From the hour or so I watched today, I can can confidently state that this is the wankfest to end all wankfests.
I don't think a minute went by where Tendulkar wasn't mentioned.
Try telling that to the member here called Rod who, in response to my comment, said in the 1st test thread that the Star Sports coverage wasn't over the top in the last test regarding the spruiking of Tendulkar's farewell (even though it was plastered at most opportunities, via commentary, twitter comments, "Sachin Facts" on the screen etc.), and that Tendulkar was entitled to it after having played 199 tests.
This test has taken that to a whole new level and thrown his hogwash completely out into the ocean. Even when greats like Lara, Warne, Waugh, McGrath retired, it was nowhere near nauseating and over the top as it has been with Tendulkar this test. Everything from constant camera shots of his family members individually, to the constant wanking on about Tendulkar in commentary, and all this useless trivia about what he did on his 16th birthday...really, who cares! It was a complete joke. I laugh at Laxman whatever his name is....when the West Indian misfielded a simple forward foot push from Tendulkar and went for 4 runs, and Laxman creamed his pants saying it was a lovely shot and one of the best you will ever see.:lol: You're not telling me he isn't being paid by the word? Such a shame to see cricket telecasts being hijacked by such inane commentary.
And yet, at the same time, we have a player from the other team playing his 150th test, having averaged 70 over the last 6 years during a stage of his career where most batsmen that age would be lucky to average more than half that amount.... and he barely got any mention. It's not every day that people get to play a test match, let alone becoming only the 7th player in test match history and the 1st ever West Indian to get to 150 tests.
And I was right about another prediction from the last test - the commentators were going to mention about how great and loud the crowd at Mumbai is.... when was the last time India got crowds like that for home test matches? Many, many years ago! And you can thank T20 cricket in large part for that. Long gone are the days such as those when the first 3 days of the 2nd test between India/Australia at Eden Gardens in 2001 sold out.
