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Factfile on India's Sachin Tendulkar who on Friday became the first batsman to score 100 international centuries: Date of BIRtH: april 24, 1973 (age: 38 years) HeIGHt: 5 feet, 5 inches (165.1 centimetres) teSt DeBUt: v Pakistan, karachi, nov 15, 1989 oNe-Day DeBUt: v Pakistan, Gujranwala, Dec 18, 1989 t20 DeBUt: v Sa, Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006
ndiAn batting superstar sachin tendulkar on Friday became the first cricketer in history to score 100 international centuries, reaching a new record in his glittering two-decade career. tendulkar, who turns 39 next month, achieved the feat with a century in a one-day Asia Cup match against Bangladesh at the sher-eBangla stadium in dhaka, ending a nervous wait of more than a year for millions of fans. the Mumbai batsman, who has compiled more test and one-day runs than anyone in history, reached the milestone with a single and marked the moment with a modest glance to the sky while pointing to the indian flag on his helmet. tendulkar, already a legend of the modern era and one of the greats of all time, made 114 off 147 balls with 12 fours and a six, before he was caught behind off seamer Mashrafe Mortaza in the 47th over. "it has not sunk in yet, but i have definitely lost 50 kilograms," he told the neo Cricket channel, who are broadcasting the Asia Cup matches. "i was not thinking about the milestone. the media started all this. in the restaurant, room service, everyone was talking about the 100th hundred." tendulkar is the most capped player in the history of the game with 188 test and 462 one-day appearances since making his debut as a teenager against Pakistan in Karachi in november, 1989. He has scored 49 one-day hundreds and 51 centuries in test matches. the father-of two, known variously as the "Little Master" or "Bombay Blaster", is worshipped as a demi-god in his cricket-crazy country and has barely put a foot wrong since he burst on the world stage in 1989, aged 16. "i join the nation in congratulating sachin tendulkar on his making history -- a hundred centuries. He has made india proud," indian Prime Minister Manmohan singh said as the country celebrated. He scored his 99th ton during a World Cup match against south Africa in nagpur on March 12 last year, but failed to add to the tally on subsequent tours of england and Australia and a home series against the West indies. tendulkar said the long wait for the milestone was a difficult period for him. "this has been a tough phase for me," he said. "i started off the season batting reasonably well, but i was luckless. it does not matter how many hundreds you have, you still have to grind it out. "this was difficult to understand because nobody talked about my 99 hundreds." Asked if he had any advice for youngsters, tendulkar said: "enjoy the game and chase your dreams. i waited for 22 years to realise a dream... that of winning the World Cup." international Cricket Council chief executive Haroon Lorgat also lauded tendulkar's achievement alongside Bollywood stars, fellow professionals and millions of indians. "On behalf of every cricket fan around the globe, i congratulate sachin on becoming the first person to score 100 centuries for his country," Lorgat said in a statement. "this is indeed a magnificent feat and not likely to be easily emulated." indian cricket chief narayanaswamy srinivasan said tendulkar "strode cricketing arenas the world over like a colossus" ever since his debut in 1989. "He has broken old records and set new benchmarks. He has been an inspiration to billions, and an ornament to the sport," srinivasan said.
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Most Test runs and centuries Most one-day runs and centuries Most world Cup runs (2,278) Most appearances in Tests and oDIs 1,000 or more Test runs in a calendar year six times: 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2010 1,000 or more one-day runs in a calendar year seven times: 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2007
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Sachin Tendulkar's five most memorable centuries in chronological order after he became the first batsman to score 100 international hundreds on Friday: 119 Not oUt, eNGLaND v INDIa teSt MatCH, oLD tRaffoRD, aUGUSt 1990. Tendulkar himself regards his first Test century as one of his best. 114, aUStRaLIa v INDIa teSt MatCH, peRtH, feBRUaRy 1992. The 19-year-old Tendulkar mastered the fast Perth wicket to hit a brilliant 114 against an all-out pace attack of Craig McDermott, Merv hughes, Paul reiffel and Mike whitney. 155 Not oUt, INDIa v aUStRaLIa teSt MatCH, CHeNNaI, MaRCH 1998. India, who trailed by 71 runs in the first innings, rode on Tendulkar's brilliant unbeaten 155 in the second knock to set australia a target of 348 runs and win the match by 179 runs. 103 Not oUt INDIa v eNGLaND teSt MatCH, CHeNNaI, DeCeMBeR 2008. In one of the most emotional moments in Indian cricket, Tendulkar engineered a remarkable win over england two weeks after his home city of Mumbai was ravaged by the brutal november 26 terrorist attack. Set 387 for victory on the fourth afternoon, India achieved the highest run chase on home soil and the fifth highest in history as Tendulkar ensured that virender Sehwag's bright start of 83 off 68 balls was not wasted. 200 Not oUt, INDIa v SoUtH afRICa oNe-DayeR, GWaLIoR, feBRUaRy 24, 2010. The first and only double-century in the history of men's limited-overs international cricket fittingly came from the most prolific batsman in the game. n
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Top century-makers in history after Sachin Tendulkar of India became the first batsman to score 100 international hundreds on Friday. CeNtURy/NaMe/teStS oNe-DayeRS tWeNty20 Cen name T oD T20 100 Tendulkar 51 49 71 Ponting 41 30 59 kallis 42 17 53 Brian Lara 34 19 48 rahul Dravid 36 12 45 Jayawardene 29 15 1 42 Jayasuriya 14 28 41 Sangakkara 28 13 40 hayden 30 10 39 Yousuf 24 15 38 M waugh 20 18 38 Ganguly 16 22 -
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Alastair Cook hammered an unbeaten 163 on the second day of england's three-day practice match against sri Lanka Board Xi in Colombo on Friday. the left-handed opener defied the stifling heat and humidity for six hours to strike early form ahead of the two-test series against sri Lanka starting in Galle on March 26. the tourists ended the day at 303-8, a lead of 134 over the home team's first innings total of 169, giving themselves a good chance to force an outright win on the last day. skipper Andrew strauss hit 40 in an opening stand of 89 with Cook, while Kevin Pietersen made a fluent 39 with five boundaries. But there was little joy for the other batsmen as Jonathan trott fell for 16 and ravi Bopara made 12, while ian Bell and Matt Prior failed to score. the first test at the Galle international stadium will be followed by the second test at the P. sara Oval in Colombo from April 3. BRIEF SCORES: SRI LANkA BOARD XI 1ST INNINGS: 169 (Ashen silva 66, sachithra serasinghe 31, James Anderson 4-19, Monty Panesar 5-37, steven Finn 1-33). ENGLAND 1ST INNINGS: 303-8 (Alastair Cook 163 not out, Andrew strauss 40, Malinga Bandara 3-58).
