Sachin Tendulkar proves media wrong with timely ton

Sachin Tendulkar proves GameCricket.com right with a timely century

Sachin Tendulkar is still one of the best batsmen in the world and we have been crowing exactly that in our GameCricket.com blog. Its nice when Sachin acknowledges our comments by launching into another fantastic century. The West Indies cricket team bore the brunt of Sachin Tendulkar's large blade as he thrashed the West Indies bowlers to all parts of the ground

Sachin Tendulkar is still the best batsman in the Indian cricket team

Sachin Tendulkar hit this century in Vadodara off only 76 balls. It amazes me that Sachin Tendulkar with forty one centuries in one day international cricket matches can be questioned by sections of the media.

Please dont question Sachin Tendulkar's talents again

I appeal to the media - Please do not question Sachin Tendulkar's greatness again and do not be stupid enough to ask for dropping Sachin

Sachin Tendulkar should be dropped.Are u crazy?

Sachin Tendulkar should be dropped from the Indian cricket team

Per the media,Sachin Tendulkar is a spent force in Indian cricket and needs to be dropped from the Indian cricket team. Dropping Sachin Tendulkar from the Indian cricket team is the craziest idea I have heard for a long time

Sachin Tendulkar was the Indian cricket team's best performers in the recent cricket season

Sachin Tendulkar has been quietly accumulating runs in the recent cricket series starting with the DLF cup in Malaysia and actually has a better record than any other Indian cricket batsman. Here are Sachin's stats for the last season,per an recent article by Prem Sanjay on the internet

Sachin Tendulkar Runs: 480 Average 36.9

Rahul Dravid Runs:358 Average 32.5

Mahendra Singh Dhoni Runs:336 Average 30.5

Sachin Tendulkar has incredibly scored the most runs and has easily the best average among all the other Indian cricket batsmen.

Sachin Tendulkar is actually among the most prolific batsmen in the world in the past season

Incredibly enough,Sachin Tendulkar has scored at a prolific rate in the past cricket season , compared to other so-called ageless current batting greats such as Ponting and Lara

Sachin Tendulkar's stats in comparison to other world batsmen

Sachin Tendulkar Runs: 480 Average 36.9

Ponting Runs:460 Average:38.3

Lara Runs:472 Average:33.7

Gilchrist Runs:298 Average:27.0

Hussey Runs 392 Average:98.0

Kallis Runs 332 Average:36.8

Sachin Tendulkar has scored more runs than all these top players of world cricket-barring Hyssey and Ponting (by a small margin),Sachin has a better batting average than all these so-called greats of world cricket today.

If the media feels Sachin Tendulkar must be dropped after seeing these figures, the people in the media must be really stupid!

Should Dhoni and Kamran Akmal be dropped?

Should Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Kamran Akmal be dropped

Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Kamran Akmal are a cause of great debate. Imran Khan recently said that he is curious to see whether Dhoni or Kamran Akmal is the better wicketkeeper. Well, I would suggest Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Kamran Akmal should be dropped from the national cricket teams of India and Pakistan as wicketkeepers

Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Kamran Akmal are good batsmen but poor wicketkeepers

I dont deny that Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Kamran Akmal are great world class batsmen, but they are extremely poor wicketkeepers.Syed Kirmani has suggested that Mahendra Singh Dhoni is a very poor wicketkeeper and I am sure that Kumble will agree for all the missed chances off his bowling.Both Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Kamran Akmal do not seem to grasp the fundamentals of staying down low to spinners-

Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Kamran Akmal should first perform as wicketkeepers

Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Kamran Akmal should realize that their first day job is of wicketkeepers- Imagine if its the world cup final and Dhoni or Akmal drop either Kallis or Lara, their entire countries will rue the missed chance for the next four years

Dhoni
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Was Shane Warne the greatest legspinner ever?

