mj said:
Sachin Tendulkur is the one player I'd love to see in our current Test team.Imagine how good he'd be without the pressure of carrying the Indian batting line-up.Then maybe he could be in the Bradman class as he has mentioned in the past.
Tendulkar is a very gifted and wonderful batsman - I just like watching him bat. I initially was jealous of his abilities, hoping that players like Waugh and Ponting could out-score him, and that McGrath and Warne could claim him cheaply. But now I just sit back and watch the great batsman bat. If Matt Hayden is called 'Matt the Bat', then what do you call Sachin Tendulkar? I'm not even going to try.
Young cricketers in Australia will learn a lot by just watching Tendulkar bat - his timing, his grace, his composure at the crease - he is a very talented batsmen that deserves a lot of credit for his stoicism at the crease.
I want to see him do well, but not too well. :lol:
I know people often try and tear down successful people because of exactly that: their success. But I watch Murali's performances and cannot get past his action. He has an illegal action - I won't back away from that. As a cricket umpire, if he were under a match I was officiating in I would report him for closer inspection of his action. It is the fault of Sri Lankan officials. In their rush to get a deceptive bowler into international cricket they neglected to correct issues in his action.
If Murali isn't a chucker then I'm not here - the fact the ICC has decided to let him go may say something about the politics of world sport. You've got a country like Sri Lanka who rely heavily on the performances of their best deliverer of the cricket ball, but who unfortunately have little else to be excited by at the moment.
In the ICC's bid to get cricket into Asia, they've neglected the traditions of the game - specifically the notion that the game is more important than an individual, a team or even a whole country.
I feel sad for the sport when cricketers like Murali claim world records and will forever be tagged with the unfortunate, but true, tag of 'chucker'. It has ruined a part of the sport, and hopefully will never happen again if the ICC do indeed follow the laws they themselves have commissioned.