On January 21, 2007
Sachin T
145 test matches
235 innings
11616 runs
Sachin's latest stats
Anil K
124 test matches
223 innngs
603 wickets
Anil's latest stats
Now I'd like to apply the popularly accepted conversion of wickets to runs.
5 wickets = 100 runs
So Anil Kumble's 603 puts him a tad over 12000 runs, which is a few tads more than Sachin Tendulkar in a few less matches.
I've just cast my vote on who I think is India's greatest cricketer. What do you think?
6 comments:
Sachin.
In my mind there are two aspects to greatness-
1. Statistics
2. Artist vs player.
Sachin brought beauty.
I think that you have a good think going there.
One more aspect I must point out that points towards greatness - the number of matches the player has won for the country.
Winning a game is another statistic.
In a team game, onus lies on number of factors and all the players players.
And in case Sachin not winning much for iNDIA, lets also take into account games where he scored and match was a draw (and assume in case he had not scored what would be the outcome of the game). This is simple, take the percentage of his score to the total score and the score of other top 4 batsmen in the team.
And in the games we have won, the total runs contributed by other top 5 batsmen to the total score must also be considered.
Undoubtedly Kumble. Look, in the absence of a good bowling attack, Anil Kumble did most of the work. Sure there were Javagal, Venky et al, but then they were like there once the new ball had lost its venom, you see.
On the other hand, Sachin had Azhar, Kambli, Jadeja, et al, and has Dravid, Uthappa, Sehwag, Laxman, Ganguly, Dhoni, in fact the list would seem endless. So, he can get around to batting freely or conservatively. And considering that this game, at least in the sub continent, is completely batsman friendly, my vote would to go to Kumble.
Lastly, taking your argument of a fiver=a century, when was the last time Sachin scored a double and we won the match? And we know what happened when Kumble got that perfect ten! :-)
Cricket is a team game. The trouble is that each Indian player wants to be the greatest. Balls to the team. I hope that they scrap the National Team except for the world cup. That would do the game a lot of good.
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