Was Shane Warne the great legspinner to have played cricket

Shane Warne was undoubtedly a great legspinner but was he the greatest? Certainly, a lot of young Australians do think that Shane Warne was the best legspinner ever,but older Australian cricket fans do think that Richie Benaud may have been a better legspinner

Some think Shane Warne was not as good as Chandrasekhar of the India cricket team

Chandra or Chandrasekhar evoked as much respect as Shane Warne among the opposing batsmen. To compare Shane Warne and Chandra is obviously unfair,given that the two bowlers were so different.Shane Warne was a traditionally legspinner who liked to give the ball a lot of air while Chandra was almost a fast bowler and tended to skid the ball through.Viv Richards among other great cricketers respected the leg spin bowling of Chandra to a great extent

Was Shane Warne better than Abdul Qadir of the Pakistan cricket team

Abdul Qadir was undoubtedly responsible for the revival of traditional leg spin bowling in the subcontinent and his google was incredible,but it is debatable whether he was as good as Shane Warne

Shane Warne was definitely the greatest legspinner in his time

In summary,Shane Warne was of course the greatest legspinner among his contemporaries,and cricket statistics do not lie, but there were other great legspinners prior to Shane Warne's time who were really great too!

Ganguly and Inzamam prove cricket experience cannot be purchased from a shelf

Sourav Ganguly and Inzamam,experienced cricketers, have proved that experience cannot be bought off the shelf

• Saurav Ganguly helped the Indian cricket team beat South Africa in the first India Vs South Africa cricket test


• Inzamam Ul Haq has enabled the Pakistan cricket team to beat South Africa in the second cricket test.


• Jayasurya has almost come back from the dead to make the Sri Lankan cricket team potential favorites for the cricket World cup in the West Indies

Do you think the new cricket players around the world lack talent?

Of course not, but cricket experience at the highest level enables you to play the kind of match winning knock that Sourav Ganguly,Jayasurya and Inzy have been displaying against all odds at the most crucial time

Sachin Tendulkar,are you listening? We are awaiting that magic knock by Sachin against top-class opposition-I am sure that magic knock by Sachin is not far away

VVS Laxman being victimized by Indian cricket selectors?

Is VVS Laxman being victimized by the Indian cricket selectors?

Apart from VVS Laxman, we have seen comebacks from most of India's veteran stalwarts such as Anil Kumble and Saurav Ganguly in India's one day international cricket team.

Why isnt Laxman being allowed to make a comeback to the Indian cricket team?

Laxman has been India's great cricket warrior- even apart from the famous 281 not out against Australia, he has played some incredible test and one day cricket innings.

• Laxman has partnered Sachin and Dravid in four 250+ partnerships against Australia


• Laxman hit three one day international cricket series against Australia and Zimbabwe in one week.


• In India's recent tour of South Africa, Laxman hit critical knocks,often batting with the Indian cricket team's tail, to help the Indian cricket team to a respectable draw.
  

Laxman not selected for bad fielding? How stupid

Laxman has officially not been selected because of his bad fielding.Laxman is one of the Indian cricket team's best close fielders-doesnt the Indian cricket team at least need one good close-in fielder in Laxman at least in the initial stages of the game?

VVS Laxman
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Sachin Tendulkar Vs Shane Warne- Good old Sachin

Sachin Tendulkar Vs Shane Warne-will we see the good ol' Sachin

Sachin Tendulkar takes on the West Indies tomorrow in another one day international cricket match

Will we ever see the great Sachin Tendulkar at his best again?

The cricket purist in me screams that Sachin Tendulkar will be back for the Indian cricket team,just as Jayasurya came back to blast bowling attacks again- You just cannot keep a talent like Sachin Tendulkar away

Here is a short clip of Sachin Tendulkar at his peak- taking on the world's greatest legspinner ever,Shane Warne

Sachin Tendulkar at his best is truly incredible

"Saurav Ganguly should be dropped from the Indian cricket team"

"Saurav Ganguly should be dropped from the Indian cricket team"

Didnt the so-called Guru Greg Chappell say this about Saurav Ganguly just ten months back? This was when Saurav Ganguly had made two knocks of 40+ on a seaming Karachi track

"Saurav Ganguly cannot play fast bowling and is technically poor"

Mr. so-called Guru,Greg Chappell made this allegation about Saurav Ganguly. Hasn't Saurav Ganguly has proved his point that class is permanent by making an incredible comeback against South Africa on seaming pitches and now against the West Indies

Saurav Ganguly saved Greg Chappell's job in South Africa

Saurav Ganguly managed to save the so-called guru, Mr. Greg Chappell's job by helping the Indian cricket team play a respectable series against South Africa. Isn't it ironic that Saurav Ganguly should save Greg Chappell's job?

