Cricket Great Says Farewell

The second Test match between India and the West Indies will be the last international appearance of one Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar.

His last Test match against West Indies will be his 200th, in a game where he has scored an impressive 15,000 Test runs, 18,000-plus one-day international runs, 51 Test centuries and 100 international centuries.

Those figures are certainly most astounding and we suspect it will take a long time before they are surpassed. Some analysts say it is highly unlikely they ever will.

The player also known as the “Master Blaster” broke onto the international cricket scene aged 16, and the fact that he has stayed at the top of his game until the age of 40 is remarkable.

On the boat we love watching a good match of cricket and Sachin certainly gave us a few. Although he was a menace when playing against our beloved Zimbabwe he still was a joy to watch.

Here are some of the memorable centuries Tendulkar scored against Zimbabwe.

24 February 2002 Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur. 176
8 December 2000 Barkatullah Khan Stadium, Jodhpur- 146
26 November 2000 Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur. -201
21 November 2000 Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi -122
13 November 1998 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah -124
8 November 1998 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah -118
26 September 1998 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo.-127
09 February 1997 Willowmoore Park, Benoni.-104