Anil Kumble

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Anil Kumble

Anil Kumble

Born: 17 October 1970, Bangalore
Major Teams: Karnataka, Northamptonshire, India, Leicestershire.
Known As: Anil Kumble
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Leg Break Googly

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India's main strike bowler of the 90s, Anil Kumble has taken upon the role of both stock bowler and shock bowler for many years now. Like his illustrious predecessor BS Chandrasekhar, he has frequently proved to be a match winner, especially on Indian wickets. On a turning track, Kumble can be pretty unplayable as he mixes his bag of tricks to bamboozle the batsman. Kumble has never been a big spinner of the ball but his accuracy and his enormous variety make him a difficult bowler to handle. Kumble came into the side as a relatively unknown 19-year-old on the tour of England in 1990, was promptly forgotten for a couple of years and was back in the team on the basis of an outstanding Irani Trophy performance in 1992-93. Subsequently on the tour of South Africa he really came of age, a major turning point being his bag of six for 53 in the second Test at Johennesburg.

Anil Kumble getting 500 wickets Mohali, March 11 A wave of jubilation swept through the Indian camp when Anil Kumble trapped England tailender Steve Harmison lbw to join the select band of bowlers to claim 500 Test wickets. As umpire Simon Taufel upheld the lbw appeal, the 35-year-old Kumble jumped in the air and pumped his fists in celebration. Though denied a hat-trick, Kumble went on to claim the last wicket of Monty Panesar to complete another five-wicket haul. The other bowlers to have already achieved the 500-wicket feat are Shane Warne (Australia - 659), Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka- 600), Glenn McGrath (Australia- 542) and Courtney Walsh (West Indies- 519). The Indian leg-spinner, scourge of batsman the world over and the architect of so many Indian victories at home and abroad, emerged the second fastest to complete the 500-wicket mark in terms of number of Tests played. The current Test at the PCA Stadium is the wily spinner’s 105th match. Warne, the leading wicket-taker in Test history, is way ahead of other bowler with 659 scalps in his kitty. Muralitharan joined Warne as only the second bowler in the history of the game to cross the 600-wicket mark during the Bogra Test against minnows Bangladesh. In quest of the rare honour, Kumble started the proceedings today with pacer Munaf Patel. Though he came close to taking a wicket on a couple of occasions, the Karnataka leggie went wicketless in th pre-lunch session. But he triggered a batting collapse immediately after the lunch break. Operating with the new ball with Munaf, Kumble castled Jones to reach the figure of 499. Then he got rid of Harmison and Panesar to take his tally to 501. Kumble’s second spell read 1.4-0-2-3. For someone who made his Test debut in 1990 at Old Trafford, it has been a peerless saga of success achieved through sheer determination and hard work. During the 16 years that he has been on the international stage for the country, Kumble has numerous occasions to cherish, the foremost among these being the 10-wicket haul against arch-rivals Pakistan at Ferozeshah Kotla. Though he has lost berth in the one-day squad, Kumble is a vital component in the Test squad. Kapil Dev with 434 wickets is the second highest wicket-taker for India in Tests. An ecstatic Kumble later said it was his self belief, perseverance and support by team-mates which kept him going. “There were doubts created by various people but I never doubted my abilities,” he said. “It is a great feeling to be able to reach the milestone as the first Indian and only the fifth bowler in the history of the game. I owe it to all the cricketers I have played with,” he observed.

From that moment on he has never looked back and has been India's only real world class spin bowler. Bowlers who have partnered him in the spin attack during the decade have long since departed from the scene but Kumble has carried on, picking up his usual quota of wickets both in Tests and one day internationals. And at times he has come up with the unusual feats too, like his six for 12 in the Hero Cup final against West Indies in 1993-94 and his perfect ten for 74 against Pakistan at New Delhi in 1998-99. The latter feat made him only the second bowler in Test cricket, after Jim Laker for England against Australia at Old Trafford in 1956, to capture all ten wickets in a Test innings. A more than useful tailend batsman with a penchant for attack, Kumble has come to the rescue of the side frequently with some timely knocks

Test Debut: India v England at Manchester, 2nd Test, 1990
ODI Debut: India v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Australasia Cup, 1989/90

Sir Richard Hadlee

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	6s	Ct	St
Tests	86	134	19	3124	151*	27.16			2	15	33	39	0
ODIs	115	98	17	1751	79	21.61	2319	75.50	0	4		27	0
First-class	342	473	93	12052	210*	31.71			14	59		198	0
List A	318	271	56	5241	100*	24.37			1	16		100	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	86	150	21918	9611	431	9/52	15/123	22.29	2.63	50.8	25	36	9
ODIs	115	112	6182	3407	158	5/25	5/25	21.56	3.30	39.1	1	5	0
First-class	342		67518	26998	1490	9/52		18.11	2.39	45.3		102	18
List A	318		16188	8553	454	6/12	6/12	18.83	3.17	35.6	9	8	0

Career statistics

Test debut	New Zealand v Pakistan at Wellington, Feb 2-5, 1973 scorecard
Last Test	England v New Zealand at Birmingham, Jul 5-10, 1990 scorecard
Test statistics	- Statsguru Test analysis - Player analysis menu/filter Test match list --------------------------------- Batting career summary Batting innings list High scores Batting series averages --------------------------------- Bowling career summary Bowling innings list Bowling match list Best innings bowling Best match bowling Bowling series averages --------------------------------- Fielding career summary Fielding innings list Most catches in an innings Fielding series statistics
ODI debut	New Zealand v Pakistan at Christchurch, Feb 11, 1973 scorecard
Last ODI	England v New Zealand at The Oval, May 25, 1990 scorecard
ODI statistics	- Statsguru ODI analysis - Player analysis menu/filter ODI match list --------------------------------- Batting career summary Batting innings list High scores Batting series averages --------------------------------- Bowling career summary Bowling innings list Best innings bowling Bowling series averages --------------------------------- Fielding career summary Fielding innings list Most catches in an innings Fielding series statistics
First-class span	1971/72 - 1990
List A span	1971/72 - 1990

