More proof of why Ricky Ponting is easily the greatest batsman of the modern era.

[King Pietersen]

Just to pick you up on a technical point, Tendulkar never "hammered" the Aussie attack. He did well against them, but only averaged 46 in the 2 series in Australia with 3 hundreds in 8 tests. That's hardly a hammering.

 

[metallics2006]

Ponting is not the greatest batsman of the modern era and its not Sachin either. I will go with Michael Hussey closely followed by Sangakkara. Sangakarra because he also has a test average close to 80 after he stopped being a keeper in test cricket(Source: Ten Sports when watching the Ind-SL test series) and Hussey is just pure class.

 

[India2011]

^^ When I said hammered, I meant that there were times were he really dominated them - Lee and Warne especially. And for hte rest of the time he did tremendously well.

As for the above post, Hussey hasn't been performing for the stretch of time that Tendulkar and Ponting have. He's a really good player, but the impact he has in not as much.

Same for Sanga - hasn't really had the impact that Jayasuria had.

 

[metallics2006]

Its not all time greats dude its just the modern era meaning the current decade.

 

[nikhil_99]

Lets give hussey more time,like 5 more years,then see how he performs,because to judge a quality of a bastman we need to see how he perfroms over the years,on diffferent pitches,bowlers,consistency,pressure etc,that dosent mean he is not great,but lets give him more time,about Sangakkara he has really performed well in past 2-3 years.

Sachin has dominated 90's and till this mid decade,ne has nothing to prove,otherwise why whould all bowlers praise him and also target him in every match which they play against him (i remember in World Cup 03 in SA for every match every major bowler of team facing India would say, Target "Sachin",which includes Akhtar,Lee,McGrath etc,they knew if they get his wicket chances of their team winning is more)

 

[shubhrayu]

Why do you guys are still discussing on this matter it is proved that Ponting is the best in the Modern era and here proof is asked no one has given the proof who are'nt supporting Ponting

 

[metallics2006]

I gave my opinion and reasons mate. I did not pick an Indian player so that no one mentions the word "bias" in my post.

 

[pi3t3rs3n-24]

Sorry, Erm you spelt KEVIN PIETERSEN wrong.

 

[Insomniac]

Sorry dude,it seams you have not done enough study,his has been given out in 90's many a times, where he was not out,that time he did'nt say anything this thing happened 2 years back in England, and also in 2000 Tour of Aus,that time he accepted decision of umpires, next day head lines were
"SHOULDER BEFORE WICKET" (he was given out against McGrath ehere he was not out) Aus people that time said,he is "humble" as Sir Don Bradman,

What are you on about? He ducked into a short ball, that was going to bang right into the stumps... Given out properly LBW - whats the concern there? Stop boasting about Tendulkar in every dang post you make. Please tell me, why Tendulkar in the last 7 years has tried to influence the umpire into making incorrect decisions?

In Eng 2 years back he was given out by Simon T, Collingwood was bowling Sachin was on 91,later umpire said : When i saw TV replay,i knew i gave wrong decision (that time Sachin ddint say anything),umpire accepted his wrong decision.

All umpires accept their wrong decisions once they see it. Fact of life. Oh wow, Sachin got out on 91 to a bad decision? Congratulations. It doesn't matter, I have no respect for a man who makes the umpires' jobs harder than it has to be, by waving his arms up and down from the dressing room about decisions to pointing his bat at the umpire to make him think he had an inside edge.

So when a batsman has been given out falsely on n no of times,and now when a bastman can appel to 3rd Umpire to recheck decision,why shouldnt he????

There is a difference between missing a ball, and standing your ground, and then being given out, and THEN calling for the review.

The fact that he gets hit plumb LBW, then points his bat frantically around, to show an inside edge, but then is given out anyway, and then calls for the review when his bat was miles away?

And please don't get me started on that catch at leg slip off Murali (?) - that was a CLEAR hit on the bat, and he starts pretending he doesn't hit it, and then calls for the review (pointless and wastage of time)
That explains why he is "HUMBLE" AND "RESPECTED" ALL OVER THE WORLD.

Sorry to say but that proves your study was quite limited and bounded,sorry dude.

Or your posts show you're blinded with fanatical love with Tendulkar?

nikhil_99 added 1 Minutes and 35 Seconds later...

Also due to him India Reached till Final of WC 03 where he was highest scorer
In 96 Edition India managed till Semis (also highest scorer in that edition)

Congratulations. Pakistan won WC 92 thanks to Inzamam. Inzamam averaged 93.00 in wins for 5 years. Now we can list all their achievements, but it would take quite some time, and frankly we're talking about Sachin's so called "humbleness"

India Won recent Aus series where he scored in both finals
Also he scored every time Aus came here,also when India Travelled Aus.

What's that have to do with his "humbleness"

What a sportsman. He is one reason umpires are under so much pressure in the modern day game, with him pointing his bat at the umpire, and all the other antics he does.

