[quote author=Rev link=topic=97370.msg634864#msg634864 date=1430330681]
[size=14pt]I have a feeling the Tiger has one last hundred left in him.
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Maybe it's wishful thinking on my part.
It's up to the Tiger---if he regains his confidence---if he still believes in his ability----he'll deliver a hundred soon.
Rev
[/quote] Wishful thinking is one thing . Reality is another
[quote author=ramesh link=topic=97370.msg634867#msg634867 date=1430331027]
Wishful thinking is one thing . Reality is another
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* You are absolutely correct!
*[size=14pt] And the reality is Shiv has played in 163 tests. He has scored 11,842 runs at an average of 51.71 with 30 hundreds and 66 fifties.
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* Read that again Ramo---that's REALITY!
*Now! If Shiv never scores another hundred in test cricket he'll still be among the 11 batsmen in history who have scored 30 test hundreds.
* Also if Shiv never scores another run---only 6 batsmen in history would have scored more runs than he has.
[size=16pt]The extraordinary WI great Brian Charles Lara will be celebrating his 46th birthday on Saturday May 2nd 2015. [/size]
On that day 41 year old Shiv will be playing in his 164 test ---"Ordinary" Shiv(11842) needs 112 runs to surpass Extraordinary great Lara(11953) as the highest runs scorer for the West Indies.
Many West Indians---not Lara, of course, are hoping and praying for Shiv to never surpass Lara.
In the estimation of those poor souls----Ordinary Shiv is not West Indian enough to stand at the top of the mountain ahead of extraordinary greats Lara, Richards and Sobers.
[size=14pt]Don't forget folks---Saturday May 2nd is Lara's birthday----Shiv(11,842) will be batting on Lara's birthday----I am curious to know what kind of present Shiv has for Lara. [/size]
HERE ARE SOME LIKELY SHIV SCORES
A. 112
B. 0
C. 12
D. 20
E. 50
* We shall find out. I am rooting for a lil 20 from the Tiger. Surely that's not asking for much.
[quote author=Mail? link=topic=97370.msg635276#msg635276 date=1430517022]
Shiv will only have a present for Shiv and no one else.
Not Lara, not the team but just Shiv.
That is the way you have painted Shiv Rev!
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* Well Mail! Shiv has not been doing himself any favors in his last 5 tests, so he needs to change strategy and [size=14pt]"try a thing"[/size] ;D
* Try scoring some runs for Lara on his birthday.
* Lemme be blunt! Shiv is batting like he is shyt scared of holding that record(11954)---and it reflects in his batting approach.
[size=14pt]* Anyway, If Shiv were to miraculously go past 11953 in the Barbados test----you will see a more confident Shiv at the wicket after that---he'll be back to his old self---scoring runs CONSISTENTLY.
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