Notes

Knighted for services to cricket 1990
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1982
Tasmania First-Class Career Span: 1979-80

Profile

Few players in the history of cricket have carried the fortunes of their team to quite the same extent as Richard Hadlee. By the time he retired from international cricket in 1990, at the age of 39 and with a knighthood newly conferred upon him for his services to the game, Hadlee had cemented his place as one of the great fast bowlers of all time, and lifted New Zealand to unprecedented feats in the Test arena. As the first player to reach 400 Test wickets, Hadlee was always assured of immortality, but in addition to his matchless skills with the ball, he was also a hard-hitting batsman of unquestioned skill, and he is acknowledged as one of the four great allrounders of the 1980s, along with Ian Botham, Imran Khan and Kapil Dev. As one of five sons of Walter Hadlee, the former New Zealand captain, his cricket education began at an early age, and in 1971-72 he debuted for Canterbury, forming a penetrative new-ball partnership with his elder brother, Dayle. In those days, however, Hadlee was a tearaway, placing speed far ahead of guile, an attitude that was matched by his unkempt, long-haired appearance. As his knowhow grew, however, so his run-up (and locks) shortened and all the attributes of the model fast bowler fell into place. His lithe, whippy, side-on action made life uncomfortable for all the great batsmen of his era, as he extracted pace, bounce and movement from even the least responsive of surfaces. His first great demolition job came at Wellington in February 1978 - five years on from his debut - when his ten wickets, including 6 for 26 in the second innings, condemned England to a first defeat against the Kiwis. However, it was for the Australians that he preserved his finest efforts, and his 15-wicket haul at Brisbane in 1985-86 remains one of the most talked-of moments in Trans-Tasman rivalry. He needed just 79 matches to reach 400 wickets - a phenomenal strike-rate - and he was still very much at the top of his game when, in 1990, he bowed out against England at his adopted home of Trent Bridge - his second-innings haul of 5 for 53 included a wicket with his very last delivery. After retirement, he went onto to become an outspoken media pundit, and later the chairman of New Zealand's selectors.

Don Bradman..The Great

OUR DON BRADMAN

Who is it that all Australia raves about? Who has won our very highest praise? Now is it Amy Johnson, or little Mickey Mouse? No! it's just a country lad who's bringing down the house. And he's Our Don Bradman - And I ask you is he any good? Our Don Bradman - As a batsman he can sure lay on the wood. For when he goes in to bat He knocks ev'ry record flat, For there isn't any thing he cannot do, Our Don Bradman - Ev'ry Aussie "dips his lid" to you. "OUR DON BRADMAN" Lyrics from a song written by Jack O'Hagan (1930) [ who also wrote "Along the Road to Gundagai" ]

Cricket has been linked to rugby league in Australia since the game's founding in 1907 when Victor Trumper (Test cricketer) and James J. Giltinan (cricket umpire and team manager) combined to ignite the formation of the NSWRL.

While the larger connections between the two sports is a story in itself, a recent dig in the newspaper archives revealed a few long-lost 'rugby league' snippets from the life of arguably Australia's greatest sportsman - cricket's Don Bradman.

Donald Bradman was born in Cootamundra on 27th August, 1908 (just two days before Souths and Easts played the first NSWRL premiership Final). His parents worked a farm, but in 1911 decided to move to Bowral, in the NSW Southern Highlands, to raise their young family.

In 1959, after he had retired from cricket, Bradman gave an interview to The Age (in Melbourne). It was in this recently uncovered article that Bradman revealed that he played rugby league during his teenage years in Bowral.

In discussing his achievements as a student, Bradman said, "I used to finish third or fourth in a class of 30-odd but the boy and girl who were ahead of me were streets ahead. Perhaps it was not a matter of brains. I was too interested in sport - rugby league, tennis and running as well as cricket. The best answer probably is that I passed my intermediate with two A's and six B's."

Asking colleagues of what they knew of Bradman's 'other sports', a few thought he had played rugby (union). It seems somewhere in the past, the 'league' dropped off his football career, and it was replaced by incorrect references to rugby union.

The Age article is significant as, despite being a Victorian paper, it makes the clear distinction from Bradman that he played "rugby league", and not rugby union - it is fortunate the Melbourne editor did not change it to simply 'rugby'.

Don Bradman also wrote his 'life story' for The Sydney Morning Herald in 1930 - unfortunately, in that series of articles, (almost certainly compiled by a journalist), it says he played rugby 'for the school XV'. Given this must have been after WW1, when rugby union contracted to a handful of private schools in Sydney, it seems very unlikely he played the 15-man code. Which is why the specific quote attributed to Bradman in The Age can, with little doubt, be taken as the real story.

Unsurprisingly, perhaps, a search of the Bradman Museum website finds they imply to all (except for one mention in the 'fact file') that he played 'rugby' at school - not rugby league.

The Sir Donald Bradman biography at the South Australian State Library website, and related publications on offer there, also refer to the 'rugby' deeds of Bradman. Interestingly, the site also manages to refer to Australian rugby league's Eric Weissel as a 'rugby star':

"On 22 November 1926, Bradman made his first appearance on the SCG, as a member of the Southern [cricket] team against Riverina. He made 43 before he was dismissed by rugby star Eric Weissel. After Country Week, he joined Sydney's St George club, travelling each weekend from Bowral. In his first game, he made his first century on turf. The following Monday, he made 98 for the Country side against a City XI."

While Bradman's deeds as a footballer are of no real significance, it is important for rugby league that it be referred to correctly. The fact that in a Bowral high school Bradman was playing rugby league at all, barely a decade after the code's arrival, is a measure of how far it had spread, how quickly it had become part of the fabric of the state's sport.

Claming 'Our Don' is also claiming our own game's history.

Don Bradman ... (Again)

Sir Donald Bradman is an Australian sporting hero.

His achievements on the cricket field from 1928 to 1948 are still among the world's best.

He's the only Australian ever knighted for services to the game of cricket.

"I am quite certain he was the best cricketer ever to walk onto a cricket ground in any part of the whole wide world." (Bill O'Reilly - former Test Cricketer)

The boy who became a cricket legend was born in 1908. His family lived in the country, not far from Sydney.

