CHANDERPAUL(11,842) Psychologically Fearful Of Surpassing 11,953

[quote author=Goog Lee link=topic=97230.msg633223#msg633223 date=1429624056]
what? 

The Babu is, was and will always be the great one!  The original!

how many batsmen do you know that when he walks in to bat the crowd and fans all over the world gets excited and literally hold their breath for something exciting to happen??

Thats the Babu!!!!!!
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Hell my Mom and Dad on a trip to Grenada many moons ago when I was a kid....... Grenadians thought my Mom was Babu's sister and devil that she was, she went along with it (Really Mom !!  8))

Her accordion case was stuffed full of avocados and nutmeg (accordion on her back) on return trip

She loved Grenada and Grand Anse Beach and the locals luved 'de Babu'  and her 8) 8)

Calypso , that story is as beautiful and romantic as the ones I have heard about the Babu !

My father and uncle went to Bourda . They both swear that when Rohan hooked his SIX :

it landed on top of the sight screen and CRACKED the thick wood.

Shot was soooo HARD and Powerful  8)

Then the Jamaicans all named their Sons after him !

so did the great Sunil Gavaskar .

Rohan is the most fabled Batsman  :-*

[size=14pt]There are 2 kinds of BATTING GREATS: Ordinary greats and Extraordinary greats.
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* The EXTRAORDINARY GREATS are those who dominated their respective eras----Bradman, Sobers, Richards, Lara, Tendulkar

* The ORDINARY GREATS are those who ended their careers with a minimum of 3000 test runs and a 50+ test average,

See link for list:

LINK

Rev

Good Link Rev : Dennis Compton and Viv Richards BARELY scraped in ! 

feel "emotional" about  Frank Worrell  :-[

[size=14pt]KEEP AN EYE ON THESE NUMBERS
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* Shiv(11,834) needs 120 runs to surpass Lara(11,953) as the highest runs scorer in test cricket by a West Indian.

* Shiv needs 4 scores of 50+ to become the 4th batsman in history to record 100+ scores over fifty----he'll join Tendulkar(119), Ponting(103) and Kallis(103).

* Shiv(6154) needs 64 runs to surpass Lara(6217) for most runs scored by a batsman in the West Indies.

* Shiv(11,834) needs 166 runs to become the 7th batsman in history to score 12,000 test runs.

Rev

[quote author=ketchim link=topic=97230.msg633255#msg633255 date=1429627688]
Good Link Rev : Dennis Compton and Viv Richards BARELY scraped in ! 

feel "emotional" about  Frank Worrell  :-[
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* Jayawardene(49.84), Inzamam(49.60), Worrell(49.48) and Sehwag(49.34) barely missed joining the 50+ club.

* And let's not forget Kanhai(47.53)----he was a far superior bat than slow pokes like Shiv, Border, and Swaugh.

Rev

[quote author=ketchim link=topic=97230.msg633226#msg633226 date=1429624402]
Googs , see how easy Mail can cast a Line and hook y'all Bebice Folk ?


Rohan Kanhai was a great stokemaker , inventor of shots and a handsome Batsman !

BUT the benchmark upon completion of your TRADE : is a 50 average.

no ifs , buts or maybes....

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so 50 is the only measure?

[quote author=Goog Lee link=topic=97230.msg633266#msg633266 date=1429628458]
so 50 is the only measure?
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Yes ,Sir : Life's a B!tch , eh ??

everyone else is just story telling like Aesop Fables 

[quote author=Rev link=topic=97230.msg633262#msg633262 date=1429628202]
* And let's not forget Kanhai(47.53)----he was a far superior bat than slow pokes like Shiv, Border, and Swaugh.
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S Waugh : everyone leered over M Waugh ( twin brother)

Googs , you prefer Steve or Mark to watch Live! at a ground ?