Rahul Dravid should let Saurav Ganguly motivate the Indian cricket team

Saurav Ganguly should be allowed to mentor and motivate the Indian cricket team.Rahul Dravid needs to use Saurav Ganguly's great leadership skills to motivate the newcomers to the Indian cricket team

Saurav Ganguly has proved that so-called gurus and quacks should be sacked

Saurav Ganguly's return has made it very clear that people like Greg Chappell should not be allowed to coach the Indian cricket team. One wonders how many careers Greg Chappell has destroyed by his needless experimentation and cricket quack doctor solutions

England can win the cricket World cup in the West Indies

The England cricket team can win the cricket World cup in the West Indies

I know the thought of a demoralized England cricket team winning the World cup cricket tournament sounds incredible.But we,at GameCricket.com have concluded that England can win the cricket World cup,based on a statistical analysis of the England cricket team

The current England cricket team has skills more tuned towards one day international cricket rather than test cricket

The England cricket team is lucky to have many match-winners in their World cup cricket squad in the West Indies. Flintoff and Pieterson are two potential match-winners for the England cricket team, and both of them not only score a lot of runs but also score the runs at an incredible speed.

One of the key challenges in today's one day international cricket is the ability to push the scoring in the middle overs and players such as Flintoff and Pieterson are perfectly capable of making fast scoring happen.

Both Flintoff and Pieterson in the England cricket team,are also good players of spin bowling. The ability to play spin bowling is extremely important during the World cup cricket tournament in the West Indies,since the pitches are expected to be slow and aid spin

The England cricket team needs to sort out their strategy for the cricket world cup

The England cricket team needs to desperately rethink their strategy for the World cup cricket tournament - the England cricket team is actually quite good with batsmen like Bell,Pieterson and Vaugham, all rounders such as Collingwood and Flintoff, good fast bowlers such as Harmison and an excellent spinner in Monty Panesar

All successful one day international cricket teams for the cricket World cup ensure that their best batsmen get to play the maximum number of overs- thats why Sachin Tendulkar opens for India, Fleming and Astle play at the top of the order for New Zealand, Gilchrist opens for Australia and so on- The England cricket team needs to ensure that batsmen such as Flintoff and Pieterson play at the top of the order to ensure that they get enough overs to score runs at a fast pace

Monty Panesar is the key to the England cricket team's chances in the World cup.

The England cricket team needs to nurture Monty Panesar for the World cup cricket tournament since the West Indies cricket pitches are expected to be slow and possibly underprepared- a spinner will most likely be the man of the series for the cricket World cup and Monty Panesar could be that spinner. Yardy has also impressed with the limited chances he has got in the England cricket team and should be considered for the World cup cricket tournament in the West Indies

Pakistan cricket team make a blunder by not including Akhtar

The Pakistan cricket team needs to play Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammed Asif together

The Pakistan cricket team has made a blunder by not including Shoaib Akhtar in the cricket series against South Africa. Shoaib Akhtar serves as the perfect foil for Mohammed Asif, the pace of Shoaib Akhtar and the guile of Asif is the perfect combination for the Pakistan cricket team.

The Pakistan cricket team selectors should have known that fast bowlers attack in packs

Fast bowlers all over the world have bowled in tandem-Dennis Lillee and Thomson, Brett Lee and McGrath,Michael Holding and Andy Roberts,Imran Khan and Safraz Nawaz. Mohammed Asif and Shoaib Akhtar can form that great combination, if once they are given a chance together in the Pakistan cricket team

The Pakistan cricket team may still win if Yousuf Mohammed can make it for the remaining tests against South Africa

Among all the batsmen of the Pakistan cricket team,Yousuf Mohammed is by far the most compact of batsmen. In fact,in his current form, Yousuf Mohammed is probably the best batsman in the world. If Yousuf plays in the last two tests of this Pakistan Vs South Africa test series, the Pakistan cricket team have some chance of winning the series,which will be closely fought

Pakistan Vs South Africa- Pakistan's prospects

The Pakistan Vs South Africa cricket series Prospects and predictions

The Pakistan Vs South Africa cricket series is underway and a lot of so-called cricket experts are expressing their opinion on the prospects of this interesting cricket series

Watch this space for Gamecricket.com's assessment of the Pakistan Vs South Africa cricket series and our predictions for the upcoming series

GameCricket.com's fans are aware that our predictions are almost always right- since they are based on one-on-one confrontations and statistics.We also correctly predicted that India would do better in the test cricket series compared to the one dayers and that the Indian cricket team would lose the last cricket test against South Africa due to a bad cricket team selection

Jayasurya's comeback- Can Sachin Tendulkar revive the magic?

