The World's 50 Greatest Cricketers

[mcgillianaire]

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[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

Having watched all but 1* of those 7 partnerships LIVE it doesn't surprise me. I have often reminded people about the fact that the current record for the 2nd wicket partnership broke the record of the 2nd highest partnership of all-time. Also, given the batsmen involved in most of those partnerships, and their overall records in ODIs (particularly SRT & Ganguly) it isn't that surprising. Just goes to show, records of extreme performances don't reflect the full story.

(* I didn't watch the highest partnership of all-time because I was in school and it pisses me off even today because SRT scored his highest score of 186! It was a prolific period for him as he had scored his then highest Test-score and first Test double century just 10 days earlier. At least I've seen lots of highlights and other capsules of the innings in general since then.)

[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

Actually, I must confess that I didn't watch the whole of the 275 partnership between Azhar & Jadeja LIVE. I did watch it till about 3/47 or 3/50 and remember telling my dad several times during the course of the time I couldn't watch the rest of the innings that Azhar looked in the mood to score a big one. There was something mysterious about the way Azhar played. On some days you could just tell by the way he played that first ball, or the first few balls, whether he was going to dig in and play a brilliant knock, or simply not trouble the scorers much. On that gorgeous Thursday morning, Azhar was in his element, as wickets tumbled around. He was in a scathing mood and I was really pissed off for having to miss it; my family and I had to go for this religious thing that happens only once a year. On a side note I remember my dad and I having a chuckle about how one of the priests who had brought some stuff for the puja had carried it in a Bacardi or Smirnoff box, I forget which. Anyways, by the time we got home, I gave my dad the "I told you so" treatment and proceeded to watch India polish off the Zimbabwean tail. After seeing the highlights and despite the opposition, I rate it as one of Azhar's finest knocks, especially considering the context in which it was played.