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Was this due to a "I'm so good at batting, why should I care" vibe? And who was better?
Despite being among the very best of the ...er ...very best - neither COMPLETELY changed the world in the field. Not like Taylor, Waugh, Dravid, or Kallis IMO.
Was this due to a "I'm so good at batting, why should I care" vibe? And who was better?
World XI Since 1990 -
1. Gooch 2. Dravid 3. Ponting 4. Tendulkar 5. Lara 6. Kallis 7. Gilchrist 8. Akram 9. Warne 10. Ambrose 11. McGrath
I think they both had the "I'm so good at batting, why should I care" vibe. On the whole, I think Tendulkar was slightly less worse than Lara.
"I will go down as Darren Sammy, the one who always smiles" - Darren Sammy
What? Lara was a magnificent slip fielder imo... Extremely safe and took several stunners.
Never thought I'd pick one of them without hesitation in a Lara vs Tendulkar debate, bur Lara decisively because of his value in the slips
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Lara was a very good fielder. Very very good.
who was better at running between the wickets?
Proudly against the bring back Bennett movement since he is injury prone and won't last 5 days.Originally Posted by HeathDavisSpeed
who was better at ducking down when they got bowled
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts.. . For support rather than illumination. " - Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
Generally speaking, it's ******** to constantly talk about players who stopped playing ages ago.
Past doesn't exist nor is it revelant anymore.
basically tired of lara v tendulkar, mcgrath v marshall, murali v warne... It's all done and dusted. Their time was up long ago, time to move on.
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Who was more scared against Akhtar.
Never in a million years would I have thought Brumby to admit this!!!!!!
Then simple. Don't read the threads.
1st XI
Hutton | Hobbs | Bradman* | Richards^ | Tendulkar | Sobers5^ | Gilchrist+ | Khan3 | Marshall1 | Warne4^ | McGrath2
2nd XI
Sutcliffe | Gavaskar* | Headley | Chappell^ | Lara^ | Kallis5^ | Knott+ | Hadlee3 | Ambrose2 | Lillee1 | Muralitharan4
3rd XI
Greenidge | Richards^ | Ponting^ | Pollock | Hammond^ | Worrell5* | Waite+ | Akram3 | Steyn1 | Holding2 | O'Reilly4
4th XI
Morris | Simpson^ | Sangakkara | Weekes^ | Border*^ | Walcott+ | Faulkner5 | Laker4 | Trueman1 | Garner3 | Donald2
Lara was an ATG/ Great slip fielder with superb hands and just a hair below the Taylor, Chappell, Hooper category.
So why open a thread called "Lara v Tendulkar at fielding" ****? You know, it's pretty obvious what it's gonna be about.
its like when you see a car broken down on a level crossing. you dont want to look, but you just can't stop yourself
So that a cricket nerd or two is maybe influenced to start a better discussion and not one that has been done to the core like a 1000 times (thats probably an under-estimate) as there's been a lack of good discussions of late.
So what if you have? You've been here a while, some haven't. I haven't discussed it... This seriously pisses me off about Cricket chat
lol that's pretty low. both were more than decent fielders. Sachin was well above-average for an Indian fielder of his time (which in one sense isn't saying anything and in another says a lot). Lara, as has been pointed out, was a good slipper. Just because they weren't the greatest fielders of all time, doesn't mean they were a bunch of bums. They were very professional in the field. Why is it a must that you be ATG both with the bat and in the field? Totally different skills.
Think about this though too, what if Tendulkar demanded to be in the slips to have more impact in the field? VVS Fatman would have then had to do a lot more ball chasing. Sometimes it's about getting the most out of all of your players, at the cost of showcasing one's individual abilities; the pieces have to fit and that can often mean hiding your fatties in the slips. A quick bit of youtube searching and you can find some excellent moments of Sachin and Lara in the field, far more than any goof-ups. They were good fielders who don't deserve derision
So many other players are guilty of "I'm so good at batting, why should I care" that it's absurd to pose this question for either player. Think of a certain paper tiger of bengal
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