source:cricinfo.com
Friday, February 26, 2010
Better than Lara and Ponting; Gavaskar and Border; and the Don
A selection of tributes on Sachin Tendulkar's double-century
Sachin Tendulkar is congratulated by MS Dhoni after rewriting the record books, 2nd ODI, Gwalior, February 24, 2010
Aamer Sohail: "If you ask Saeed Anwar, he would say he's happy that Tendulkar broke his record"
"Better than Brian Lara and Ricky Ponting, the other two great players of my era. Better than Sir Viv Richards, Sunil Gavaskar and Allan Border. And I would even say better than Sir Don Bradman himself."
Nasser Hussain runs out of comparables for Tendulkar
"Nobody else does deserve to get there. It's only Sachin who deserves to scale that peak. 200 is a big score in one-day cricket. It's not easy to get there. It took him 20 long years to get there. He has come a long way. It's Sachin's greatness. Records are meant to be broken. I heard somebody [Charles Coventry] equalled my record sometime ago. But I did not know him. It's great that my friend from Mumbai Sachin broke it. I am very happy for him."
Saeed Anwar may have been pushed down the special list, but he's full of praise for the incumbent
"He should aim for more. Maybe a Test innings of 450 or an ODI knock of 250. And then he himself wants to win next year's World Cup. There is a little boy in Tendulkar who wants to keep playing. That spirit keeps him going. It's absolutely incredible how he keeps going."
Keeping with the Mumbai ways, Sunil Gavaskar is not yet sated
"Come on Sachin my friend get your 200. World record to please! You deserve it… Nervous for my good friend Sachin everything crossed for you mate… Glad I'm not bowling to him today ha ha ha."
Tendulkar's old pal Shane Warne tweets his excitement as he nears the double-century
"I thought the way he celebrated when he reached his 200 epitomised the man's persona. There was no running laps around the field, no aggressive gestures, nothing over-the-top. He did what he always does, raised both his arms, closed his eyes for a moment and quietly acknowledged that it had been done."
Anil Kumble applauds a long-time team-mate
I was very proud to have held the record for a little while but there could be no better man in the history of the game to break through the 200 barrier. Zimbabwe versus Bangladesh.. India versus South Africa. Not quite in the same bracket, are they?"
Charles Coventry downplays his own achievement in scoring 194* against Bangladesh, and joins in the applause
"The unbeaten 200 that Sachin made at Gwalior is a benchmark for others to follow. Now, there will be lot of players who believe that they can also make 200 in an one-day international. We will wait and see."
VVS Laxman tells DNA that it was a path breaking innings
"He has always respected the game and is dedicated to it. But I think this is not enough for him. He is hungry and I am sure he will keep creating new records. He is a dedicated student of the game and is still keen to learn things."
Ramakant Achrekar, Tendulkar's childhood coach
"I think if you ask Saeed Anwar, he would say he's happy that Tendulkar broke his record. The reason for his success is that he has a great respect for the game."
Aamer Sohail, Saeed Anwar's good friend and opening partner, pays a fitting tribute to the new record-holder
"He has got so much class. His greatest strength is the longevity, to be able to be so successful at a young age and to still be doing the same thing 20 years on. We're blessed to still have such a great player playing this game."
Michael Clarke didn't watch the innings, but plans to catch the highlights
"If any person deserved to do better than me it was Tendulkar. I am happy for him, there are no real regrets."
Saeed Anwar, whose 194 was the previous highest ODI score.
"It shows his mental and physical toughness. He's a player who does not throw away his wicket once he's set. He always places a huge price on his wicket."
Dilip Vengsarkar salutes the attributes that such a knock needs
"Sachin - the greatest ever player ever - without any doubt… I salute Sachin... World's greatest sportsman. We can see him only rise. (He is an) inspiration to us all. He is the best."
IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi waxes beyond eloquent, on his twitter page
"What an innings it was. He had come close to achieving it twice. I always felt that Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya are capable of doing that."
Kumar Sangakkara has not forgotten Tendulkar's recent dazzling form
"He is my favourite player. I had said that one day he would go on to break all batting records and now you see him scoring runs and runs."