new Zealand's batting woes against south Africa continued as they slumped to 65 for four at stumps on day two of the second test in Hamilton, squandering a fine effort with the ball. the Black Caps, bowled out for 185 on the opening day, looked to have clawed their way back into contention when a fivewicket haul from Mark Gillespie helped restrict the Proteas' first innings lead to 68. But new Zealand made a disastrous start to the second innings, reduced to seven for three in the first five overs as openers rob nicol (1) and Martin Guptill (1) failed again and Brendon McCullum went for five. skipper ross taylor was again called on to launch a rescue mission managing a 57-run partnership with Kane Williamson before falling lbw to dale steyn for 17 in the second last over of the day. steyn took two for 10 and Vernon Philander two for 21 as new Zealand ended the day still three runs short of south Africa's first innings total of 253, facing a mammoth task to get back into the match. Kane Williamson was unbeaten on 41 for the Black Caps, alongside daniel Vettori, who was yet to score. south Africa started the day at 27 for two and endured a torrid spell from Gillespie, struggling at 133 for six in the first hour before AB de Villiers and the lower order
steadied the innings. de Villiers' gritty 83 and a valuable unbeaten 35-run cameo from Morne Morkel helped south Africa overhaul new Zealand's total before the tourists were bowled out for 253 at tea. Gillespie, recalled into a revamped new Zealand attack after more
than three years in the test wilderness, finished the innings with five for 59. south Africa added 35 to their overnight total before he dismissed Hashim Amla for 16, the batsman attempting to guide the ball through backward point but sending a low catch to Williamson.
haMILTon: Dale Steyn of South africa celebrates a LBw decision on captain ross Taylor of new Zealand during day two of the second Test match at Seddon Park. aFP
NeW ZeaLaND 1st innings 185 (B.McCullum 61, R. taylor 44, M. Gillespie 27; philander 4-70, Steyn 3-49) SoUtH afRICa 1st innings (overnight 27 for two) G. Smith c van Wyk b Martin 13 a. petersen lbw b Gillespie 29 D. Steyn c van Wyk b Martin 4 H. amla c Williamson b Gillespie 16 J. Kallis c van Wyk b Gillespie 6 aB de villiers b vettori 83 J. Rudolph c van Wyk b Gillespie 1 M. Boucher b Gillespie 24 v. philander b Bracewell 14 M. Morkel not out 35 I. tahir c Gillespie b Williamson 16 eXtRaS (b1, lb9, w1, nb1) 12 totaL (all out: 77.3 overs) 253 fall of wickets: 1-14 (Smith) 2-18 (Steyn) 3-63 (amla), 4-69 (Kallis), 5-84 (petersen), 6-88 (Rudolph), 7-151 (Boucher), 8185 (philander), 9-219 (de villiers), 10-253 (tahir) BoWLING: Martin 16-6-38-2, Bracewell 18-7-50-1, Gillespie 152-59-5, vettori 19-3-49-1, arnel 9-2-46-0, Williamson 0.3-0-1-1 NeW ZeaLaND 2nd innings R. Nicol b philander 1 M. Guptill c amla b Steyn 1 B. McCullum lbw b philander 5 R. taylor lbw b Steyn 17 K. Williamson not out 41 D. vettori not out 0 eXtRaS 0 totaL (4 wickets; 31 overs) 65 fall of wickets: 1-1 (Nicol), 2-7 (McCullum), 3-7 (Guptill), 4-64 (taylor) BoWLING: Steyn 9-4-10-2, philander 7-1-21-2, Morkel 7-4-120, tahir 8-2-22-0 toss: South africa Series: the three-match series is level after a draw in the first test Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WIS), Richard Kettleborough (eNG) tv umpire: aleem Dar (paK) Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI)