There was a scenario a couple of seasons ago when Warne and Murali were neck-to-neck with the most number of wickets in Test cricket. Then Murali went out for a while due to injury, and Warne took a clear lead. But Murali is much younger than Warne and hence is pipped to be holding the record when the two hang their boots.
We might have a similar scenario with Ponting and Tendulkar. The most number of Test centuries being the stat that will be contested here, of course. With 9 centuries from 14 Tests, Ponting is in the form of his life. And with 31 centuries, he’s lagging Tendulkar by only 4. He’s also 20 months younger than Tendulkar (April, 1973). Although Tendulkar is recuperating from a shoulder operation at the moment, he’s expected to be back in time for the Test series in the Caribbean next month. The progress of both the batsmen will be keenly followed by the entire cricketing world.
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This is one of the posts lost over the last weekend.
April 24, 2006 at 6:40 am |
I think Ponting will break his test record , within the next year or so. He is definitely in form of his life and with Tendulkar slowly fading away, Ponting will take his place. But lets hope that doesnt happen..
April 25, 2006 at 3:13 am |
Tendulkar is fading away? What utter nonsense!
September 30, 2006 at 6:10 am |
ROFLMAO…….ricky ponting would beat tendulkars record by a long shot………tendulkar is a looser, ponting is a god…….
ponting is better then tendulkar……jsut coz ponting doenst have all that bullshit over rated talk…..doenst mean he cant be better then tendulkar……………regardless, let the statistics do the talking, ponting is well ahead
go australia
October 4, 2006 at 2:12 am |
Form is temporary = Ponting
Class is permanent = Tendulkar
Ponting is a shame on Asian pitches except for a few innings. A total disaster on many occassions. Hayden’s better than Ponting.
ROFLMAO … Ponting is a loser. The Aussie Don Bradman great himself found similarities in Tendulkar. And he was not insane.
October 28, 2007 at 11:27 am |
Sachin Tendulkar is the best batsmen in the world by stats..but ponting will no doubt beat his record soon..tendulkar after all had a 6 year head-start and ponting has almost caught upto him..so it doesnt take a genius to say that ponting is the best test batsman right now..
February 2, 2008 at 8:05 pm |
Just because someone will get the most runs or centuries doesn’t mean they are the best batsman.
For example, Don Bradman. He doesn’t have the most runs or centuries and is regarded as the all-time greatest. Then there’s Viv Richards, who is similar too.
Alan Border had the most test runs for like 11 years or something. And people were regarding Tendulkar as best back then!
So, in my opinion, Ponting will finish with the most runs/centuries but is not the best. He has a HUGE technical flaw in his batting, and Tendulkar has no flaws, is the perfect batsman.
So who is the best batsman? The guy who has a technical flaw or the guy who is perfect?
March 18, 2008 at 4:51 am |
Crazy guys leaving ridiculous comments in 2006, eat your words for questioning an unquestionable great, that is Tendulkar!
October 17, 2008 at 3:46 am |
Ponting is definitely better…
At 121 Matches
Runs
Tendulkar 6536
Ponting 7079
At 152 Matches
Runs
Tendulkar 8211
Ponting 8892
Average
Runs
Tendulkar 54.02
Ponting 58.5
Century Stats
Chances of making century
Tendulkar 15.9%
Ponting 17.9%
Ducks
Ducks frequency
Tendulkar 0.09
Ponting 0.07
Also, as a captain, Ponting has higher success rate than any captian (except Steve)
Ponting has higher runs as top score
Ponting has more number of not outs
October 17, 2008 at 3:47 am |
MOST IMPORTANT!!!!!!
PONTING HAS PLAYED 7 YEARS LESSER THAN TENDULKAR!!!!
October 17, 2008 at 1:18 pm |
Ponting has never had to face the best bowlers in the world like Tendulkar has had to – Shane Warne and Glen McGrath, plus other Aussie bowlers who have had an excellent team momentum.
Likewise has never had to be in front of one of the best wicket keepers – healey / gilchrist.
Playing against these Australia in recent years must be the ultimate test of quality. unfortunatley Ponting will never get this privelege.
Other teams may have stars but none have combined as effectively as Australia – except England when they won the Ashes a short while ago ( but they only had two or three stars).
ponting does not have the panache that Tendulkar has even though the stats are comparable. He has an attitude that Tendulkar doesnt have which might possibly make up for some talent. This is what the Aussies are good at – bigging up what they are – and what england fail to do (except once -Ashes).
Tendulkar may have the plaudits as best batsmans but ultimatley the best is usually the winner inany compettition. Bit like saying that Liverpool are as good as / better than Manchester ( Football that is!) but ultmately manchester Won the championship.
All a matter of opinion. Tendulkar may be better but he may not end up tops. You cant realy compare beacuse of differnt circumstances, nainly the era, team support and quality of opponents.
Unfortunatley for Ponting to be the best you need to play the best. Tendulkar has done this. Not many in his own team qualify as best bowlers. Ponting will always have this disadvantage.
Why does one have to be better thann other. Just consider them both quite good with at stopping a ball with a piece of wood.
