Tendulkar has 31, Steve Waugh has 31. Who will be the first one to break Gavaskar’s record. I remember someone said on this board last summer that Tendulkar will be at 34 or 35 centuries by this summer. That he will break Gavaskar’s record is not in doubt, barring any unforseen accident. But who will get there first, Tendi or Waugh?
Also will Waugh break Border’s record of most runs in tests before he retires. Border scored 11,174 runs and Waugh is at 10,365?
My prediction:
Waugh will be the first one to break Gavskar’s record and he will also break Border’s record.
well Waugh will play two tests against another weak side ZIM .... he can carry 2 hundreds from it
on the otherhand Tendi is gonna play NZ at home which also may result in 2 hundreds from it
all comes down to the AUS vs. IND series in downunder late this year where i think Waugh holds the advantage playing in home conditions ....
So for its Mr. Iceman (bearing in mind AUSSIE attack will make Tendi work quite hard for runs whereas Waugh may face less troubles in playing IND attack)
Oh yes - That’s a biggy - Steven Waugh needs to make 553 runs to break the All-Time leading Test Match Record Runs by Allan Border - I think Steven will be able to do that against India in Nov-Feb(2003-2004) and gets another milestone in front of his home-crowd.
Btw ehsan, you are missing 156 & 100 knocks of Steve’s against Bangladesh from his total 10,365 runs in the Test Cricket - Steven has 32 centuries(behind all time leader Sunil Gavaskar) - and has made 10,621 runs in the Test Cricket - I know his profile hasn’t been updated but I’ve been following Steven’s each landmark pretty closely.
Steven Waugh now also moves on to 39 Test Match victories - I think he would now have to win every match he has left in charge to get to 50 test wins - If he does retire at the end of next year - I think that will be one thing left he will want to do along with touring India and winning.
Career Statistics:TESTS
(including 25/07/2003)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 162 251 45 10521 200 51.07 48.45 **32** 46 109 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 1252.5 324 3320 91 36.48 5-28 3 0 82.6 2.64
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(including 19/12/2002)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 105 169 16 8811 217 57.58 **31** 35 68 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 381 62 1220 27 45.18 3-10 0 0 84.6 3.20
Just another point of interest. Tendulkar have a 150 agaisnt every test playing nation except for Bangladesh, Pakistan & Srilanka. I am sure he will easily get one agaisnt Bangldesh. I am surprised he does not have one against Srilanka though he does have a couple of score of 140's. Interestingly despite not being able to score a 150 agaisnt Srilanka he has enjoyed great scuccess agaisnt them. He averages over 80 agaisnt Srilanka. Agaisnt Pakistan though he average around 32. So I guess he'll have to work hard on getting 150 agiasnt Pakistan, the other two should come easily for a player of his calibre.
I think definitly Steve will reach there first but eventually Sachin will will go way past it.
What is amazing is that Steve has got 32 centuries batting at no 5 or 6.That makes it all the more commendable.But then he had played 160 test matches also.If Tendulkar plays so much he will be probably at 50.
Having said that ..I must say that when it comes to TEST cricket I will always put Gavaskar ahead of Sachin and Steve for the fact that he scored 13 centuires againt West Indies when they probbaly had all time best bowling lineup.Infect during his days even AUS and ENG had great bowling lineups.
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Just another point of interest. Tendulkar have a 150 agaisnt every test playing nation except for Bangladesh, Pakistan & Srilanka. I am sure he will easily get one agaisnt Bangldesh. I am surprised he does not have one against Srilanka though he does have a couple of score of 140's. Interestingly despite not being able to score a 150 agaisnt Srilanka he has enjoyed great scuccess agaisnt them. He averages over 80 agaisnt Srilanka. Agaisnt Pakistan though he average around 32. So I guess he'll have to work hard on getting 150 agiasnt Pakistan, the other two should come easily for a player of his calibre.
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Well I think getting 150 shouldnot be a big criteria for anything. Its probably more of a luck thing that he didnt make 150 againt SL.
As far as pakistan is concerned he hasnt played much test matches against them thanks to politics.
What is amazing is that Steve has got 32 centuries batting at no 5 or 6.That makes it all the more commendable.b][But then he had played 160 test matches also.If Tendulkar plays so much he will be probably at 50.**
Having said that ..I must say that when it comes to TEST cricket I will always put Gavaskar ahead of Sachin and Steve for the fact that he scored 13 centuires againt West Indies when they probbaly had all time best bowling lineup.Infect during his days even AUS and ENG had great bowling lineups.
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What a nonsense theory, so are you saying that just because Wasim Akram played more one dayers then any other fast bowlers and thats why he has 500+ wickets.
Its not the quantity but its the quality that matters.
For someone like Steve Waugh to come in and score centuries regardless of some of the best batsmen in the world above the order that shows quite alot.
And btw, Allan Border did play as many matches but he didn't score 30 centuries.
Well I think getting 150 shouldnot be a big criteria for anything. Its probably more of a luck thing that he didnt make 150 againt SL.
As far as pakistan is concerned he hasnt played much test matches against them thanks to politics.
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Scoring 150 isn't an easy task, it takes alot of efforts and talent to accomplish that feat be it against Bangladesh or against Pakistan, scoring 150 runs is always a joy. And doing it against all other 9 test playing nation is big accomplishment and should be given credit regardless of how much amount of hatred you have.
The fact that Bradman played @ number 3 and Waugh played @ at 5 or 6 tells a huge difference.
Unlike Waugh, Bradman never had the likes of Mark Waugh, Matthew Hayden, Ponting, Martyn, Langer playing above him him.
The other 2 top centuy scorers were openers, and opening batsmen always have higher chance of scoring centuries then someone coming @ 5 or 6.
What a nonsense theory, so are you saying that just because Wasim Akram played more one dayers then any other fast bowlers and thats why he has 500+ wickets.
Its not the quantity but its the quality that matters.
For someone like Steve Waugh to come in and score centuries regardless of some of the best batsmen in the world above the order that shows quite alot.
And btw, Allan Border did play as many matches but he didn't score 30 centuries.
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Based on same logic will you say that Kapil was better bowler than Imran and Waqar ,after all he got more wickets. ;)
Or Border was better batsman than Minadad..well Border scored more TEST runs and centuries.
Let me know?? dont pick and choose your logic whenever it suits you?
