Ponting vs Tendulkar
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.
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!