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InDepth headlines national business sports cricket regional entertainment technology world travel autos health | in-depth coverage > Sachin Tendulkar > Tendulkar in West Indian legend’s top six list 18.21 IST 17th Apr 2002 By IndiaExpress Bureau 
Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar has find place in another roll of honor of all-time great batsmen. This time his name figures in the list of West Indian legend Sir Everton Weekes. Weekes, one of the three Ws of cricket history along with Clyde Walcott and Sir Frank Worrel, has rated Tendulkar amongst the six greatest batsmen ever. "Tendulkar has to be one of the six batsmen of all-time in my list. He has to be one of the best. A few shots he managed during this Test spoke of his class," Weekes said referring to the master blaster’s 79-run knock in the first Test, which ended in a tame draw on April 15. "And there is one more Indian in this six and you know who I am referring to." Weekes said. He was, of course, referring to another little master, batting legend Sunil Gavaskar who made 10,122 runs from 125 Tests with 34 hundreds including 13 against the awesome West Indian fast bowling attack. He average against West Indies was a 65.45, much higher than his career average, totalling 2749 runs from 27 Tests. Weekes, however, refused to reveal the other four names that comprise his top six. And the West Indian legend is too modest to even suggest that he himself could easily have found a place in the list. Weeks’ record of 4455 runs from 48 Tests at an average of 58.62 with 15 centuries is formidable enough. He also holds the world record of five consecutive Test hundreds that has not been bettered even after more than 50 years. He was run out on 90 while going for his sixth straight century. in-depth coverage > Sachin Tendulkar > |
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