Don Bradman was a small boy who was very quick on his feet.

His school didn't have much sport, so Don invented games to amuse himself.

One of his favourites was to hit a golf ball against a tank stand with a cricket stump.

"At the time it had no meaning. I was just enjoying myself. It never entered my head that I was training my eyesight and movements."

Don left school when he was fourteen and didn't start playing cricket seriously until he was sixteen.

In one of his first matches he scored a massive three hundred.

It wasn't long before the New South Wales cricket selectors wanted Don in their team.

"When he came down we all saw his superb confidence. The selectors were impressed and sent him to Adelaide and Melbourne. He scored a century at Adelaide." (Bert Oldfield, Aust. Wicket Keeper, 1920-37)

In 1928, he was selected to play for Australia against England. He had just turned twenty.

Don scored a century in the Third Test, but Australia lost the series.

He was soon hailed as a run scoring machine. Playing in a state match Don made 452 in world record time.

"It's the speed with which you score runs, that is a very important factor. The world record score that I made, that 452, was made in a little over 400 minutes."

His outstanding batting guaranteed Don a place on the 1930 Australian team to tour England. It took them six weeks to sail there.

"It was a tremendous adventure of course, and I enjoyed it, but I'm the worst sailor ever born. I got seasick before I even got on the boat."

The tour was a success all round. Don batted superbly, scoring 974 runs for the Test series.

"I'm going to go out and get as many runs as I can and if in getting those runs I break a record, well, I'll be pleased, but I don't set out to deliberately break records."

The Australian cricketers came home superstars, Don Bradman the biggest. Experts were trying to figure out what made him so good.

"He's the most phenomenal run machine the world has ever seen."
At twenty-four Don married Jessie Menzies, a girl from his home town.

He was starting to think about his future, and decided to learn about business. It proved very useful later in life.

In 1932, England toured Australia.

Desperate to stop Don scoring so easily, they came up with the nastiest tactic cricket had seen.

Called 'Bodyline', the English bowlers aimed for the batsman's body.

"If I had stood exactly where I was, that ball would have hit me in the chest."

Bodyline kept Don Bradman's batting average down, and England won the series.

In 1936 Don was made Australian Captain.

"I was a most inexperienced Captain, and it wasn't an easy job."

World War Two interrupted a brilliant cricket career.

When it was over, Don was soon back in England. It was here that Don Bradman played his last test innings, he was out second ball. Don retired with a test cricket average of 99.94.

After being knighted in 1949, Sir Donald Bradman wanted a very private life. He'll be long remembered for his sporting skill, gentle manner and good humour.

Sir Donald Bradman died of pneumonia at his home in Adelaide on 25 February 2001.

Don Bradman

Don Bradman

Portrait of Don Bradman
Image courtesy of the National Library of Australia

Sir Donald Bradman is an Australian sporting legend.

No other sportsperson in Australian history has captured the respect and admiration of the sporting public the way 'The Don', the cricketer from Bowral in the State of New South Wales (NSW), has done.

During his 21 years of first-class cricket, Bradman achieved everything that was possible in the sport - he captained his South Australian Sheffield Shield team; was a State selector; Test selector; and captain of the Australian Team for almost a decade, including of the 1948 Australian Test team known as The Invincibles.

Bradman averaged a century - 100 runs - once in every three innings he played. His batting averages are revered.

In his first international tour (1930) Bradman made 2960 runs (with a batting average of 98.66), including 10 centuries. In his final tour 18 years later, he made 2428 runs with an 89.92 batting average, including 11 centuries.

When he retired in 1948, Bradman's legacy to the cricketing world was a remarkable Test batting average of 99.94.

Don Bradman leading his team onto the field at the start of Bradman Testimonial match, Melbourne, December 1948. Image courtesy of the National Library of Australia

The tributes to Bradman kept coming after he retired. In 1949 he became the only Australian cricketer to be knighted. And in 1988 the Australian Confederation of Sport voted him greatest male athlete of the past 200 years.

In 1960 Bradman became the first former Test player to be elected chairman of the Australian Board of Control. He continued to serve cricket as a selector and a member of the Board, including as chairman, for two terms. On 16 June 1979 he was invested as a Companion of the Order of Australia.

According to Bradman's official web site, this famous cricketer also holds other awards, including:

• Sportsman of the Century;
• Captain of the Greatest Team of the Century (1948 Australian cricket team);
• Wisden Cricketer of the Century;
• Captain of the Australian Cricket Team of the Century;
• nominated in the top ten world sports figures of the century by the World Confederation of Sport; and
• elected in the top 100 world figures of the twentieth century - one of only two Australians to be included.

Donald George Bradman was born on 27 August 1908 in the NSW country town of Cootamundra, moving to Bowral in the Southern Highlands of NSW two and a half years later with his family.

He attended Bowral Public School and spent many hours during his childhood playing backyard cricket with a golf ball and a cricket stump. As a teenager Bradman played cricket for his school and county, coming to the attention of state and national selectors.

In 1928 Bradman made his Test cricket debut for Australia, which was the beginning of his celebrated and record-breaking career.

In a Sheffield Shield match at the Sydney Cricket Ground in January 1930, Bradman, at 21 years of age, broke the world's batting record for the highest score in first-class cricket by smashing the previous record of 437 runs held by Bill Ponsford. Bradman scored 452 runs not out in just 415 minutes. At the same time he also made 1000 runs for the season.

This remarkable performance launched Bradman's international career with his inclusion in the team to tour England. Fans saw him smash many more records. For example, in the:

• Third Test at Leeds Bradman broke the world Test batting record with 334 runs, scoring 309 runs in a day
• Fifth Test he scored 232 runs to have a series Test aggregate of 974 runs at a batting average of 139.14.

When he returned to Australia - still only 21 years old - Bradman was already an Australian legend. Writing in the Bradman Albums he said:

In a long career there are many outstanding memories but I suppose the opening day of the Third Test at Leeds must rank as the greatest in my cricketing life. To break the world's record Test score was exciting. More than anything else, however, was the knowledge that I had scored the runs at such a fast rate and therefore provided entertainment for the spectators.

