns, Pringle ..... Bond, Cairns, Vettori, Mills, Martin, Franklin (2000s attack is better)

Donald, young Pollock, Klusener, P Devillers.... Pollock, Donald, Ntini, Steyn, Kallis, nel (2000s attack is marginally better otherwise balanced)

Wasim, Waqar, Aaqib, Mushtaq, Saqlain, Azhar .... Shoaib, Asif, Gul, Sami, Razzaq, Kaneria, Ajmal, Amir (if you exclude the two W's and esp the fact the waqar carried a back injury for a long time of 90s, the attacks are arguably balanced)

.................... and here is Sachins career in 90s (1989-1999) against Aus, Eng, Sl, SA, Pak, NZ in ODIs played away

Mats 59 Runs 1738 Ave 29.93 SR 78.96 100/50 3/7

more misery if you sieve out the ODIs he played outside asia

Mats 37 Runs 980 Ave 26.48 SR 75.26 100/50 0/5

I dont see any MONSTER hidden in this record as you were claiming

Research before you claim stuff.



Sang

Mats 117 Runs 4422Ave 43.0 SR 82.07 100/50 8/28

Sachin

Mats 60 Runs 2299Ave 42.57 SR 82.93 100/50 7/11

Sample sizes dont match but they are pretty much even. One is called God and other is considered a tier 2 accumulator/FTB ...



Sanga has better strike rate in away ODI's against tough bowling attacks compared to sachin, who is the accumulator here ?

career longevity is a norm in India (and Pakistan) Kapil dev with his ~30 test bowling average played for 16 years, does that make him a better bowler than lets say Hadlee or Imran, Marshal from same era ? These are all legends of the game, lets talk about modern day low talent players from subcontinent who have for decade plus, Ishant sharma has a test average of what 37 ? guy has played almost 80 tests now. Imran farhat with his batting average of 32 played 40 tests for pakistan too ... in our part of world, these things happen. Career longevity proves nothing. Otherwise this guy has more wickets and runs than any allrounder from same era and played cricket for 21 freaking years (a lucky hack tbh)

here is something interesting, I dont want to come across as I am trying to bring down Sachin but his chasing average outside asia is 27.7 vs Sanga's average of 40 against same attacks away from home outside asia Surprised yet ? I couldnt believe myself!



lame comment, stats I posted were against toughest bowling attacks from same eras on same venues. Read the OP. Remembering good knocks is the not the right criteria.



which works against Sachin because any batsman who started cricket around 1999-2000 faced re-surged attacks from nations like England, NZ and Australia, SL. All of them had lame attacks in 90s, who would literally would want to compare broad to ealham or anderson to cork? I have posted bowlers from the two decades above. Besides in the same era, they both have same record with Sanga having far better chasing ability against tougher attacks away from home.



Numbers dont lie, your post is that of an emotional fan who cant accept the truth. I am a big fan of Wasim Akram for example but numbers say pre injury waqar was probably a better bowler. Should I become irrational and deny that ?

Sure they don't. But it takes more than spreadsheet to compare two different batsmen or for that matter two bowlers. You wanted the reason for his bad record in your original post, i gave you the reason that after 2004 he wasn't the same player because of injuries. What is so emotional about it?

 

[TQ89]

Welcome to PP where armchair experts will make irrational posts inviting everybody's opinion and as soon as presented with rational thoughts will bash them to prove they are smarter while in reality follow cricket purely on cricinfo scorecards and never watched an hour of live cricket in their entire life.

 

[Specialisttailender]

When ever I watched a Sri Lankan match I always saw Mahela bat. Some times it looks like he is the only one that bats. If there were no stats to look, I'd think Mahela is the best batsmen of SL. Even though Atapatu has a better average I don't remember any of his knocks but I very much remember Jayasuriya and De Silva's knocks