The Little Master At His Best_ Tendulkar Hits His 30th Hundred _ England v India 2002 - Highlights
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00:00There he is, Sachin Tendulkar.
00:0399th Test Match.
00:05Wonderful average of 57.05.
00:10185 for 2 the situation.
00:15Straight away at him.
00:17Round the wicket, targeting Sachin Tendulkar.
00:23Well, squared him up.
00:25He's off the mark. He wasn't in control of it.
00:29Very square at the crease. The outside edge founds the gap.
00:36Another chase.
00:40That's beaten the field at this time.
00:43Four runs.
00:46Nasha Jailer is trying to get him to cut at one that is a bit too close.
00:49Instead of it spinning away, it just straightens and comes back and crams him for room.
00:58Beautiful shot. Straight through mid-off.
01:02Juicy half volley from Kadic at no pace at all.
01:05Tendulkar says thank you very much indeed.
01:16Much too full.
01:18He wants to be keeping the ball up, yes.
01:20And as I've said on so many occasions, you certainly don't want to be erring on the side of being too full and too short.
01:29That's hammered away.
01:32That's four runs for Sachin Tendulkar.
01:35And it brings up the 2.50 for India.
01:43That should have given him a bit of confidence, Sachin Tendulkar.
01:47Has had too many balls in the middle of the bat this morning.
01:51It's the type of pitch that you're not going to be getting a lot of balls in the middle of the bat if the bowlers bowl it properly.
01:56Don't think Matthew Hoggart should be too dispirited by that though.
02:01That's the sort of length he wants to be bowling.
02:04Perhaps a fraction shorter, but reasonably full.
02:10He'll be disappointed with that though, Matthew Hoggart.
02:12That's just an invitation which Sachin Tendulkar has accepted by return of post.
02:18I think he should be disappointed with that one, as I said.
02:25Just the wrong line. Started just about mid-stomp, drifted into the legs.
02:33That's what I was talking about earlier on, about consistency.
02:38Not a great deal of consistency out there by the bowlers.
02:41Andy Carrick will have to get out the starting blocks.
02:44He just got himself down to long leg.
02:48He's rearranging his sweater, sticking his hat back on.
02:54Can't get there.
03:00I would think runs would be coming a bit too freely now, for England's sake.
03:04I would think runs would be coming a bit too freely now, for England's sake.
03:20That's cut away, back with a point.
03:23And that'll be four.
03:27Too short, too wide, Tendulkar goes to 49.
03:34That's Tendulkar's half century.
03:36Helped himself to it by pulling another short ball away for four in front of the square.
03:43Beautifully controlled stroke.
03:45Two boundaries in the over, send Tendulkar past 50.
03:51Well, almost contempt from the shot.
03:55Let's look at this for a short-arm pull.
03:57Gets up on his toes, over the top of it, away it goes.
04:02I wonder how long it's going to take these England bowlers to work out the length they should be bowling.
04:11Anything you can do, I can do better, says Sachin Tendulkar to Raul Dravid.
04:16Indians really getting stuck in after lunch.
04:19A series of half volleys have all been dispatched to the boundary.
04:25Yes, I think the word is get the ball up.
04:29But not half volleys, not that far up.
04:36Oh, that is a glorious shot.
04:40One thing thumping away, half volleys off the front foot.
04:43That was a class stroke from Tendulkar off the back foot.
04:48Just steadily growing in confidence here now, Sachin Tendulkar.
04:53This was a class shot.
04:59Timing, placement, it was all there.
05:15Oh, this is fantastic stuff from Tendulkar.
05:19He's stealing Raul Dravid's thunder here.
05:223.27 for 2.
05:25Another marvellous shot from the man.
05:32Pitch was looking a bit difficult at times.
05:35Not after shots like that.
05:37Absolutely no need to move after playing a shot like that.
05:41The cover area for boundaries.
05:44But Tendulkar is a good enough player to hit it through straight mid-arm.
