50th test century for god.
South Africa vs India
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Sachin Tendulkar - 1st batsmen to reach 50(FIFTY) Test Centuries.
The bloke is not human....
The bloke is not human....
50 test match hundreds for Tendulkar 
Greatest ever
Greatest ever
Brilliant century. Reaches 50 centuries at the Centurion.
There won't be anyone like him in a long, long time.
His record won't be broken....
Who else is going to have a 20 year test career, in this day of T20 and ODI cricket? The guy closest to him looks like he needs to retire before he ruins his reputation(Ponting), while Sachin keeps going and going and going....
A bit like the Energizer bunny
Who else is going to have a 20 year test career, in this day of T20 and ODI cricket? The guy closest to him looks like he needs to retire before he ruins his reputation(Ponting), while Sachin keeps going and going and going....
A bit like the Energizer bunny
Brilliant from Sachin - incredible player, greatest batsman of all time.
2 quick wickets to the Saffers...
Definitely a matter of time now.
Definitely a matter of time now.
Steyn's bowling really well, the delivery to take Dhoni's wicket was well bowled.
Ah now for the collapse. Yet trail by 33. Need to survive today and hope for a massive storm tomorrow.
Storm coming from nowhere, players go off
Sachin is a true legend. In my opinion he is better than Bradman. I just hope rain saves India tomorrow. I hope they don't lose.
Cricket | Sachin Tendulkar factfile | ESPNSTAR.com
1973: Born April 24, Mumbai.
1988: Scores 100 not out in his first first-class match for Bombay against Gujarat in the Ranji Trophy becoming the youngest cricketer to score a century on his first-class debut, aged 15 years and 232 days.
1989: Makes Test debut for India against Pakistan in Karachi at the age of 16.
December: Makes ODI debut against Pakistan but is dismissed by Waqar Younis without scoring a run.
1990: Scores maiden Test century against England at Old Trafford.
1992: At the age of 19 he becomes the first overseas-born player to represent Yorkshire.
1994: September 9 - Claims his first ODI century against Sri Lanka in Colombo after 79 one-day matches.
1996: Leading run scorer at World Cup played in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka with a total of 523 runs.
August: Takes on the India captaincy although suffers two relatively unsuccessful stints during a four-year period, winning only four Tests and 23 ODIs.
1997: Named Wisden Cricketer of the Year.
1998: Scores his first double century for Mumbai against Australia in the Brabourne Stadium.
1999: November - Involved in India's highest run-scoring ODI partnership with Rahul Dravid as the pair put on 339 against New Zealand. In the same match, he records the highest individual ODI score in Indian history with an unbeaten 186.
2000: Gives up the captaincy of India after the two-Test series with South Africa.
2001: Given a suspended ban of one game in light of alleged ball tampering during a match against South Africa at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth. The ban is later lifted by the International Cricket Council after an investigation.
2003: Named the Player of the Tournament at the 2003 Cricket World Cup and scores 673 runs, the highest by any player in the tournament.
2005: Overtakes Sunil Gavaskar's record of the highest number of Test centuries by claiming his 35th Test century against Sri Lanka in Delhi.
2006: Overtakes Kapil Dev claiming the record for the highest amount of Test appearances for India with 135.
2007: January 3 - Edges past Brian Lara's world record of runs scored in Tests away from home with 5,751 runs.
June: Becomes the first player to score over 15,000 ODI runs during a match against South Africa in Belfast.
2008: March - Plays in his 417th ODI match against Australia and holds the record for the most ODI matches played.
August - Becomes just the third player in Test match history, and the first from India, to play 150 matches when he is selected in the third Test against Sri Lanka at the P Saravanamuttu Stadium in Colombo.
October 17 - Becomes the highest run scorer in Test cricket, passing Lara's previous mark of 11,953, when he reaches 16 in the first innings of the second Test against Australia.
2010: February 24 - Breaks the record for the highest individual score in a one-day international innings, hitting an unbeaten 200 in the ODI against South Africa to pass the previous mark of 194 not out set by Zimbabwe's Charles Coventry and 194 by Pakistan's Saeed Anwar.
August 3 - Becomes most capped player in Test history, making his 169th Test appearance in the third Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo to overtake former Australia captain Steve Waugh.
December 19 - Becomes first batsman to hit 50 Test centuries, achieving the feat against South Africa in Centurion.
1973: Born April 24, Mumbai.
1988: Scores 100 not out in his first first-class match for Bombay against Gujarat in the Ranji Trophy becoming the youngest cricketer to score a century on his first-class debut, aged 15 years and 232 days.
1989: Makes Test debut for India against Pakistan in Karachi at the age of 16.
December: Makes ODI debut against Pakistan but is dismissed by Waqar Younis without scoring a run.
1990: Scores maiden Test century against England at Old Trafford.
1992: At the age of 19 he becomes the first overseas-born player to represent Yorkshire.
1994: September 9 - Claims his first ODI century against Sri Lanka in Colombo after 79 one-day matches.
1996: Leading run scorer at World Cup played in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka with a total of 523 runs.
August: Takes on the India captaincy although suffers two relatively unsuccessful stints during a four-year period, winning only four Tests and 23 ODIs.
1997: Named Wisden Cricketer of the Year.
1998: Scores his first double century for Mumbai against Australia in the Brabourne Stadium.
1999: November - Involved in India's highest run-scoring ODI partnership with Rahul Dravid as the pair put on 339 against New Zealand. In the same match, he records the highest individual ODI score in Indian history with an unbeaten 186.
2000: Gives up the captaincy of India after the two-Test series with South Africa.
