[KopThat!]

Did ya see that last nigght, BD? Shaun Tait tore Pakistan to shreds!! 3/13 from his 4 overs in helping Australia successfully defend their total of 127!!

HE BOWLED ONE AT 160.7 KM/HR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BigDonga]

i saw most of it
was gettin a little worried, and smith did really well - from what i saw
hussey was givin me the shits though, but at least he actually stayed in.
ALSO what about white and johnson, they both got out by hitting balls nearly above their fuckin helmets!!!!! - Bullshit!!!

[KopThat!]

Yeah Johnson didn't even hit the thing

[KopThat!]

SHANE WATSON WINS THE ALLAN BORDER MEDAL - CONGRATULATIONS CHAMPION!!

Also:

Test Player of the Year: Simon Katich ( )
One Day International Player of the Year: Shane Watson (no brainer)
State Player of the Year: Michael Klinger (Pfft Hodgey's 9 centuries at an average of over 60 in both forms (ODI and Test) not good enough??)
Sir Donald Bradman Young Cricketer Of The Year: John Hastings (Fair call)

But all in all, congratulations to Shane Watson, Allan Border Medallist for 2010, just ahead of Mitchell Johnson, Michael Clarke, Ricky Ponting and Peter Siddle.

[paisleyx3]

Second one-day international, Gwalior:
India 401-3 (50 ovs) bt South Africa 248 (42.5 ovs) by 153 runs
Match scorecard

 
Tendulkar underlined his sensational class with a double century in Gwalior


Sachin Tendulkar created history with the first double century in one-day internationals as India thrashed South Africa by 153 runs in Gwalior.

The 36-year-old hit 25 fours and three sixes in an unbeaten 200 off 147 balls.

It passed the previous best of 194, set by Pakistan's Saeed Anwar in 1997 and Zimbabwe's Charles Coventry last year.

Mahendra Dhoni hit four sixes in 68 from 35 balls in a mammoth 401-3, and South Africa were 248 all out as India took an unassailable 2-0 series lead.

Tendulkar, whose previous best one-day knock was the 186 not out he scored against New Zealand in 1999, is already the leading run-scorer in Test and ODI cricket.

But to have reached such a landmark, with a single in the final over, only serves to underline his class and add to the legacy that already surrounds arguably the finest batsman to have played the game.

His innings, the 46th one-day century of his career, was typified by wristy strokes, trademark boundary shots and, above all, stamina as he batted through the entire innings.

He passed the previous best score in ODIs off 140 deliveries before taking his time over the final six runs, completing his double century with a single off Charl Langeveldt four balls from the end of the innings.

Despite clearly suffering with cramp towards the end, Tendulkar was not to be denied and the packed Gwalior crowd were in raptures as he brought up the record.

 HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL ODI SCORES
200* Sachin Tendulkar, India v South Africa 2010
194* Charles Coventry, Zimbabwe v Bangladesh 2009
194 Saeed Anwar, Pakistan v India 1997
189* Viv Richards, W Indies v England 1984
189 Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka v India 2000
Around him, Dinesh Karthik and Dhoni provided able support.

Karthik, who came to the crease in just the fourth over after Virender Sehwag sent a high catch down to Dale Steyn at third man off Wayne Parnell, struck four fours and three sixes on his way to an 85-ball knock of 79.

He departed when he mistimed a pull shot to Herschelle Gibbs at mid-wicket but Yusuf Pathan upped the pace with 36 off 23 balls, including two huge sixes.

However, not even he could match Dhoni's remarkable strokeplay, the India captain providing a staggering display of power hitting with four sixes and seven fours that allowed Tendulkar to calmly build his record-breaking innings at the other end.

When Mark Boucher departed in the 23rd over South Africa were 134-7, and though AB de Villiers struck 13 fours and two sixes in an unbeaten 114, his fifth one-day hundred, the tourists were never in the hunt.

They must now try to avoid a whitewash in the final match of the series in Ahmedabad on Saturday.

Several leading former players who were fortunate to witness the innings saluted India's favourite son Tendulkar.

 606: DEBATE
So glad he is the first one to get there in the mens game

80mph
Former India captain Bishen Singh Bedi said: "It was a great moment for us and another class act from Tendulkar. Sachin has been a great warrior for us and this innings was a delight to watch."

The former Pakistan captain Aamer Sohail, who was Anwar's opening partner, said: "It was a brilliant innings and if you speak to Saeed Anwar, he would be so glad Tendulkar was the one to break his record.

"We all know how talented and how passionate he is about the game, but it's incredible that at the age of 36 he is still going on, he plays the full 50 overs, runs hard and at no point during this knock did he look like he was going to throw his wicket away.

