Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Sachin Tendulkar scores 200 runs in one-day international against South Africa


From Tim Blair:

Former Australian captain Steve Waugh once predicted that brother Mark would be the first player to hit 200 runs in a 50-over game. But the younger Waugh never quite made it; his 50-over peak was 173. And now India’s Sachin Tendulkar claims that double-hundred milestone, 126 years after the same mark was first reached in Tests. Remarkably, Tendulkar’s 200 came off one delivery fewer than Waugh faced in compiling his highest score …

UPDATE. Highlights:

http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/timblair/index.php/dailytelegraph/comments/twenty_ten_tendulkar/

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