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Photos of Sachin Tendulkar’s 155 for Lashings
By Will 2 years ago, mid-June Leave a comment on this post
Terrific day today. I went down to Cambridge, Fenners to be precise, to see the university host a Lashings World XI side. Some bloke called Sachin Tendulkar was batting, and what a joy it was to see him “live,” so to speak. I’ve only seen him bat in the flesh once or twice, and never in a charity match. I’ve also long wanted to see Lashings, the side fit to bursting with former international players, and on the basis of today it’s a rollicking good day out.
Sachin was quite magnificent. Yes it was against students, on a good track, but he nevertheless batted so correctly, with so much time too. It’s no wonder he is adored by millions in India (and by any cricket fan around the world). His balance is just perfect - he is never wrong-footed or beaten in the flight. While Lara has more shots, and a greater audacity to his strokeplay, Sachin is ridiculously correct and manicured. Like a privet hedge. Each flick raced away for four. He cut with monstrous power. And he’s so small too. It’s just not normal, and it was a bloody honour to watch him bat in a charity game in which there was no pressure whatsoever. He batted as though he was 16 again.
One shot in particular, off a medium-pacer, had the crowd gasping in delight and horror. The slips had been taken out, so it was pretty safe, and the third-man was slightly wide. What did he do? Just chipped it / edged it past the wicketkeeper, past third-man for four. Third-man only had a few yards to move to his left, and he had no chance. He eventually fell for 155 from (I’m guessing) no more than 120 balls.
Madness. Greg Blewett played well too, and I’m still amazed he faded into oblivion. Wonderful batsman. So here are some photos below. More at Cricinfo, and a brief colour piece.
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14 Responses to “Photos of Sachin Tendulkar’s 155 for Lashings”
June 22nd, 2006 at 10.06 am
June 22nd, 2006 at 10.09 am
Hi Jag. Sure, just stick /trackback/ at the end of the URL. i.e.:
June 22nd, 2006 at 6.11 pm
Blewett and Law! Those were two (I am SURE there are more, but these are two I know) that were the unfortunate ones left behind solely because of the Aussie team being as good as it was this past decade. Lehmann and Bevan too, actually!
June 23rd, 2006 at 9.28 pm
Mmm. But I rate Blewett, purely in terms of talent, above all those
June 25th, 2006 at 7.23 pm
Will, I used to rate Blewett as well and thought he would play international cricket a lot more than he did.
Brilliant of course that you got to watch Tendulkar. There were a lot more talented crickers out there and you seem to have had an excellent day.
Glad for you.
June 26th, 2006 at 11.52 am
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July 3rd, 2006 at 12.35 pm
hi sachin is a great player and he proved again what he is….
January 22nd, 2007 at 8.36 pm
Sachin is my alltime favourite cricketer.He is the greatest of alltime ,I amlooking forward to him scoring 15000 rus and 50 centuries.Iwouldlike.three triple centuries and at least404 not out.AV.80.00.You can do it sachin,i am waiting for it to come soon.
January 22nd, 2007 at 8.43 pm
i am from barbados,so understand how much stick iget from home as India,s no.1 fan .I hope india will win the world cup,but i want to see sewagh back in the team and a clean sweep over the w.i.
April 10th, 2007 at 12.12 pm
sachin, iam ur great die hard fan. dont get disharten by the early exist of india from worldcup2007.better luck next time.
just remember PERFORMANCE IS TEMPORARY BUT CLASS IS PERMANENT.that which u have in with u. we are waiting for ur next electrifying performance. show the world that still the champions bollower r fearing to deliver u.
April 29th, 2007 at 4.58 pm
I’m waiting 4 the great day when our hero makes an unbeaten double centuary in ODI
April 30th, 2007 at 7.09 am
Hi Sachin
2011 Worldcup is ours. You can do.
Keep it up.
July 5th, 2007 at 8.17 am
My age is 14 years.I am big fan of Sachin Tendulkar.If sachin playing in pressure in any match,absolutely is his performance is not good.Many of cricket coaches say that-his days are gone.But absolutely ,it is not right.
The Main thing is-Sachin should not play in pressure,Not even Sachin, all players of Indian team.
October 15th, 2007 at 11.26 am
Hi
I am a big big fan of Sachin.He is still fresh bats man.We can see his performance again Australia recently
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