David Leggat waxes lyrical in praise of the great Sachin Tendulkar in this morning's Herald. We won't copy vast tracts; we merely suggest you follow the link and have a read for yourself.
What we will say is that it has been an absolute privilege to watch Tendulkar bat. From the time he scored 88 against New Zealand at age 16, there was something about this man. He is now the highest run-scorer of all time in both test matches and ODI's, and shows no signs of retiring, even though he is now 35.
He is, without doubt, the best batsman we have seen in our lifetime. The best of all time? Well, we missed Don Bradman's career by a few years, so we can't make that comparison. Much as we admire Ricky Ponting's ability with the bat, we hope that he doesn't surpass Tendulkar's records, for we know which one we'd pick first in our World XI - the Little Master.
3 comments:
Sorry Sachin but it is the NZ team for the second test which has my attention. This, in batting order, is the team I would line up;
McIntosh, Guptill, Flynn, Taylor, Ryder, Oram, McCullum, Vettori, Southee, Patel or O'Brien, Martin.
Patel and O'Brien are bracketed depending on the wicket. Southee must come back for Mills who should be gone from test cricket for all time.
Guptill probably deserves another chance and Taylor keeps his place only because there is no one else. In fact as far as I am concerned it is obvious Taylor at present does not have the nous to play 5 day tests - he has no idea how to bat time. They either have to keep him for 20/20 and ODI's or stop him playing those forms of the game - which is what I would do.
O'Brien has to play.
And what has Oram done this season to scream inclusion?
Agrre LB - O'Brien deserves his place. I would look at bringing in Patel for Mills, and possibly Oram for Franklin, if Oram gets some runs today. I note that he bowled 25 overs against Canterbury over a day and a half, and he appears to have lived to tell the tale. Franklin sadly is not a test-standard #6.
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