We are not saying he is perfect, no body is although its going to be a hard find to find someone along the likes of Tendulkar. I'm not trying to be biased or anything, but half the stuff in that post is completely against him. Kev probably has the most unbiased opinion and he summed it up well. We respect Tendulkar for his humble attitude, while not saying he is perfect, he is very influential.

Still not trying to be biased, I don't know how you can call Tendulkar unsportsman, he might have cracked it here and there, but after all he is god

I'd like to hear opinions from people from other nations and what they think of him, because I've never heard anyone's opinion who isn't Indian / Australian / English / Pakistani...

Humble attitude? Once again, he deceives the umpires, making the job harder than it is. And he's humble?

Eh, Matt / Feelin Blue had Inzamam over Tendulkar in his list. And he's Aussie.

 

[nightprowler10]

Let's not turn this into another Inzi vs Sachin debate ladies.

 

[Black Magic]

Why do you guys are still discussing on this matter it is proved that Ponting is the best in the Modern era and here proof is asked no one has given the proof who are'nt supporting Ponting

Well your past posts have not had evidence, plus as Kev said in his earlier posts its what you think greatness is. Personally with a popularity of very little and not many people looking up to him, he is not the greatest. He is good, even great, but not the greatest.

 

[nikhil_99]

What's that have to do with his "humbleness"

What a sportsman. He is one reason umpires are under so much pressure in the modern day game, with him pointing his bat at the umpire, and all the other antics he does.



Humble attitude? Once again, he deceives the umpires, making the job harder than it is. And he's humble?

Eh, Matt / Feelin Blue had Inzamam over Tendulkar in his list. And he's Aussie.

Have you heard of any board saying get "ABC's" wicket and win 1000$???
OR
I wont get any chance to paly against "ABC" and i will drop my catch if i get it,but i want to see hs batting.


That "ABC" is Sachin Tendulkar and NOT ANYBODY ELSE
SIR DON HAD ALSO MADE FEW STATEMENTS WHICH YOU HAVE FORGOTTON IT SEEMS

RATHER LISTENING TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT PLAYED INTERNATIONAL CRICKET AND IGNORING WHO HAVE FACED HIM,IS ALL CRAP.
Cant help,everybody has opinions,we respect and move ahead,if u think Inzy is better ,then why all bowlers say other way that Sachin is best?

 

[Insomniac]

Have you heard of any board saying get "ABC's" wicket and win 1000$???
OR
I wont get any chance to paly against "ABC" and i will drop my catch if i get it,but i want to see hs batting.


That "ABC" is Sachin Tendulkar and NOT ANYBODY ELSE
SIR DON HAD ALSO MADE FEW STATEMENTS WHICH YOU HAVE FORGOTTON IT SEEMS

RATHER LISTENING TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT PLAYED INTERNATIONAL CRICKET AND IGNORING WHO HAVE FACED HIM,IS ALL CRAP.
Cant help,everybody has opinions,we respect and move ahead,if u think Inzy is better ,then why all bowlers say other way that Sachin is best?

First of all, that was the UAE. If I was the Sheikh (or whoever offered the money), I'd give $1000 to the bowler who got Inzamam out as well.

Tendulkar was in prime form at the time, and he wasn't acting up with these antics at the time.

Also, that was some other associate team I believe that made that comment. Tendulkar may be majestic, but he will falter under pressure, and he certainly needs to brush up his attitude, especially the one that we've seen over the past 12 months.

Also Don Bradman unfortunately was not able to witness some of the greater talents of the world today, such as Inzamam, whose prime came in 2001-2005, or Mohammad Yousuf, or Rahul Dravid (well he didn't see him too much), or Kumar Sangakkara (great batsman for his country, really a team player IMO)

I really don't think the Don Bradman comment should stand in these petty arguments of yours, because if we were back in the 1990s or early 2000s, fine, but this is 2008. Times have changed, and so has Tendulkar, for the worse.

Oh, and let's ask Mohammad Asif, Umar Gul, Glenn McGrath, and Shaun Pollock how easy it is to bowl at Tendulkar

Now the end of this debate (in this thread). If we need to continue this, please ask for the Tendulkar v Inzamam thread to be reopened. When its reopened, I will post my analysis that Sureshot had asked for about Tendulkar choking and the other Indian batsmen's averages.

If Tendulkar is seriously to be remembered as a legend, he needs to act maturely and stop whining over almost every single decision he gets in the last 12 months.

And him waving and yelling from the dressing room does not help matters either.

 

[sohum]

If Tendulkar is seriously to be remembered as a legend, he needs to act maturely and stop whining over almost every single decision he gets in the last 12 months.

And him waving and yelling from the dressing room does not help matters either.

Every single decision? Talk about an exaggeration. There is obviously no point in trying to speak intelligently about Tendulkar to you, so I would recommend other members from refraining to do so.

There is only so much that one can say to a wall.

 

[metallics2006]

We cant obviously ask someone to stop posting on a forum and we should'nt. But we can choose to ignore immature and childish posts.