Best batsman under pressure

OH thanks for telling me...I never knew that....

yeah we do....but I am guessing that he did not play with Lara for a long time though.

ohh ok....

That's at least twice you've mentioned Tendulkar never producing a Test match winning innings, which suggests you probably weren't paying much attention to events in Chennai last December.

To say he has never made a "great" century is laughable too.

This punter kid needs a bat behind the head.  Many times lara has come in with the score of 2 wickets down for practically nothing and then he pulls of a blinder of a ton.  Lara made a 196 vs SA in 2005, one of his best knocks I've seen.  Ntini ran rampant removed Gayle, Hinds and Sarwan in no time and the pitch had pace and bounce and was well grassed.  Lara carnaged them all!  It had to take a gem of a delivery to get him out, a delivery that Tony Cozier said "not even god could have played that".

Maybe punterrulz is refering to Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara that none of us know.

Edited by MalhotraRaj84 - 31 October 2009 at 2:35pm

The thing about the 3 'greats' of the last decade or so is that they are all the most prized wicket in their respective sides and they can single handedly win games. Sachin, for mine is the best of the 3 because he has the least weaknesses and has succeeded against all teams, on all surfaces and for so long.

Fact of the matter is punterrulz is not wrong. Punter is a great of the game, but I'm afraid he's behind Sachin.

punterrulz visit current matches threads too. There are lot of nice threads with good discussion going on there.

milks you want this thread to pick speed .Go on, step the gas.

Edited by MalhotraRaj84 - 01 November 2009 at 1:37pm

I wish I could have seen all players of the past, i've only seen tapes of a few.  Saw a bit of Bradman and his footworks was pretty good.  Sobers had a special gift of dispatching good balls, balls quite close to him use to fly square for 4 and that's why some compared Lara to him.  Sobers I heard once saying he use to pick the length from the bowlers wrist, just unbelieveable.  Just by how the wrist was, he'll no if it was coming short or pitched up.  That's why these players are great, a bowlers body language give away tips to them.

Originally posted by punterrulz ponting, yes ponting are all special batsmen.

I don't believe Milkman ever said he wasn't,all he said was that Tendulkar is better.

Blade i am not defending ponting agianst milkman I am stating in general ponting often dosent get mentioned as being a great of all time or or at least alongside the richards or pollocks of the world. My reference to ponting in that way is in reference to exactly that.

Yes I forgot what the subject was. Best under pressure, yes definitely steve waugh. tough as they come and very hard to move from the crease. Hes a bit like Allan Boarder, not pretty to watch but effective and gritty.

Yes KP and pup do the same. Dissappointed to see Pieterson out of the ashes so early. I think Clarke will keep improving too.