Sanath Jaysurya has made an incredible comeback to international cricket

Sanath Jayasurya was almost forced to retire at the start of the recent Sri Lanka Vs England cricket series. But Jayasurya has comeback in dramatic fashion by bludgeoning the cricket bowlers around the world and winning man of the match awards all over the place.

No one doubted Sanath Jayasurya's talent-but the whisper was out in international cricket circles that Jayasurya was past his prime. But Jayasurya's recent performances against England and now New Zealand have once again confirmed that Jayasurya is one of the most destructive opening batsmen in world cricket

Can Sachin Tendulkar too revive the old magic

In his heyday,Sachin Tendulkar could demolish a cricket opposition in a matter of a few overs,but the cumulative expectations of his cricket fans have had a detrimental effect on his cricket game and once finds Sachin to be playing way below his ability

In his prime,Sachin Tendulkar used to treat spin bowlers like Harris with such contempt,but his now venerable niceness seems to be dominating his personality

Sachin Tendulkar needs to wake up and realise that he is one of the most destructive batsmen that world cricket has ever seen,barring perhaps Vivian Richards

Wake up Sachin and show the bowlers of world cricket that you are not always nice!

Dravid's selection blunder may lead to India's loss

Rahul Dravid has made the selection blunder of his life in the deciding third test of the India Vs South Africa test series.

Not selecting Harbhajan Singh and selecting an injured Munaf Patel was the most stupid decision Rahul Dravid could have ever made. Dravid has missed Harbhajan even in South Africa's first innings, the limitations of having only one spinner on a truly turning track have been felt. Every time the dust came up when a spinner pitched a ball close to the rough,Rahul Dravid must be regretting his decision to drop Harbhajan Singh from the Indian cricket team

Rahul Dravid must be finding Munaf Patel an embarrassment to the Indian cricket team

Rahul Dravid has known that Munaf Patel cannot field and bat even in normal circumstances,but today,Rahul Dravid and the entire Indian cricket loving public probably figured out that Munaf Patel is too injured to even bowl in this crucial third and deciding test of the India Vs South Africa cricket series

Dravid must be cursing his decision to select Munaf Patel instead of Harbhajan since Munaf has been struggling to bowl even at 120 kmph with a new ball. It has been a ridiculous decision for Dravid and his Australian coach with weird ideas and India may live to regret the decision. On a cricket pitch tailor made for the Indian cricket team, India may still pull off an unexpected victory,but victory would have been really easy if Dravid had selected Harbhajan Singh

Akhtar dropped from Pakistan cricket team- Does Pakistan want to lose?

News : Shoiab Akhtar has been dropped from the Pakistan cricket team for the South Africa cricket series.

Why do cricket boards find it so difficult to handle great talents such as Shoiab Akhtar?

It has happened to so many sportsmen around the world- maverick sportsmen with superior talents such as Shoaib Akhtar are not tolerated by the sports authorities.

Shoiab Akhtar is the fastest bowler in the world

We all know from the Indian cricket team's experience about the nature of the pitches in South Africa. Shoiab Akhtar can make the placid of cricket pitches appear to be as dangerous as an Afghan mine trench. On South African cricket pitches, Shoiab Akhtar would have been at his best

Doesnt the Pakistan cricket board want the Pakistan cricket team to win against South Africa?

It appears that the Pakistan cricket board is determined that the Pakistan cricket team should lose against South Africa- not selecting Akhtar for the Pakistan Vs South Africa cricket series seems rather stupid. All this seems to point towards a witchhunt against Shoiab Akhtar.

Shane Warne to Mike Gatting Video-Tribute to Warne

Shane Warne to Mike Gatting Video- The greatest ball in test cricket?

A tribute to Shane Warne who is retiring from Test cricket after the Sydney test against the England cricket team in the last Ashes test.

Shane Warne bowled this ball to Gatting - which has amazed all fans of test cricket over the years. Mike Gatting was really one of the better players of spin bowling in the world- Gatting had tamed the Indian leg spinner L.Sivaramakrishnan to hand England a series win against India.

This ball from Shane Warne had Gatting dumbfounded -Was it possible to bowl such a perfect ball in test cricket?