What about Graham Gooch. He was probably the best at some aspect. Mike Gattings was being fat and still managing to cope. Beefys was best character etc etc etc etc.
Boring.
October 21, 2008 at 3:33 am |
and moreover, how many times did actually ponting scored the higest amouont runs in any tournament, specially the world cup. never. sachin did it and does every now and then. how many man of the match awards did ponting win compared to sachin?
tendulkar is an opening batsman in odi’s. he bats in when the bowlers are all fresh, but ponting comes when the bowlers has done a fair bit of hard work.
ponting played under great captains like taylor and steve waugh, but sachin never played under such great captains. its nowadays that sachin gets team support, but in his earlier years it was all one man show.
October 29, 2008 at 4:23 am |
fuck u aus
slick u suck
November 14, 2008 at 5:23 pm |
In ODI sachin is undoubtdly is no. one and i dont find any other existing player who can come closer to sachin’s records.
but in test format ponting might leave him behind, if ponting doesn’t go thrgh bad patch like sachin had earlier…………
if some one really want to compare both legends then look @ sachin’s 96-97 records (sharjah) then only v can get clear picture
sachin started playing @ 16, so it itsef is acheivement, in this age people do everything with the help of their parents………..and @ 16 sachin was helping cricket………
December 27, 2008 at 1:27 pm |
ponting is now in great form…he has recently missd a couple of centuries but nevatheless he still has da 20 mnth advantage with him and theirs a diff of 4 centuries…i think ponting shld go pass da master in a year or too and i hope he does that cause ..tendulkar changed his game with age ..i mean everybody does but to an extent…look at lara for example he never changed his game at all be it injury or age…..so ponting deserves to hold that record…
January 4, 2009 at 8:34 pm |
I would be very disappointed to see Ponting overtake the little master. Tendulkar has struggled with injuries, carrying the weight of a whole country on his shoulders yet breaking records in BOTH formats of the game. He ought to be remembered as THE greatest batsman of the modern era. He did all of this in a mediocre cricketing side at best, having to adjust his own game to suit the needs of his team.
Sadly, however, we all know that Ponting will break Tendulkar’s record…it’s just matter of time. If only all those 90-99 scores could have been converted to centuries. Not that would wish injury upon anyone…but I really would like to see Ponting retire quite soon!
March 19, 2009 at 6:57 pm |
i think tendulkar is a sh**t batsman, because he just bottles it when the presure is rally on, he has hardly won games by himself unlike ponting relishs the pressure or an inzamam. my vote is ponting and sachin can go suck.
March 19, 2009 at 6:59 pm |
team india are losers. they dont know how to take a defeat.
March 20, 2009 at 5:29 am |
steve seems like u have no clue what cricket is all about …once u get u r basics right we discuss cricket….
March 20, 2009 at 6:15 am |
I find it funny when one compares tendulkar with ponting….one can compare him with lara, border, viv richards, not with a ponting. only a non cricketing mind would compare the far superior class of tendulkar with ponting’s. one might compare their stats though, which is not a true reflection of their class…border’s 27 (or so) centuries doesnt mean he was inferior to some who scored more tons than him….one cannot miss the massive difference in sachin’s and ricky’s batting if u have watched them closely over the years. It is easier to perform when batting with a winning / more confident team… the adv which ricky has since he started…now sachin also seems to be in a similar team..lets see…sachin will have to keep himself fit as ricky is….& thanks for ricky casing, sachin has a reason to score….
March 20, 2009 at 10:49 am |
RICKY PONTING will be a star than tendulkar
he will be remain like a god of cricket
THAT TIME IS NEAR
March 31, 2009 at 11:40 am |
tendulkar obviously great. no doubt.
April 6, 2009 at 12:41 am |
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April 9, 2009 at 7:02 am |
steve must have followed cricket when his granfather played the sport with a hockey stick.. Tendulkar is the lord of the green ring and comparing him to ponting would be AN INSULT TO STATISTICS
July 24, 2009 at 4:05 am |
see its not only about stats its about an indivisual as well humble and subtle tendulkar wony lose his mind even if brett lee gives him a beamer or glenn mcgrath bad mouths him he replies with his bat this is what makes him god of cricket pointing onthe other hand has attitude which sucks this attitude is taking australia to doom indians showed it recently making them taste filth in their own grounds
September 12, 2009 at 2:07 am |
Stop wasting your Time on this unhealthy Discussion
What is the benefit you get by discussing this
Got to spend more time with things which ar useful in your life
October 5, 2009 at 1:18 pm |
its only in cricket, that we feel the greatest player is the one who has never won a world cup. Sachin has to first win the world cup for his country to be called the best.
most of the ppl who feel sachin is the greatest, dont know much about sport in general. winning the big ones is important guys, not some one sharjah cup or some one good century in WACA in a span of 20 years.
Ponting has done quiet a few things. If u know cricket history, i need not repeat here.
November 6, 2009 at 5:41 am |
Poting brought soo much good to his team and country but Sachin has failed to do that. If he were white, things would be different. No doubt he is much more consistant than Poting but, you know.