Wedding of Don Bradman and Jessie Menzies. Image courtesy of the State Library of New South Wales

On 30 April 1932 Bradman married his childhood sweetheart Jessie Menzies, and he later described their union as the greatest partnership of his life.

Bradman was elected to the Australian Board of Control in August 1945, during a five-year hiatus from playing cricket due to severe muscular spasms. After not expecting to play again, he accepted the Australian captaincy in 1946 for the test series against England, in an effort to help a post-war recovery.

During the 1947-48 Test series against India Bradman scored 172 runs, his 100th first class century, and led Australia to a 4-0 win with a batting average of 178.75. During the tour Bradman announced that the forthcoming tour to England would be his last.

In March 1948, Bradman captained the Australian Test team who became known as The Invincibles - the greatest Australian side in history. During the team's eight-month tour of England, which was Bradman's finale, the team won every match.

In early December 1948, more than 94,000 people flooded to the Melbourne Cricket Ground to watch Bradman in his testimonial game.

Sir Donald Bradman died on 5 February 2001 at the age of 92. He is widely recognised as the world's best ever batsman and a truly great Australian.

Achievements Of Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar's Acheivements

He captained the Indian team at the age of 23.

He is the wealthiest Indian cricketer due to his contracts of millions of US dollars a year with MRF and Pepsi ,etc. Till 1997 he had 7.5 Million US Dollars . He had also signed a contract with Adidas products.

He scored a century in the first match as captain of Indian team.

He was the first ever overseas player to play for Yorkshire.

At the age of 19 he became the youngest player to score 1000 test runs, during India's tour of South Africa (1992/93).

During his school days aged 13 Sachin's scores read 27 no, 125, 207 no, 346 no and the now famous 329 no in the finals which involved a record unbroken partnership of 664 with childhood friend Vinod Kambli. Sachin' s average in schools cricket read a mind-boggling 1034.

In 1989/90 at the age of just 16 years and 205 days, he became the youngest player to play at the test level for India against Pakistan at Karachi. He scored his first test century at the age of 17 years and 112 days.

1990,At 17 Sachin became the 2nd youngest to score a score a Test century when he scored a match saving 119 on India's tour of England. He finished the series with an average of 61.25.

1991,he became the youngest to score a century on Australian soil with a mammoth 148 in Sydney and followed it up with a ton at Perth; which he holds in highest of regard.

He made his first class debut at the age of 15 and scored a century on debut.

He was rated the number 1 batsman in the world by the prestigious Coopers and Lybrands ratings in 1995, and now in 1998. He was also number 1 in the CEAT cricket ratings of 1996.

He has been rated the no.1 batsman in the latest Wisden Cricket Ratings (based on Test match performances). He has scored at an average of above 57 in the last two years ( 26 tests ).

23rd June 1998: Sachin Tendulkar wins the Coopers and Lybrand Award for best Test cricketer of the Year (based on performances in the last 12 months), backed by an amazing 40% of votes as the best test cricketer in a survey conducted by CricInfo (the largest cricket site on the 'net).

July 07, 1998: Sachin receives the Mega Sixes award for hitting 5 sixes in the tournament.

July 07, 1998: He was involved in a World Record opening stand with Saurav Ganguly of 252 runs off 44 overs- breaking the previous record of 225 runs held by Kenya.

July 07, 1998: Sachin becomes the 5th player in ODI history to score 7,000 runs.

July 07, 1998: Sachin scores 128 runs off 131 balls, his 17th one day international century and his 4th highest one-day international score ever. With this century, he has equaled Desmond Haynes' record of 17 centuries. However, Sachin has played 42 matches less that Haynes.

August 27: Sachin Tendulkar along with Shane Warne met the legendary Sir Donald Bradman in Adelaide the occasion of the Australian batsman's 90th birthday celebration. Bradman considers Tendulkar to be the best batsman in the world.

August 29: Sachin Tendulkar receives a cheque for Rs 1 Lac (Rs 100,000), a scroll of honour and a plaque from President K.R Narayanan at Rashtrapati Bhavan. He won the Khel Ratna award, which is the award for highest achievement in Indian sport.

26th September 1998: Sachin breaks the record for maximum centuries in One-Day Internationals by surpassing the previous highest of 17 set by Desmond Haynes. Sachin's 18th century (127 not out) against Zimbabwe on 26th September 1998, proved to be a match-winning knock.

8th November, 1998: Sachin Tendulkar scores his 20th century in one-day internationals by scoring 118* from 112 balls against Zimbabwe. By scoring this century, he broke the record for the maximum centuries in International cricket (ODI + Test), ie, 36 in total. He crossed Viv Richards (West Indies) and Sunil Gavaskar's record of 35 centuries in International cricket combined.

13 November, 1998: Sachin scores his 21st century (124*) in the Finals of the Champions Trophy in Sharjah, leading India to a 10 wicket victory. He was also the Man of the Series.

2 December, 1998: Sachin is the Castrol Indian Cricketer of the Year Award.

5th January, 1999: Sachin Tendulkar and Alan Donald top the Amul Cricket Rankings for the Year 1998. with Mark Waugh in the second place . In the bowling list, Donald is ahead of Muttaiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka (100 wickets), South African Shaun Pollock (89) and Indian leg spinner Anil Kumble (73).

31st January, 1999: Sachin was awarded the Man of the Match in the First Test against Pakistan at Chennai despite India's loss. Sachin scored a magnificent 136 (his 18th test century!) in the 2nd innings, arguably his best innings as it was played under immense pressure. Mongia joined Tendulkar at the crease when the score was a paltry 82/5, with the top order suffering a total collapse at the hands of the Pakistani quickies and Saqlain. Tendulkar, with the support of Mongia brought India within 17 runs of the desired target - 271. Tendulkar batted for 405 minutes and hit 18 fours. After Tendulkar's dismissal the team collapsed and India lost by 12 runs. He had scored a duck (0) in the 1st innings, his first duck after 20 test matches. Tendulkar also bowled superbly in this test breaking important partnerships.

