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First-class hundreds
Sat, February 09 2013
Why Tendulkar’s tally of First-Class tons should rank over those who have scored more than him, except Bradman
With the solo effort in the first innings of the Irani Trophy, Sachin Tendulkar equalled Sunil Gavaskar’s Indian record of 81 First-Class hundreds. Arunabha Sengupta tries to estimate how many hundreds Tendulkar would have scored if he had played as many matches as the county cricketers of the bygone past.
Fri, August 26 2016
Don Bradman’s 100th First-Class hundred
Minutes before tea, Don Bradman stood on 99. Lala Amarnath, in a surprising manoeuvre, threw the ball to Gogumal Kishenchand. Bradman later called it a brilliant move. He had never faced Kishenchand before, and neither had he seen him bowl.