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[petehosk]

England did make him look human but to be fair, he has been on ordinary form in Tests (by his standards)

And yes - agree with you about Lara! He carried his team for a long time and sometimes won the matches almost single-handedly!!

[ppccopener]

SRT is without doubt a great and will do down as possibly he best modern day player

very difficult to split players today thou
sachin
lara
pointing
kallis

Those old enough on this forum will remember a certain Issac Vivian Alexander Richards.
I did'nt think I would ever see a better player than him when I was younger.
But SRT is a great that's for sure.

Who is the best aside from the Don-well there's a question......

[uknsaunders]

Lara and occasionally Richards (ODI Old Trafford 1984) carried their side. Both couldn't be bowled at when in the mood. To me that puts them ahead of the rest, all great players though.

[PedalsMcgrew]

Sachin is a great player, no doubt, but for the sake of argument imagine what Trott, Cook or Kallis's stats would be if they played on a road in every home game? In Cook's case, bearing in mind his age, we would be lauding him as possibly the best batsman currently in the game...

[Manormanic]

Sachin is a great player, no doubt, but for the sake of argument imagine what Trott, Cook or Kallis's stats would be if they played on a road in every home game? In Cook's case, bearing in mind his age, we would be lauding him as possibly the best batsman currently in the game...

erm, Kallis pretty much does - or at least, has until the last 18 months!

[PM7]

Really odd to hear quite a bit of Sachin bashing on this thread ... Cover Drive doesnt rate him and he isnt a great player?? Get a grip young man cos there are millions that do!

The longevity of this guy and the pressure he faces taking in to account the expectation on his shoulders sets him apart from Lara, Ponting and Kallis who are 3 of the greatest modern day batsmen in my book.

[ppccopener]

well said PM,I hope he gets the 43 he needs tommorow to make history.
Very difficult to split the very top players,Sachin has done it with iconic status in India,how he bats under that pressure is beyond me.anyone who saw IVA Richards 189 no at old trafford in 1984 might think they wont see anyone play as good as that ever,then there was Lara's pure genius 153 no at Bridgetown when they beat the Aussies by one wicket.Simply amazing innings.
Then Sachin gets 200 in a one dayer towards the end of his career.
Who is the best? I don't know but SRT is a great of the game,that I do know....

[Wills]

well said PM,I hope he gets the 43 he needs tommorow to make history.

Someone's great at maths!

I'd rather he didn't reach his 100th century tomorrow, but rather against one of the top test nations - no offence to the West Indies

[petehosk]

I would like to see him reach his 100th century but on a more deserving wicket.

[PM7]

Its inevitable that Sachin will get the landmark and not neccesarily tommorow but definately soon and I wouldnt be surprised if he retires afterwards. I cant see anybody ever achieving a landmark like this in my lifetime(and im 38) or ever!

For sheer excitement Sir Viv ,Lara and Sehwag get my vote. Kallis, Dravid and Ponting for consistency over such a length of time. Sachin has a bit of all these guys under his lid!

[PedalsMcgrew]

Was just about to say the same thing.....I bet he retires after getting his hundredth hundred....their is nothing left for him to achieve after that...

[The_Bird]

He could bat the remaining days out for lara's 400 lol

[Manormanic]

Was just about to say the same thing.....I bet he retires after getting his hundredth hundred....their is nothing left for him to achieve after that...

I bet he doesn't.  He's said before that bating is the only time he gets to feel normal...

[Mr Cricket]

bet he is out between 70 and 90 tommorow

[Rik]

Out for 94 gents.

He was off to a flyer this morning but it wasn't meant to be.