16th February, 1999: Sachin recorded his first 'First Ball DUCK' in test cricket when he was clean bowled on a fast in-swinging yorker from Pakistani paceman, Shoiab Akhtar in the first innings of the First Test of the Asian Test Championship.

19th February, 1999: Scores 5000 runs in Test cricket when he scored his 9th run in the second innings of the First Test of the Asian Test Championship. This landmark comes in Tendulkar's 67th Test at an amazing average of 53.19 including 18 centuries and 20 fifties.

28th February, 1999: Scores his 19th Test Century.

9th March, 1999: Sachin has gone to England to get treated for a back problem. He had suffered several back spasms during his superb 136 run knock against Pakistan at Chennai, and is also asking the selectors to rest him for the upcoming Pepsi Tri-Series.

March-April 1999: Tendulkar has missed the Pepsi Tri-Series in India and the Coca-Cola Cup in Sharjah on account of his back injury.

19th May, 1999: Sachin Tendulkar flew back to India in the middle of the World Cup, due to the passing away of his Father, Ramesh Tendulkar- Sachin was apparantly very close to his Father, and we, the webmasters of Cricket Fever and Sachin Fever, would like to show our sympathy and support to the World's greatest cricketer, who, before everything else, is a human being with a family.

23rd May, 1999: Tendulkar scores a his 23rd ODI hundred.

23rd May, 1999:Tendulkar scored a marvellous, stroke filled 140* against Kenya in the World Cup as a befitting tribute to his late Father, helping India score one of its highest one-day scores- 329 (50 overs). India won the match by 94 runs, with Tendulkar receiving the "Man of the Match" Award.

29th July, 1999: Replaces Azharuddin as captain of the Indian team for his second stint as captain. He was named captain of the Indian team by the National Selection Committee on 28th July in Nagpur till October.

29th October- 2nd November, 1999: Scores his first test double century (217 runs against New Zealand).

8th November, 1999: Tendulkar & Dravids' partnership of 331 against New Zealand in the 2nd ODI was a new world record for any wicket beating Dravid and Gangulys' partnership of 318.

8th November, 1999: Tendulkar scored his highest One Day International score, ie, 186* against New Zealand in the 2nd ODI, beating his previous best of 143. Tendulkar's score (186*) is the highest score by an Indian batsman in ODI's, beating Ganguly's 183. This was Tendulkar's 24th ODI hundred.

17th March, 2000: Scores his 25th ODI century

19th March, 2000: Scores 9000 runs in One Day Internationals.

On 29th May, 1999 Sachin scored his 22nd ODI Century, vs Kenya, Bristol in World Cup 1999 Match.

On 31st March, 2001 Sachin created history by becoming the first batsman in the history of limited overs cricket to score 10,000 runs. ( Match : India vs Australia, Indore.INDIA. )

Equalled Sir Donald Bradmans record of 29 Test Centuries when Sachin scored 117 v/s West Indies at Port-of-Spain.

In his 99th Test appearance, surpassed Bradman's record scoring 193, against England at Headingly, Leeds. Only his mentor, Sunil Gavaskar is ahead of him at 34 centuries.

September 5th, sachin sees him become the youngest player ever to play in his 100th Test Match for any country.

On 1st March 2003, while playing against Pakistan in the group match during 2003 World cup, Sachin scored his 12,000th ODI run. No other player has scored more than 10,000 runs till date.

Jan 2004, scored his highest first-class score of 241 not out in 4th test v Australia at Sydney.

March 16, 2004. Sachin Tendulkar crossed yet another milestone in his glittering career when he completed 13,000 runs in One-Day Internationals during the second one-dayer against Pakistan in Rawalpindi.

India's Sachin Tendulkar, who equalled Sunil Gavaskar's world record 34 test centuries in the first test against Bangladesh .,2004-05

Tendulkar, in his 119th test, got to three figures by scampering for a quick single to mid-on and celebrated by raising his bat and punching his fists. Sunil Gavaskar had played 125 matches for his 34 tons. 2004-05

The 31-year-old Tendulkar also became only the third player in history, after Gary Kirsten and Steve Waugh, to score centuries against all test-playing nations.

Mar 16,2005, India's Sachin Tendulkar, who became the fifth batsman in test history to score 10,000 runs during the second test against Pakistan

Test debut: v Pakistan, Karachi, Nov 1989. 122nd test, 10,000runs. Average 57.64 (before current innings). 34 centuries.

ODI debut: v Pakistan, Gujranwala, Dec 1989. 342 matches, 13,497 runs, 37 hundreds, 69 fifties, average 44.84. 132 wickets.

March 2005, crossed 10,000 runs at the Eden Gardens in second test against Pakistan, a week after falling six short of a world record 35th century in Mohali.

Tendulkar flicks Razzaq for a single to reach 27 and became the fifth player in history to 10,000 runs. Only Allan Border, Sunil Gavaskar, Steve Waugh and Brian Lara have reached the milestone before.

November 19,2005 ,Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar equalled former Pakistan all rounder Wasim Akram's record of most one-day appearances by playing in his 356th match.

November 25,2005, Fast bowler Shaun Pollock triggered an Indian collapse in mildly seaming conditions, claiming three for 25 and dismissing Sachin Tendulkar for two runs on the Indian batsman's record 357th one-day appearance.

December 10.2005:-Sachin Tendulkar struck a world record 35th test hundred on Saturday, claiming the coveted landmark by surpassing his compatriot Sunil Gavaskar.

December 10,2005, scores a record 35th hundred on the first day of the second test against Sri Lanka in New Delhi, surpassing compatriot Gavaskar's mark.

February 6,2006,The Indian batsman is the first ever player to have played as many as 359 matches and scored 39 hundreds in the shorter version of the game.

February 6,2006, Sachin Tendulkar set a new world record by completing 14,000 one-day runs en route his 39th century in the first one-day international against Pakistan in Peshawar.

March 18,2006, Another milestone awaits Sachin Tendulkar as he sets out to play his 132nd Test, the most by any Indian ever, at his home ground in Mumbai.

