From: pvr@argo.rice.edu (PVR Narasimha Rao)
Subject: Re: England XI v Rest of World 1992 July 29
Organization: Rice University, Houston, Texas
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 06:15:53 GMT

In article <1992Jul30.171728.15379@cc.gatech.edu>, pkohli@cc.gatech.edu (Prince Kohli) writes:

|> In article <1992Jul30.162858.14313@cs.umn.edu> karnik@cs.umn.edu (Neeran M. Karnik) writes:

|> >In <1992Jul29.234219.2903@st-andrews.ac.uk> cdcs@st-andrews.ac.uk (Colin D. C. Steele) writes:

|> >>England XI v Rest of World
|> >>55 overs per side
|> >
|> >>REST OF WORLD
|> >
|> >>  DL Haynes     c Lewis    b Malcolm    28
|> >>  MJ Greatbatch       run  out          43
|> >>  PV Simmons    c Lewis    b Malcolm    10
|> >>  RB Richardson c Rhodes   b Fraser      6
|> >>  MD Crowe      c Cork     b Tufnell    56
|> >>  SR Tendulkar  c Broad    b Lewis     100
|> >   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|> >
|> >	Wheeeee! At last! He just needed some distinguished company to
|> >	bring out the best in him :-)
                  ~~~~~~~~

Best??!! Making 100 out of 319 is the best of SRT (moreover, the ground is
supposed to be very small)?!

No way.

If he was at his best at the time of this match, he would've made a double
century! :-)


|> Tendulkar is the antithesis of Hick - "fails" at the county level and
|> succeeds (brilliantly) at the international level. What I wouldn't give


Actually, it's tough to guess how he will play in the next season in county
cricket. I don't think it is like "he does well in international cricket, but
fails in county cricket". I think his failure in county cricket this season
is an exception rather than a rule.

It was natural for him to fail for sometime after succeeding brilliantly in
high school cricket and in Indian first class cricket from an age of 13 to 18
and then doing well in international cricket (having an average of 42 away from
home in 15 tests and having 11 half-centuries in ODIs at 18!).

No one with a common sense can expect SRT (or anyone for that matter) to keep
doing well for ever.

In the next county season, if he is in form, it'll be interesting to see what
he will do, considering his truly prolific performances (which separated him
from _all_ others in no uncertain way) at many other levels of cricket.


|> to see an innings of his. America is getting to me, I have started to
|> like (actually, watch) baseball :-( I need a strong antidote and soon....

|> -Prince


For SRT fans, what is of important concern at this moment is when exactly he
comes back to form. That timing is very important with two series coming up.

Though I am a big fan of SRT, I was rather happy to see him struggling in
England! After all, I knew (as I said in a post after the world cup) that
it was about the time he had to lose form. If he did well in the county matches,
it would be the tour of SA when he would lose form! It had to happen sometime
this year. It was good that it happened in the county season.

I hope he comes back to form in the next month and will keep it up till the end
of the series with England.


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PVR Narasimha [SRT is simply the best
               Whether it's an ODI or a test
               [county matches are just for taking some rest :-)] ] Rao
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