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Whoever voted for Tendulkar and Lara are mad idiots. Well not all. First of all qasi allowed multiple voting. Whenever that happens the thread should be closed or the poll should be closed. Then ofcoarse Tendulkar and Lara are the best of the modern era. Very weird question to ask as its widely known that they are the best. I hate such threads.

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It seems as though Kallis has surpassed Sachin....very interesting...

Yeh, i agree and by the way i would go for Dravid.

Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time!!!

Who could actually be bothered to vote so many times, it's a bit sad. I honestly think Dravid is the best batsman because of the number of 50's he has made and his average of about 59. I'm not just saying that to please Dravid Fan Very funny. I've never actually seen Lara play that well because I have only just got in to cricket and that is why I'm sceptical when people say he's the best despite his average only being 50 odd.

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Your new here dude. This poll has been going haywire ever since it was amde. So dont worry.

And 70_degrees_spin. Lara when he first came in was better than Sachin and had the record of Sobers and was going to beat Bradman, but after that he wasnt that good and Sachin overtook him. Ever since then he has been no.2. Lara is a pure cricketer, but Tendulkar is showman. He can also bowl and he is short and came in at a young age and was always hyped a lot more and that way he climbed up faster. Lara has his fans, has broken records, but could never reach Sachin's level.

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DF to what yu said before, you are right. Lara may have the odd quadruple century at the crease

, but definetely lacks consistency, but you saying Lara never reaching Sachin's level is kind of wrong. Lara was at sachins top level when he was no.1.

It looks like that somebody have lots and losts free time.

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The way Ricky Ponting has been going for the past few years, he'll surpass Lara's and Tendulkar's feats in no time. Tendulkar has been getting injured for a loooong time now and Lara is getting old. But they are the best! I am just saying that Ponting will easily end up ahead of them if he keeps going like this.

Regulation without integration leads to suicide.

I have to say, great though the likes of Ponting are, this is a simple two-horse race between Tendulkar and Lara...and I say Tendulkar. He's more consistent, he has a better attitude and is a better teammate, he's played half his test cricket (ie, the home games) on far more difficult pitches and, crucially, I don't think he has a technical weakness, which Lara has. Brilliant though both are technically, Lara does have that slight susceptibility to the yorker, owing to his enormous backlift, which is there at any point in any innings to a good enough fast bowler.

On the other hand, all of these points are basically negligible as there's pretty much nothing to choose between them

Turnham Green CC
Fast bowler & middle/lower-order bat

Sachin has poor off stump awareness early in his innings and is suspect to edging, like Lara he has flaws too.

Lara has a far superior temperament compared to Sachin. Look how many 200s, 300s, plus a 400 that Lara has made (and 501* in a 1st class county game).

Sachin took over 10 yrs to get past 200 in a test and it was a poor knock, every run on the leg side , not that good an innings, just a great pitch and pedestrian Aussie bowlers (McGrath, Warne, etc were missing)

True, CM. Big knocks comes once in a while, where as Sachin kept scoring centuries. Score of more than 200 doesn't mean that teams going to win. Small knocks can win you game when you play patiently.

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Don't be ridiculous

Turnham Green CC
Fast bowler & middle/lower-order bat

Originally posted by DRAVID FAN

Logically speaking (although Dravid is my favorite player) Sachin and Lara are the best in the world today stats wise and otherwise........................

I am too bad at logic DF, would you please help me out which algorithm did you use to come to this obvious conclusion

. Just wanna increase my logic skills...........

"Excellence is something we can reach for; perfection is God's business."

Originally posted by SEHWAG NO.1

i think it is a joke that inzamam has as many votes as he has he shouldnt even be there ponting should be there, by the way theres no doubt tendulkars the best batsman of this era HANDS DOWN

The starter of the thread is Pakistani, so it's not surprising that a) Tendulkar isn't mentioned in the top 2, and b) Inzamam makes it in place of more deserving batsmen.

I'm surprised Lara hasn't got more votes than he has.

Good one Graham!

Poll Question: Who is the best batsman of modren era
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Sachin tendulkar	1172	[42.26%]
Brain lara	176	[6.35%]
Inzimam ul haq	63	[2.27%]
Rahul dravid	149	[5.37%]
Jaques kallis	1213	[43.74%]
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