March 19,2006, after scoring an unconvincing 1 off 21 balls against England in the first innings of the third Test in his home ground, Wankhede, Tendulkar was booed off the ground by a section of the crowd[6], the first time that he has ever faced such flak. While cheered on when he came for his second innings, Tendulkar, was the top scorer in the second innings [7] and yet was to end the three-Test series without a single half-century to his credit, and news of a shoulder operation raised more questions about his longevity.

Tendulkar was operated upon for his injured shoulder forcing him to skip the tour of West Indies in 2006.

23 May 2006, after deciding not to undergo a scheduled fitness test, he announced he would miss the tour of the Caribbean for the Test series. However he agreed to play 5 games for Lashings World XI in order to regain fitness for a possible August comeback. He had scored 155, 147(retired), 98, 101(retired) & 105 in the 5 matches for Lashings XI with strike rate of well above 100 and was the top scorer in all the matches.

Also in his first Twenty20 match with international opposition, although unofficial, Tendulkar hit 50 not out off 21 deliveries to blast the International XI to 123 after 10 overs against the Pakistan XI.

He then came for the DLF cup in Malaysia and became the only Indian batsman to shine. In his most recent comeback match, against West Indies on 14th September 2006, Tendulkar responded to his critics who believed that his career was inexorably sliding with his 40th ODI century. Though he scored 141*, West Indies won the rain-affected match by the D/L method. Tendulkar now has 18 more ODI tons than the players who are second on the list of ODI century-makers, Sourav Ganguly and Sanath Jayasuriya [8].

January 2007 Tendulkar scored a 76-ball century against the West Indies which makes it his 41st ODI century. He reached a hundred on the last ball of the Indian innings. Tendulkar now has 18 more ODI tons than Sanath Jayasuriya who is second on the list of ODI century-makers

Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 50 centuries in international cricket. He has now scored 76 (35 in Tests, 41 in ODIs

At Cricket World Cup 2007 in the West Indies, Tendulkar and the Indian cricket team had a dismal campaign. Tendulkar had scores of 7 (Bangladesh), 57* (Bermuda) and 0 (Sri Lanka).

Sachin's 37th ton against Bangladesh during the 2007 series 2nd Test, made history as the 1st time the top four batsman of any team had all scored centuries in a single innings. Dinesh Karthik made 129, Wasim Jaffer 138 and Rahul Dravid 129 were the other centurions.

29th June 2007, Sachin Tendulkar reached yet another milestone in his illustrious career by becoming the first cricketer ever to score 15,000 ODI runs in the second one-dayer against South Africa in Belfast

Tendulkar boasts of most ODI centuries, won most (53) Man of the Match and most (13) Man of the Series Awards.

Facts About Sachin Tendulkar

Fact Name Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar Born 24 April 1973, Mumbai Major Teams Mumbai, Yorkshire, India, ACC Asian XI Batting Style Right Hand Bat Bowling Style Right Arm Off Break, Leg Break, Right Arm Medium Test Debut 15-20 Nov, 1989 (Ind vs Pak at Karachi) ODI Debut 18 Dec 1989 (Ind vs Pak at Gujranwala) 20:20 Int. Debut 1 Dec 2006 (Ind v RSA at Johannesburg)
	Tests	ODIs	Twenty20 Int.
Matches	140	400*	1
Runs scored	11150	15563	10
Batting average	54.92	44.21	10.00
100s/50s	37/44	41/84	0/0
Top score	248*	186*	10
Wickets	42	152	1
Bowling average	50.83	43.71	12.00
Best bowling	3/14	5/32	1-12

Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (born 24 April 1973) is an Indian cricketer, universally acknowledged as one of the best batsmen of the modern era. He currently holds the record for the most number of runs in One-Day Internationals, and the most number of centuries scored both in One-Day Internationals and in Test cricket. He made his international debut against Pakistan in 1989 at sixteen, becoming India's youngest Test player. Primarily a top-order batsman, Tendulkar has occasionally proven a useful slow bowler. He received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest sporting honour, for 1997-1998, and the civilian award Padma Shri in 1999. Tendulkar appeared on the front cover of the Indian edition of TIME magazine in 2002 when he was chosen as one of its "Asian Heroes". His prowess has earned him the nicknames "Little Master" (also accorded to Sunil Gavaskar) and "Master Blaster" (once used for Viv Richards). He also recieved the Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1997.