05:50And that is a magnificent century from Sachin Tendulkar.
05:55He overtakes Don Bradman now.
05:58And there's just one gentleman sitting beside me
06:01who's got to catch up now.
06:04Welcome to Club 30.
06:07Sachin Tendulkar, well batted.
06:11This is a terrific innings.
06:20Nice little half-volley on the leg stump.
06:25And he's too good a batsman to miss out on that opportunity.
06:35A beautiful shot.
06:37It's gone for four and that is a
06:39lovely way to play a sweep.
06:41A lovely variation of the sweep.
06:43Hitting down on it.
06:45Middling the ball.
06:46Very fine, almost to fine leg.
06:50Well, he doesn't miss out twice.
06:55That four brings up the hundred partnership.
06:58And it's an exquisite piece of timing.
07:01Tendulkar just lets the ball come on to him and
07:04flicks it away with almost disdain.
07:09There is no protection there for Andrew Caddick.
07:12There is no fielder at deep four.
07:15Andrew Caddick.
07:17There is no fielder at deep fine leg.
07:23Oh, that's wonderful.
07:25Absolutely wonderful.
07:27What a great way to go to 150.
07:29It's the 11th time he's got to 150.
07:32And that was just a dismissive stroke.
07:36A wonderful stroke.
07:38He has not shuffled at all in this innings,
07:40but over here it's quite clearly seen
07:43that there's a big gap there.
07:45There it is.
07:46Just a little shuffle even before the ball has been bowled.
07:48Making room.
07:50And then flicking the ball off his pads.
07:52It wasn't a bad shot in there.
07:53Caddick says, well, what can I do?
07:55Well, not much.
08:02In the air.
08:03It's going for six.
08:10All the way over the rope.
08:11John Crawley backpedaling viciously,
08:13but he couldn't get underneath it.
08:17So ten in two strokes from Tendulkar.
08:22Yes, the acceleration has come now. Beginning.
08:27Once again, shuffling away to the off stump.
08:32And helping the ball along.
08:33Didn't try to really hook it.
08:34Just help the ball along.
08:37Oh, that's an absolutely magnificent shot.
08:43Sails away over mid wicket.
08:45Four more to Tendulkar.
08:48162 for him.
08:51Real entertainment for the crowd.
08:53All day from India's batsmen.
08:58People would have come with high expectation
09:01of watching Tendulkar.
09:03He certainly is not disappointed.
09:06Awesome shot.
09:11Oh, that's sensational.
09:16200 partnership comes out in the grandest style possible.
09:21Well, it doesn't get any better.
09:22It's there, sir.
09:23Can we have it back?
09:25What a magnificent shot again.
09:27Five lights on the board.
09:29You talk about bad light.
09:31The batsmen can't see.
09:33Take a look at this.
09:37Oh.
09:40It really does put into context
09:43those decisions by those jokers at Trent Bridge.
09:46Taking the players off in sunshine.
09:50Clive Lloyd has had a word with these two umpires.
09:57Tendulkar's gone after that.
09:59That's flown many a mile.
10:06Well, it's back to the drawing board.
10:08It really is.
10:09Banging balls in the middle of the pitch at fast medium.
10:13He's just a license for this.
10:22Six more and they're hanging out of the windows.
10:29Gone.
10:32Very, very low.
10:33Caddick gets the wicket of Tendulkar.
10:35Tendulkar can't go through to 200.
10:37But it's been an absolutely brilliant innings
10:41from the little master.
10:42It's his 30th test match century.
10:46And it has been quite superb.
10:50This kept very low.
10:52Might have been some doubt as to the movement.
10:54But I don't think so.
10:56I think Hawkeye might tell you that
10:58that will be hitting the leg stump.
11:01Once it keeps that low,
11:02it's not going to move as much as you'd expect it to.
11:05Brilliant knock though.
11:06Brilliant knock by the little man.
11:08It's 5.96 for five.