2001: Given a suspended ban of one game in light of alleged ball tampering during a match against South Africa at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth. The ban is later lifted by the International Cricket Council after an investigation.
2003: Named the Player of the Tournament at the 2003 Cricket World Cup and scores 673 runs, the highest by any player in the tournament.
2005: Overtakes Sunil Gavaskar's record of the highest number of Test centuries by claiming his 35th Test century against Sri Lanka in Delhi.
2006: Overtakes Kapil Dev claiming the record for the highest amount of Test appearances for India with 135.
2007: January 3 - Edges past Brian Lara's world record of runs scored in Tests away from home with 5,751 runs.
June: Becomes the first player to score over 15,000 ODI runs during a match against South Africa in Belfast.
2008: March - Plays in his 417th ODI match against Australia and holds the record for the most ODI matches played.
August - Becomes just the third player in Test match history, and the first from India, to play 150 matches when he is selected in the third Test against Sri Lanka at the P Saravanamuttu Stadium in Colombo.
October 17 - Becomes the highest run scorer in Test cricket, passing Lara's previous mark of 11,953, when he reaches 16 in the first innings of the second Test against Australia.
2010: February 24 - Breaks the record for the highest individual score in a one-day international innings, hitting an unbeaten 200 in the ODI against South Africa to pass the previous mark of 194 not out set by Zimbabwe's Charles Coventry and 194 by Pakistan's Saeed Anwar.
August 3 - Becomes most capped player in Test history, making his 169th Test appearance in the third Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo to overtake former Australia captain Steve Waugh.
December 19 - Becomes first batsman to hit 50 Test centuries, achieving the feat against South Africa in Centurion.
damn Steyn.
At least we're going down fighting. I really feel we got done by the weather in this match.
At least we're going down fighting. I really feel we got done by the weather in this match.
Indeed.
Small part of me wants him to retire playing like this now rather than lose form and do it in year or so.
Problem is it's all set up for him to try and win a world cup for us next year. And I can't see us doing well personally, and at his age I'm not sure he'll be able to handle the pressure we're going to put him under.
50 test match hundreds for Tendulkar
Greatest ever
I think this is now a fair statement. Even surpasses the late great Don Bradman.
What is possibly even more astonishing than 50 test centuries (50!!!
) is that 2010 is the best years he has ever had ... he is in the best form of his life. Utterly and simply amazing. Along with SAF, the greatest person involved in world sport today.
Gambhir's injured, damn..
Great. I don't think Vijay will be able to survive on SA Pitches.
If Dhoni loses another toss, he should be sacked
Seriously, his luck is awful in regards to tosses.
Toss in 10 mins after a bit of rain delay. Match starts in 40..
Fingers crossed Gambhir and Pujara start.
Fingers crossed Gambhir and Pujara start.
Lost the toss again.
Gambhir, Raina, Unadkat out
Vijay, Pujara, Zaheer in
Gambhir, Raina, Unadkat out
Vijay, Pujara, Zaheer in
Litmus test for Vijay..
Steyn fantastic as usual.Two great deliveries to get rid of the openers.
Lunch 74/2.
Lunch 74/2.
He used to win a lot of those in the early days of his captaincy. During the Pakistan tour, i guess he won most if not all of the tosses.
Great. I don't think Vijay will be able to survive on SA Pitches.
If Dhoni loses another toss, he should be sacked
Seriously, his luck is awful in regards to tosses.
Steyn is a fecking beast. Absolutely sensational bowling so far, today.
Yeh, Steyn is an incredible bowler
I fecking hate Steyn
Does he ever lessen his intensity when bowling?
Does he ever lessen his intensity when bowling?
Watching the highlights of the day's play, Steyn bowled beautifully - as well as Anderson's done in Australia, Steyn is on another level.
Highlights never do good bowling spells justice, IMO.
His over culminating in Dravid's dismissal was almost poetic.
His over culminating in Dravid's dismissal was almost poetic.
I'd love to see him win a World Cup, if anyone deserves it for being sheer class its him.
Yeh, they're your opening bowlers in a World XI right now
Won't happen IMO. There will be too much pressure to win it at home.
The fact that this Indian team reached no. 1 in the world highlights the lack of quality in world cricket right now.
Still no amazing bowler, it'd be like Brazil not producing a single decent defender. Even that's an understatement given the gulf in resources between India and other cricketing nations is nothing like anything in football.
Still no amazing bowler, it'd be like Brazil not producing a single decent defender. Even that's an understatement given the gulf in resources between India and other cricketing nations is nothing like anything in football.
I know I'm having a moan here but the skies clear up just when it's time for South Africa to bat.. bloody annoying
Do you know anything about Cricket?
Zaheer Khan is world class while Bhajji is better than decent.
India fully deserved their no.1 ranking
I thought we did but the way SA are ripping us apart, I'm not so sure.
amol, I remember you having a bit of chuckle when I said Steyn's world class and would be in any era.. I hope you're seeing him bowl now
205 all out
unless our 3 bowlers are channeling Steyn, we're going to be down 2-0 very soon
unless our 3 bowlers are channeling Steyn, we're going to be down 2-0 very soon
I'm watching this off and on so I can't really say, my zest for cricket is pretty low these days
But it's a good thing if he is, for world cricket. I mean, in todays game, Zaheer is one of the very best, which is strange given that the best 10 years back were the likes of Mcgrath, Warne, Ambrose, Akram etc who were all all-time greats.
Zaheer, you legend.
Always gets Smith.
Always gets Smith.
Awesome.
67/3
67/3