ODI Player Records

Player Name	Country	Matches	Innings	NotOuts	Runs	Highest	BatAvg	100's	50's	0's	90's	S/R	Catches	Stumps	BallsBowld	Maidains	Runs	Wkts	BowlAvg	Best	5Wkts	SR	Runs/Ovr
SR Tendulkar	India	407	397	37	15962	186*	44.33	41	87	16	10	85.50	120	0	7982	24	6774	154	43.98	5-32	2	51.80	5.06
ST Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	405	393	18	12214	189	32.57	25	64	28	5	90.37	115	0	14105	40	11192	307	36.45	6-29	4	45.09	4.77
Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	375	347	53	11665	137*	39.67	10	83	19	4	74.24	109	0	58	1	64	3	21.33	1-0	0	19.33	6.62
SC Ganguly	India	311	303	23	11363	183	41.02	22	72	16	6	73.70	100	0	4561	32	3849	100	38.49	5-16	2	45.06	5.05
RT Ponting	Australia	288	279	35	10835	164	44.40	25	63	16	3	80.68	128	0	150	0	104	3	34.66	1-12	0	50.00	4.16
RS Dravid	India	333	308	40	10585	153	39.49	12	81	9	3	71.22	193	14	186	1	170	4	42.50	2-43	0	46.50	5.48
BC Lara	West Indies	299	289	32	10405	169	40.48	19	63	15	5	79.51	120	0	49	0	61	4	15.25	2-5	0	12.25	7.47
JH Kallis	South Africa	274	260	49	9541	139	45.21	16	65	12	6	71.35	101	0	9388	68	7536	239	31.53	5-30	2	39.02	4.83
M Azharuddin	India	334	308	54	9378	153*	36.92	7	58	9	7	73.96	156	0	556	1	481	12	40.08	3-19	0	46.33	5.19
AC Gilchrist	Australia	277	269	11	9297	172	36.03	15	53	16	5	96.90	401	53	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00
PA de Silva	Sri Lanka	308	296	30	9284	145	34.90	11	64	17	9	81.07	95	0	5148	26	4177	106	39.41	4-30	0	48.57	4.87
Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan	256	243	37	8873	141*	43.07	14	61	15	4	74.65	53	0	2	0	1	0	1.00	1-0	0	2.00	6.00
Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	247	244	19	8823	194	39.21	20	43	15	4	80.69	42	0	242	3	191	6	31.83	2-9	0	40.33	4.74
DL Haynes	West Indies	238	237	28	8648	152*	41.38	17	57	13	3	63.30	59	0	30	0	24	0	0.00	0-24	0	0.00	4.80
ME Waugh	Australia	244	236	20	8500	173	39.35	18	50	16	2	76.88	108	0	3687	11	2938	85	34.56	5-24	1	43.38	4.78
MS Atapattu	Sri Lanka	253	246	28	8233	132*	37.77	11	59	13	5	67.70	70	0	51	0	41	0	0.00	0-4	0	0.00	4.82
SP Fleming	New Zealand	280	269	21	8037	134*	32.40	8	49	14	4	71.49	133	0	29	0	28	1	28.00	1-8	0	29.00	5.79
SR Waugh	Australia	325	288	58	7569	120*	32.91	3	45	15	1	75.85	111	0	8883	56	6764	195	34.69	4-33	0	45.55	4.57
A Ranatunga	Sri Lanka	269	255	47	7454	131*	35.84	4	49	18	3	78.00	63	0	4710	21	3757	79	47.56	4-14	0	59.62	4.79
HH Gibbs	South Africa	224	217	16	7383	175	36.73	20	33	18	3	83.37	96	0	0	0	0	0	0.00		0	0.00
Javed Miandad	Pakistan	233	218	41	7381	119*	41.70	8	50	8	2	66.89	72	2	436	3	297	7	42.43	2-22	0	62.29	4.09
S Chanderpaul	West Indies	229	215	31	7291	150	39.62	8	49	7	2	70.32	64	0	740	1	636	14	45.42	3-18	0	52.80	5.17
DPM Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	263	245	26	7238	128	33.05	10	42	14	3	76.67	135	0	582	2	558	7	79.71	2-56	0	83.10	5.69
Salim Malik	Pakistan	283	256	38	7171	102	32.89	5	47	19	2	76.35	80	0	3505	10	2959	89	33.25	5-35	1	39.38	5.07
MG Bevan	Australia	232	196	67	6912	108*	53.58	6	46	5	0	74.41	69	0	1966	6	1655	36	45.97	3-36	0	54.61	5.05
NJ Astle	New Zealand	212	207	14	6890	145*	35.70	16	40	15	9	72.82	80	0	4768	28	3740	99	37.78	4-43	0	48.16	4.71
G Kirsten	South Africa	185	185	19	6798	188*	40.95	13	45	11	4	72.00	62	1	30	1	23	0	0.00	0-6	0	0.00	4.60
A Flower	Zimbabwe	213	208	16	6786	145	35.34	4	55	13	2	74.68	141	32	30	0	23	0	0.00	0-9	0	0.00	4.60
IVA Richards	West Indies	187	167	24	6721	189*	47.00	11	45	7	3	90.63	101	0	5644	26	4231	118	35.86	6-41	2	47.83	4.50
Ijaz Ahmed	Pakistan	250	232	29	6564	139*	32.33	10	37	14	4	80.19	90	0	637	1	476	5	95.20	2-31	0	127.40	4.48
GW Flower	Zimbabwe	219	212	18	6536	142*	33.69	6	40	18	9	67.44	86	0	5419	11	4187	104	40.26	4-32	0	52.11	4.64
AR Border	Australia	273	252	39	6524	127*	30.63	3	39	11	4	71.38	127	0	2661	11	2071	73	28.37	3-20	0	36.45	4.67
RB Richardson	West Indies	224	217	30	6248	122	33.41	5	44	8	6	63.79	74	0	58	0	46	1	46.00	1-4	0	58.00	4.76
CH Gayle	West Indies	176	172	12	6244	153*	39.02	15	34	11	2	80.26	81	0	5946	17	4618	142	32.52	5-46	1	41.80	4.77
DM Jones	Australia	164	161	25	6068	145	44.62	7	46	6	6	72.64	54	0	106	0	81	3	27.00	2-34	0	35.33	4.58
KC Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	210	193	23	6059	138*	35.64	6	41	4	1	73.98	193	53	0	0	0	0	0.00		0	0.00
DC Boon	Australia	181	177	16	5964	122	37.04	5	37	6	3	65.17	45	0	82	0	86	0	0.00	0-5	0	0.00	6.29
JN Rhodes	South Africa	245	220	51	5935	121	35.12	2	33	12	2	81.12	105	0	14	0	4	0	0.00	0-1	0	0.00	1.71