Javed Miandad kinda saw it coming
"Whatever record is seen to be impossible to achieve, he makes it possible. That's all I can say. It seems as he's getting older, he is becoming more and more mature. No wonder Sir Donald Bradman saw himself in the way Sachin bats."
King of parsimony Bapu Nadkarni is not parsimonious with his praise
Sachin Tendulkar is congratulated by MS Dhoni after rewriting the record books, 2nd ODI, Gwalior, February 24, 2010
Aamer Sohail: "If you ask Saeed Anwar, he would say he's happy that Tendulkar broke his record"
"Better than Brian Lara and Ricky Ponting, the other two great players of my era. Better than Sir Viv Richards, Sunil Gavaskar and Allan Border. And I would even say better than Sir Don Bradman himself."
Nasser Hussain runs out of comparables for Tendulkar
"Nobody else does deserve to get there. It's only Sachin who deserves to scale that peak. 200 is a big score in one-day cricket. It's not easy to get there. It took him 20 long years to get there. He has come a long way. It's Sachin's greatness. Records are meant to be broken. I heard somebody [Charles Coventry] equalled my record sometime ago. But I did not know him. It's great that my friend from Mumbai Sachin broke it. I am very happy for him."
Saeed Anwar may have been pushed down the special list, but he's full of praise for the incumbent
"He should aim for more. Maybe a Test innings of 450 or an ODI knock of 250. And then he himself wants to win next year's World Cup. There is a little boy in Tendulkar who wants to keep playing. That spirit keeps him going. It's absolutely incredible how he keeps going."
Keeping with the Mumbai ways, Sunil Gavaskar is not yet sated
"Come on Sachin my friend get your 200. World record to please! You deserve it… Nervous for my good friend Sachin everything crossed for you mate… Glad I'm not bowling to him today ha ha ha."
Tendulkar's old pal Shane Warne tweets his excitement as he nears the double-century
"I thought the way he celebrated when he reached his 200 epitomised the man's persona. There was no running laps around the field, no aggressive gestures, nothing over-the-top. He did what he always does, raised both his arms, closed his eyes for a moment and quietly acknowledged that it had been done."
Anil Kumble applauds a long-time team-mate
I was very proud to have held the record for a little while but there could be no better man in the history of the game to break through the 200 barrier. Zimbabwe versus Bangladesh.. India versus South Africa. Not quite in the same bracket, are they?"
Charles Coventry downplays his own achievement in scoring 194* against Bangladesh, and joins in the applause
"The unbeaten 200 that Sachin made at Gwalior is a benchmark for others to follow. Now, there will be lot of players who believe that they can also make 200 in an one-day international. We will wait and see."
VVS Laxman tells DNA that it was a path breaking innings
"He has always respected the game and is dedicated to it. But I think this is not enough for him. He is hungry and I am sure he will keep creating new records. He is a dedicated student of the game and is still keen to learn things."
Ramakant Achrekar, Tendulkar's childhood coach
"I think if you ask Saeed Anwar, he would say he's happy that Tendulkar broke his record. The reason for his success is that he has a great respect for the game."
Aamer Sohail, Saeed Anwar's good friend and opening partner, pays a fitting tribute to the new record-holder
"He has got so much class. His greatest strength is the longevity, to be able to be so successful at a young age and to still be doing the same thing 20 years on. We're blessed to still have such a great player playing this game."
Michael Clarke didn't watch the innings, but plans to catch the highlights
"If any person deserved to do better than me it was Tendulkar. I am happy for him, there are no real regrets."
Saeed Anwar, whose 194 was the previous highest ODI score.
"It shows his mental and physical toughness. He's a player who does not throw away his wicket once he's set. He always places a huge price on his wicket."
Dilip Vengsarkar salutes the attributes that such a knock needs
"Sachin - the greatest ever player ever - without any doubt… I salute Sachin... World's greatest sportsman. We can see him only rise. (He is an) inspiration to us all. He is the best."
IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi waxes beyond eloquent, on his twitter page
"What an innings it was. He had come close to achieving it twice. I always felt that Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya are capable of doing that."
