Brian Lara

The biography of a complex genius who became one of cricket's all-time greats. In the 1990s Brian Lara established himself as the best batsman in the world, with 375 against england, 501 not out for Warwickshire and 400 not out in Antigua among his world records. But this is not simply a story of runs and of world records. Three times captain of the West Indies, rows, strike action and threats to walk out have ensured a turbulent career and a continuing struggle with officialdom. His wayward love life has also added colour to the story of a man who is essentially a gentle, respectful character with a Corinthian approach to cricket. This is the complete account of one of the true greats of world cricket.

Sachine Gives Tips To Mumbai Players

The Mumbai Ranji Trophy team members, gearing up for a crucial elite Division Group A tie against Hyderabad commencing on Tuesday at the Bandra-Kurla complex ground of the Mumbai cricket Association, had an unexpected visitor in Sachin Tendulkar at their practice session on Monday.
The champion batsman had come to the ground for his training stint at the state-of-the-art gymnasium in the complex and took the opportunity to interact with the mumbai players. "I did not expect him to be here. Obviously, his presence is an inspiration to our players. He will have something to say to us later on (after the session),"said team captain Wasim Jaffer. Jaffer said in case the two-Test series against England is called off due to the prevailing circumstances, he would try and request both Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan to play Mumbai's last home fixture scheduled at the same venue. "If the Test series is not taking place I would speak to both Sachin and Zaheer to play the game against Punjab (later this month). In fact, it will be good for Indian cricket if all the players are available to play in Ranji Trophy. It will make it more interesting, "he said.

Sachin's Latest World Record

Sachin sets new Test runs record
Master Blaster sachin Tendulkar has become the record Test
runs scorer, surpassing Brian Lara's previous best mark of 11,953. Tendulkar, 35, needed 15 runs to overtake West Indies legend Lara in the standings on the first day of the second Test against australia in Mohali. And despite being forced to go to tea on 13 not out, the 'Little Master' came out after the interval to hit australian debutant Peter Siddle's first ball of the session for three runs to spark wild celebrations in the ground.
The crowd gave Tendulkar a standing ovation to celebrate his achievement, while a pre-prepared fireworks display was also set off outside. The entire Australian team also stood to applaud the batsman, who received warm handshakes from each member of the opposition lineup.
Tendulkar already held the record for Test centuries with 39 in 152 Test matches for India and he is regarded as a living legend in many parts of his homeland-particularly in his native city, Mumbai (formerly Bombay). The batsman's achievement-and brilliance on the big occasion-was almost underlined with a 40th Test century, but it was not to be as he was dismissed on 88 after a catch at slip by Matthew Hayden off the bowling of Sidde.
The innings takes Tendulkar's career total to 12,041-making him the first batsman ever to surpass 12,000 test runs.

sachin tendulkar

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar(born April 24,1973) is an Indian cricketer, widely considered
to be one of the greatest batsmen of all time. He currently holds the records for the most
cumulative runs in One-Day Internations, and the most number of centuries scored in
both One-day Internations and Test cricket. He made his international debut against
Pakistan in 1989 at the age of sixteen, becoming India's youngest Test player. Although
primarily a top-order batsman, Tendulkar has often proved to be a useful and effective
slow bowler. He received India's highest sporting honour, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in
the year 1997-1998 and the civilian award Padma Shri in 1999. His cricketing and batting
abilities are widely regarded as genius by many stalwarts of the game. For instance, Sir
Donald Bradman, the Australian great said of Sachin, "He reminds me of myself'. He is
affectionately known as The Little Master by his adoring fans.