"But the biggest reason he gets all these records is because he respects the game tremendously."

Another former Pakistan captain and top-order batsman Rameez Raja also paid rich tribute to Tendulkar.

"He's been a great ambassador for India and world cricket," Rameez said. "He is a great role model because for someone who has played international cricket for 20-odd years there isn't a single scandal against him.

"It shows the character of the man and he still has the passion and enthusiasm of a 10-year-old."

[KopThat!]

One word describes this I think...............

Unbelievable. Pity the rest of his team mates are complete c**k sucking wankers.

[paisleyx3]

How does Sachin Tendulkar do it? How does a 36-year-old cricketer stay at the top of the game for 20 years? How does he retain this insatiable hunger for achievement after scoring more than 30,000 runs in the long (Test) and shorter (50 over) versions of the game?

Cricket fans are asking these questions again after Tendulkar created history by firing the first double century in one-day internationals.

It was an unbelievable innings of brutal finesse - he smacked 25 fours and three sixes and batted just 147 balls to score 200. He simply toyed with South Africa's formidable bowlers.

"Take a bow master!", "You little champion!", gasped the commentators as Tendulkar walked back to the pavilion and the crowds went delirious.

"If anybody is deserving of this feat, it is Tendulkar and nobody else," gushed another commentator, and then ran out of words.

You are indeed lost for words trying to explain the genius, elegance and sheer power of one of the greatest cricketers ever born, but more so after his breathtaking display at Gwalior on Wednesday.

I think the best tribute to Tendulkar's genius came from former cricketer and present day guru of cricket writing Peter Roebuck.

"Viv Richards could terrorise an attack with pitiless brutality, Lara could dissect bowlers with surgical and magical strokes, Tendulkar can take an attack apart with towering simplicity. From the start he had an uncanny way of executing his strokes perfectly. Tendulkar was born to bat," he once wrote.

Tendulkar is India's biggest icon and proudest possession - I remember the rising crescendo of noise when he walked up to receive an award in a stadium filled to the brim in Mumbai two years ago. There were other cricket and Bollywood stars being feted that evening. Nobody could match the reception that Tendulkar got.

If you want to know how difficult it has been for Tendulkar to become the greatest cricketer India has ever had, listen to Roebuck again:

"The runs, the majesty, the thrills, do not capture his achievement. Reflect upon his circumstances and then marvel at his feat. Here is a man obliged to put on disguises so that he can move around the streets, a fellow able to drive his cars only in the dead of night for fear of creating a commotion, a father forced to take his family to Iceland on holiday, a person whose entire adult life has been lived in the eye of a storm."

It has been an incredible journey for this magician of cricket. And he is still pulling off new tricks and hitting fresh milestones. How does he do it?

[BigDonga]

cricket was starting to get a bit boring vs the windies got sick of beating em.
except warner and watson even :drool:

[KopThat!]

Well we just beat the sheep shaggers tonight. Crushed them by 6 wickets in the first T20. Johnson got MOTM for his 3/19.

They looked scared s**tless from the pace of Johnson, Nannes and Tait

[ScouseUK]

Well we just beat the sheep shaggers tonight. Crushed them by 6 wickets in the first T20. Johnson got MOTM for his 3/19.

They looked scared s**tless from the pace of Johnson, Nannes and Tait

i didnt no wales had a cricket team lol

iam not a huge cricket luver apart from maybe the ashes i never really watch it but this past week ive been watching the 20/20 IPL and wow its great,i watched about 6 full games now and i can honestly say id luv that to come to england 1 year that would be some piss up lol

[paisleyx3]

i didnt no wales had a cricket team lol

iam not a huge cricket luver apart from maybe the ashes i never really watch it but this past week ive been watching the 20/20 IPL and wow its great,i watched about 6 full games now and i can honestly say id luv that to come to england 1 year that would be some piss up lol

get yourself down to your local county team if you want to watch 20/20

[ScouseUK]

get yourself down to your local county team if you want to watch 20/20

oh 20/20 is nothing compared to the ipl,and id never go pay to watch cricket unless it was for the ashes

[paisleyx3]

oh 20/20 is nothing compared to the ipl,and id never go pay to watch cricket unless it was for the ashes

you'll be surprised bud, i went to my 1st one last year and it's a scream

[KopThat!]

oh 20/20 is nothing compared to the ipl,and id never go pay to watch cricket unless it was for the ashes

IPL is T20

[theanfieldpaddy]

just watchin the twenty/20 world cup ,, england v pakistan it's quiet good 
 
can someone tell how england can have an irish man and a few guys from south africa playing for them   

i hear the irish guy is their best player with the bat    and the SA guys are not to far behind  .. i thought this was an english game yet they need a paddy to get the scores 

must be the hurling