Sanga retiring, where does he place?

[Niall]

Great career, great man.

Will he still be playing domestic cricket in England?

Yep for Surrey all formats. one more season after this left on his deal.

 

[burr]

I knew his average was well past 50 but I didn't realise it was 57 plus after 130 odd tests. That's insane! What a great. And, from a female perspective, one of the best looking cricketers to have graced the game.

 

[viriya]

Tarnished his career in his last few matches etc etc.


Nah, what a player. So sad. Magnificent player and firmly in that "best-after Bradman" tier.

Honestly I think he did. For one, he should've played the whole series. For another, he should've played the whole previous series instead of flying out to England to watch Wimbledon. Another thing is that if he hung around for another year or two (as he is obviously good enough to), he would've created some distance between himself and Tendulkar/Lara imo (and been a clear #2 GOAT imo). Now, he's just in the same level as Tendulkar and Lara for me.

 

[marc71178]

There is a clear gap between him and Tendulkar/Lara already, just not in the way you think it to be.

 

[Jono]

I knew his average was well past 50 but I didn't realise it was 57 plus after 130 odd tests. That's insane! What a great. And, from a female perspective, one of the best looking cricketers to have graced the game.

Yep. ***y voice as well. Luckily we've got Kohli to take over the mantle from him.

 

[Jono]

 

[Daemon]

Jeez, no wonder his wife was in a bad mood

 

[Furball]

Haha that's a quality picture. Needs to be soundtracked with some cheesy 80s music.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Honestly I think he did. For one, he should've played the whole series. For another, he should've played the whole previous series instead of flying out to England to watch Wimbledon. Another thing is that if he hung around for another year or two (as he is obviously good enough to), he would've created some distance between himself and Tendulkar/Lara imo (and been a clear #2 GOAT imo). Now, he's just in the same level as Tendulkar and Lara for me.

You just never can tell though. Tendulkar in early 2011 was the best in the world and everyone thought he'd carry on like that till he retired, whenever that would be. But it just does not take too long for a guy in his late 30s to be past it. That's why we kept saying to you that all that talk of Tendulkar tarnishing his legacy because his average dropped by 3-4 points in his last year of cricket was silly. Even if Sanga had carried on averaging 30 till the end of 2016, I wouldn't rate him differently.

 

[viriya]

You just never can tell though. Tendulkar in early 2011 was the best in the world and everyone thought he'd carry on like that till he retired, whenever that would be. But it just does not take too long for a guy in his late 30s to be past it. That's why we kept saying to you that all that talk of Tendulkar tarnishing his legacy because his average dropped by 3-4 points in his last year of cricket was silly. Even if Sanga had carried on averaging 30 till the end of 2016, I wouldn't rate him differently.

Um.. this is the SL team where we have a specialist batsman with an average of 18. So yes, he would obviously be good enough to play for 2 more years.

Anyway, not every batsmen goes through a slump before retirement. Based on just a few months ago, Sanga was not the type of batsman to suddenly bat like an average player.

 

[viriya]

https://www.facebook.com/newsfirst.english/videos/959234594136799/

 

[Hurricane]

You just never can tell though. Tendulkar in early 2011 was the best in the world and everyone thought he'd carry on like that till he retired, whenever that would be. But it just does not take too long for a guy in his late 30s to be past it. That's why we kept saying to you that all that talk of Tendulkar tarnishing his legacy because his average dropped by 3-4 points in his last year of cricket was silly. Even if Sanga had carried on averaging 30 till the end of 2016, I wouldn't rate him differently.

You may not but others would, and I would venture to even use the word "most" instead of "others" in that sentence fragment.

 

[OverratedSanity]

You may not but others would, and I would venture to even use the word "most" instead of "others" in that sentence fragment.

There comes a point in a players' career when many people subconsciously start thinking that even if player X has a bad run of form, he won't be rated lower. If he has another purple patch, would he be rated higher? Yes,possibly.But failures cease to matter as much as before. I don't know where that tipping point comes. For Viv and Sachin, most people's minds were made up on how they'd be rated long before their retirements. I probably need a graph to explain what I feel here:

That probably doesn't make much sense but I like graphs

 

[Hurricane]

Magnificent graph!

 

[Ikki]

https://www.facebook.com/newsfirst.english/videos/959234594136799/

Classy mofo. Should go into politics.

 

[the big bambino]

Thing about that graph is that its just as meaningful upside down.

 

[watson]

The graph also mimics most mens *** lives.

 

[viriya]

There comes a point in a players' career when many people subconsciously start thinking that even if player X has a bad run of form, he won't be rated lower. If he has another purple patch, would he be rated higher? Yes,possibly.But failures cease to matter as much as before. I don't know where that tipping point comes. For Viv and Sachin, most people's minds were made up on how they'd be rated long before their retirements. I probably need a graph to explain what I feel here:

That probably doesn't make much sense but I like graphs

I don't subscribe to this at all.. each match of a player's career is as relevant as the next.

 

[The Sean]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Mr Sangakkara isn't one of those easily-pleased dads.

Kumar Sangakkara underachieved in his international career: Kshema Sangakkara | The Indian Express

 

[Burner]

With a dad like that who needs haters?!