Is Tendulkar a choker

[PY]

I'm not quite sure how this thread managed to get 300+ posts!

Seems a silly question to me.

 

[Raj123]

ive never doubted that he isnt a great ODI player

how long ago was it that you used his 141 in pak series to suggest he was a choker

 

[Raj123]

After all the discussions i think we have a winner for the most over rated player ever:
Yes it is non other than the great Sir Donald Bradman(that is, if some (actually just 2)of us are to be believed).
now heres the proof (no i havent gone insane, just borrowed tec's brain for a while. although its pretty much the same ).

bradman avg when winning: 130
when draw: 110
behold.....when losing : a mere 43. 90 less runs than when winning.
2 centuries in 22 innings when the team was under "pressure". so when the team needed him the most, bradman choked big time(oh, lets forget about the other 6 players though. that would make too much sense). now how can such a choker be the great batsman.

thats not it. i've got even more convincing stats. is he really a great player or just basked in the glory of his mates? hmmm... lets see how others fared in matches when bradman scored a century(again lets ignore that there may be other good batsmen in the team who do score but the key for a great player is how often you do it):

5th Test v Eng in Aus 1928/29 at Melbourne

DG Bradman c Tate b Geary 123
WM Woodfull c Geary b Larwood 102
AG Fairfax lbw b Geary 65

2nd Test v Eng in Eng 1930 at Lord's

*WM Woodfull st Duckworth b Robins 155
WH Ponsford c Hammond b White 81
DG Bradman c Chapman b White 254
AF Kippax b White 83

5th Test v Eng in Eng 1930 at The Oval

*WM Woodfull c Duckworth b Peebles 54
WH Ponsford b Peebles 110
DG Bradman c Duckworth b Larwood 232
A Jackson c Sutcliffe b Wyatt 73
SJ McCabe c Duckworth b Hammond 54
AG Fairfax not out 53

3rd Test v WI in Aus 1930/31 at Brisbane

WH Ponsford c Birkett b Francis 109
DG Bradman c Grant b Constantine 223
AF Kippax b Birkett 84

4th Test v WI in Aus 1930/31 at Melbourne

*WM Woodfull run out 83
DG Bradman c Roach b Martin 152

1st Test v SA in Aus 1931/32 at Brisbane

*WM Woodfull lbw b Vincent 76
DG Bradman lbw b Vincent 226
+WAS Oldfield not out 56

2nd Test v SA in Aus 1931/32 at Sydney

*WM Woodfull c Mitchell b Vincent 58
KE Rigg b Bell 127
DG Bradman c Viljoen b Morkel 112
SJ McCabe c Christy b Vincent 79

3rd Test v SA in Aus 1931/32 at Melbourne

*WM Woodfull c Mitchell b McMillan 161
DG Bradman lbw b Vincent 167
AF Kippax c Curnow b McMillan 67
SJ McCabe c Mitchell b McMillan 71
AF Kippax c Bell b Quinn 52

4th Test v SA in Aus 1931/32 at Adelaide

*WM Woodfull c Morkel b Bell 82
DG Bradman not out 299

2nd Test v Eng in Aus 1932/33 at Melbourne

JHW Fingleton b Allen 83
DG Bradman not out 103 185 146 7 0

5th Test v Eng in Eng 1934 at The Oval

WH Ponsford hit wicket b Allen 266
DG Bradman c Ames b Bowes 244
SJ McCabe c Walters b Clark 70

3rd Test v Eng in Aus 1936/37 at Melbourne

JHW Fingleton c Ames b Sims 136
*DG Bradman c Allen b Verity 270

4th Test v Eng in Aus 1936/37 at Adelaide

SJ McCabe c Allen b Robins 88
DG Bradman c & b Hammond 212
SJ McCabe c Wyatt b Robins 55
RG Gregory run out 50

there's plenty more at cricinfo if anyone wants.
so there you have it. now we all know that the Don was never really a great player but the biggest choker the game has ever seen. he was just a con "pretending that the ball kept low by squating on the floor after playing the shot"......i think the brain is going dead now.

 

[luckyeddie]

Convinced me.

Bradman = flat track bully

 

[Sanz]

I think this thread has run its course. Someone please close this thread before TEC gets in.

 

[Neil Pickup]

The precipice of the fall towards anarchy is being neared.

The brakes are applied. Bye Bye Thread.