Rameez Raja	Pakistan	198	197	15	5841	119*	32.09	9	31	15	2	63.13	33	0	6	0	10	0	0.00	0-10	0	0.00	10.00
ML Hayden	Australia	153	147	15	5835	181	44.20	10	33	8	3	79.06	65	0	54	0	40	0	0.00	00	0	0.00	18.00
CL Hooper	West Indies	227	206	43	5762	113*	35.35	7	29	7	1	76.81	120	0	9573	53	6957	193	36.05	4-34	0	49.60	4.36
Yuvraj Singh	India	195	177	26	5573	139	36.90	8	34	6	1	86.61	62	0	2482	17	2137	52	39.57	4-6	0	45.90	4.97
WJ Cronje	South Africa	188	175	31	5565	112	38.65	2	39	8	5	76.44	72	0	5354	33	3966	114	34.79	5-32	1	46.96	4.44
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	253	240	14	5369	109	23.75	4	29	20	0	110.95	89	0	10131	52	7818	217	36.02	5-11	2	46.06	4.64
AD Jadeja	India	196	179	36	5359	119	37.48	6	30	10	4	69.44	59	0	1248	2	1094	20	54.70	3-3	0	62.40	5.26
DR Martyn	Australia	208	182	51	5346	144*	40.80	5	37	10	2	77.73	69	0	794	2	704	12	58.66	2-21	0	66.16	5.32
V Sehwag	India	178	173	7	5231	130	31.51	8	25	10	1	96.88	71	0	3530	18	3097	76	40.75	3-25	0	46.04	5.33
ADR Campbell	Zimbabwe	188	184	14	5185	131*	30.50	7	30	11	3	66.13	77	0	509	3	434	12	36.17	2-20	0	42.42	5.12
RS Mahanama	Sri Lanka	213	198	23	5162	119*	29.50	4	35	15	3	60.53	109	0	2	0	7	0	0.00	0-3	0	0.00	21.00
CG Greenidge	West Indies	128	127	13	5134	133*	45.04	11	31	3	3	65.15	45	0	60	0	45	1	45.00	1-21	0	60.00	4.50
CL Cairns	New Zealand	215	193	25	4950	115	29.46	4	26	9	0	84.26	66	0	8168	80	6594	201	32.81	5-42	1	40.63	4.84
GC Smith	South Africa	130	128	7	4817	134*	39.80	6	35	4	2	81.97	68	0	1026	0	951	18	52.83	3-30	0	57.00	5.73
Aamir Sohail	Pakistan	156	155	5	4780	134	31.87	5	31	10	3	65.52	49	0	4836	19	3703	85	43.56	4-22	0	56.89	4.59
CD McMillan	New Zealand	197	183	16	4707	117	28.18	3	28	9	0	75.94	44	0	1879	6	1717	49	35.04	3-20	0	38.34	5.44
MD Crowe	New Zealand	143	140	18	4704	107*	38.56	4	34	3	6	72.66	65	0	1296	21	952	29	32.83	2-9	0	44.69	4.41
AJ Stewart	England	170	162	14	4677	116	31.60	4	28	13	2	68.23	159	15	0	0	0	0			0
A Symonds	Australia	180	144	31	4671	156	41.37	6	26	12	2	93.33	74	0	5690	32	4737	124	38.20	5-18	1	45.08	4.95
Younis Khan	Pakistan	164	159	18	4600	144	32.62	3	31	11	1	75.49	86	0	145	2	151	1	151.00	1-24	0	145.00	6.66
Abdur Razzaq	Pakistan	231	198	49	4465	112	29.96	2	22	13	0	79.96	31	0	9797	86	7658	246	31.13	6-35	3	39.82	4.62
NS Sidhu	India	136	127	8	4415	134*	37.10	6	33	7	3	69.85	20	0	4	0	3	0	0.00	0-1	0	0.00	4.50
CZ Harris	New Zealand	250	213	62	4379	130	29.00	1	16	12	0	66.49	96	0	10667	82	7613	203	37.50	5-42	1	52.55	4.28
GR Marsh	Australia	117	115	6	4357	126*	39.97	9	22	4	2	55.85	31	0	6	0	4	0	0.00	0-4	0	0.00	4.00
GA Gooch	England	125	122	6	4290	142	36.98	8	23	4	3	61.79	45	0	2066	26	1516	36	42.11	3-19	0	57.39	4.40
MV Boucher	South Africa	263	193	48	4203	147	28.98	1	25	14	2	84.12	368	18	0	0	0	0	0.00		0	0.00
Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	155	138	17	4142	143	34.23	5	26	6	2	78.19	56	0	5367	28	4045	120	33.70	4-19	0	44.07	4.42
RR Sarwan	West Indies	124	116	24	4099	115*	44.55	3	26	4	1	76.90	34	0	485	1	472	12	39.33	3-31	0	40.41	6.07
K Srikkanth	India	146	145	4	4092	123	29.02	4	27	11	5	71.71	42	0	712	3	641	25	25.64	5-27	2	28.48	5.40
AJ Lamb	England	122	118	16	4010	118	39.31	4	26	8	4	75.16	31	0	6	0	3	0	0.00	0-3	0	0.00	3.00
ME Trescothick	England	114	113	6	3923	137	36.66	10	20	12	1	85.04	47	0	232	0	219	4	54.75	2-7	0	58.00	5.66
AP Gurusinha	Sri Lanka	147	143	5	3902	117*	28.28	2	22	12	1	60.29	49	0	1585	8	1354	26	52.08	2-25	0	60.96	5.13
JG Wright	New Zealand	149	148	1	3888	101	26.45	1	24	9	1	57.19	51	0	24	1	8	0	0.00	0-0	0	0.00	2.00
DJ Cullinan	South Africa	138	133	16	3860	124	32.99	3	23	10	1	70.19	62	0	190	1	130	5	26.00	2-30	0	38.00	4.11
GA Hick	England	120	118	15	3846	126*	37.34	5	27	10	2	74.06	64	0	1236	6	1026	30	34.20	5-33	1	41.20	4.98
HP Tillakaratne	Sri Lanka	200	168	40	3789	104	29.60	2	13	10	0	57.70	89	6	180	1	141	6	23.50	1-3	0	30.00	4.70
N Kapil Dev	India	225	198	39	3782	175*	23.79	1	14	13	0	94.41	71	0	11202	235	6945	253	27.45	5-43	1	44.28	3.72
Wasim Akram	Pakistan	356	280	55	3717	86	16.52	0	6	28	0	88.50	88	0	18186	236	11812	502	23.53	5-15	6	36.23	3.90
RS Kaluwitharana	Sri Lanka	189	181	14	3711	102*	22.22	2	23	24	2	77.67	132	75	0	0	0	0			0
Imran Khan	Pakistan	175	151	40	3709	102*	33.41	1	19	6	0	72.60	37	0	7462	123	4845	182	26.62	6-14	1	41.00	3.90
RP Arnold	Sri Lanka	160	139	37	3676	103	36.04	1	26	7	1	72.14	45	0	2090	8	1689	37	45.65	3-47	0	56.49	4.85
PV Simmons	West Indies	143	138	11	3675	122	28.94	5	18	14	2	68.07	55	0	3880	38	2876	83	34.65	4-3	0	46.75	4.45