Kumar Sangakkara has not forgotten Tendulkar's recent dazzling form
"He is my favourite player. I had said that one day he would go on to break all batting records and now you see him scoring runs and runs."
Javed Miandad kinda saw it coming
"Whatever record is seen to be impossible to achieve, he makes it possible. That's all I can say. It seems as he's getting older, he is becoming more and more mature. No wonder Sir Donald Bradman saw himself in the way Sachin bats."
King of parsimony Bapu Nadkarni is not parsimonious with his praise
Source: cricinfo.com
Saturday, February 20, 2010
ICC Cricket World Cup 2010/11 / Fixtures
Sat Feb 19 1st match - India v BangladeshShere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Sun Feb 20 3rd match - Sri Lanka v Canada
Hambantota International Cricket Stadium
Sun Feb 20 2nd match - Kenya v New Zealand
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Mon Feb 21 4th match - Australia v Zimbabwe
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Tue Feb 22 5th match - England v Netherlands
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Wed Feb 23 6th match - Kenya v Pakistan
Hambantota International Cricket Stadium
Thu Feb 24 7th match - South Africa v West Indies
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Fri Feb 25 9th match - Bangladesh v Ireland
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Fri Feb 25 8th match - Australia v New Zealand
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Sat Feb 26 10th match - Pakistan v Sri Lanka
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sun Feb 27 11th match - India v England
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Mon Feb 28 12th match - Netherlands v West Indies
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Mon Feb 28 13th match - Canada v Zimbabwe
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Tue Mar 1 14th match - Kenya v Sri Lanka
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Wed Mar 2 15th match - England v Ireland
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Thu Mar 3 17th match - Canada v Pakistan
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Thu Mar 3 16th match - Netherlands v South Africa
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Fri Mar 4 19th match - Bangladesh v West Indies
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Fri Mar 4 18th match - New Zealand v Zimbabwe
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Sat Mar 5 20th match - Australia v Sri Lanka
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sun Mar 6 21st match - India v Ireland
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Sun Mar 6 22nd match - England v South Africa
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Mon Mar 7 23rd match - Canada v Kenya
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Tue Mar 8 24th match - New Zealand v Pakistan
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
Wed Mar 9 25th match - India v Netherlands
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Thu Mar 10 26th match - Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
Fri Mar 11 28th match - Bangladesh v England
Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Fri Mar 11 27th match - Ireland v West Indies
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Sat Mar 12 29th match - India v South Africa
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Sun Mar 13 30th match - Canada v New Zealand
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Sun Mar 13 31st match - Australia v Kenya
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Mon Mar 14 33rd match - Bangladesh v Netherlands
Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Mon Mar 14 32nd match - Pakistan v Zimbabwe
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
Tue Mar 15 34th match - Ireland v South Africa
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Wed Mar 16 35th match - Australia v Canada
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Thu Mar 17 36th match - England v West Indies
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Fri Mar 18 37th match - New Zealand v Sri Lanka
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Fri Mar 18 38th match - Ireland v Netherlands
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Sat Mar 19 40th match - Bangladesh v South Africa
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Sat Mar 19 39th match - Australia v Pakistan
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sun Mar 20 41st match - Kenya v Zimbabwe
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Sun Mar 20 42nd match - India v West Indies
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Wed Mar 23 Quarter Final - TBC v TBC
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Thu Mar 24 Quarter Final - TBC v TBC
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Fri Mar 25 Quarter Final - TBC v TBC
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Sat Mar 26 Quarter Final - TBC v TBC
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Tue Mar 29 Semi Final - TBC v TBC
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Wed Mar 30 Semi Final - TBC v TBC
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Sat Apr 2 Final - TBC v TBC
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
source: cricinfo.com
ICC World T20I 2010: Fixures
 |
| 17:00 GMT | 13:00 local |
| 22:30 IST 1st Match, Group B - New Zealand v Sri Lanka |
| Providence Stadium, Guyana |
| Fri Apr 30 |
| 21:00 GMT | 17:00 local |
| 02:30 IST +1d 2nd Match, Group D - West Indies v Ireland |
| Providence Stadium, Guyana |
| Sat May 1 |
| 13:30 GMT | 09:30 local |
| 19:00 IST 3rd Match, Group C - Afghanistan v India |
| Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia |
| Sat May 1 |
| 17:30 GMT | 13:30 local |
| 23:00 IST 4th Match, Group A - Bangladesh v Pakistan |
| Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia |
| Sun May 2 |
| 13:30 GMT | 09:30 local |
| 19:00 IST 5th Match, Group C - India v South Africa |
| Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia |
| Sun May 2 |
| 17:30 GMT | 13:30 local |
| 23:00 IST 6th Match, Group A - Australia v Pakistan |
| Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia |
| Mon May 3 |
| 13:30 GMT | 09:30 local |
| 19:00 IST 7th Match, Group B - Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe |
| Providence Stadium, Guyana |
| Mon May 3 |
| 17:30 GMT | 13:30 local |
| 23:00 IST 8th Match, Group D - West Indies v England |
| Providence Stadium, Guyana |
| Tue May 4 |
| 13:30 GMT | 09:30 local |
| 19:00 IST 9th Match, Group B - New Zealand v Zimbabwe |
| Providence Stadium, Guyana |
| Tue May 4 |
| 17:30 GMT | 13:30 local |
| 23:00 IST 10th Match, Group D - England v Ireland |
| Providence Stadium, Guyana |
| Wed May 5 |
| 13:30 GMT | 09:30 local |
| 19:00 IST 11th Match, Group A - Australia v Bangladesh |
| Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Wed May 5 |
| 17:30 GMT | 13:30 local |
| 23:00 IST 12th Match, Group C - Afghanistan v South Africa |
| Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Thu May 6 |
| 13:30 GMT | 09:30 local |
| 19:00 IST 13th Match - TBC v TBC (A1 v D2) |
| Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Thu May 6 |
| 17:30 GMT | 13:30 local |
| 23:00 IST 14th Match - TBC v TBC (C1 v B2) |
| Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Fri May 7 |
| 13:30 GMT | 09:30 local |
| 19:00 IST 15th Match - TBC v TBC (A2 v C2) |
| Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Fri May 7 |
| 17:30 GMT | 13:30 local |
| 23:00 IST 16th Match - TBC v TBC (B1 v D1) |
| Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Sat May 8 |
| 13:30 GMT | 09:30 local |
| 19:00 IST 17th Match - TBC v TBC (C1 v D2) |
| Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Sat May 8 |
| 17:30 GMT | 13:30 local |
| 23:00 IST 18th Match - TBC v TBC (A1 v B2) |
| Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Sun May 9 |
| 13:30 GMT | 09:30 local |
| 19:00 IST 19th Match - TBC v TBC (C2 v D1) |
| Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Sun May 9 |
| 17:30 GMT | 13:30 local |
| 23:00 IST 20th Match - TBC v TBC (B1 v A2) |
| Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Mon May 10 |
| 13:30 GMT | 09:30 local |
| 19:00 IST 21st Match - TBC v TBC (B2 v D2) |
| Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia |
| Mon May 10 |
| 17:30 GMT | 13:30 local |
| 23:00 IST 22nd Match - TBC v TBC (A1 v C1) |
| Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia |
| Tue May 11 |
| 17:00 GMT | 13:00 local |
| 22:30 IST 23rd Match - TBC v TBC (B1 v C2) |
| Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia |
| Tue May 11 |
| 21:00 GMT | 17:00 local |
| 02:30 IST +1d 24th Match - TBC v TBC (D1 v A2) |
| Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia |
| Thu May 13 |
| 15:30 GMT | 11:30 local |
| 21:00 IST 1st Semi-Final - TBC v TBC |
| Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia |
| Fri May 14 |
| 15:30 GMT | 11:30 local |
| 21:00 IST 2nd Semi-Final - TBC v TBC |
| Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia |
| Sun May 16 |
| 15:30 GMT | 11:30 local |
| 21:00 IST Final - TBC v TBC |
| Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados |
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