This is how the online cricinfo.com live commentary read about two non-descript, overs at the fag end of day 2 of the 2nd test of the current India-Pakistan series... an uneventful quarter of an hour which produced 5 meagre runs off 11 balls.
( They were quite uneventful... )

The most talented batsman of the last quarter of a century (counting Sunil Gavaskar, Viv Richards, Sachin Tendulkar et al) is now clearly atop the totem pole.

All hail The Prince of the Caribbean! The King!!!

Tendulkar has lifted modern-day mediocrity with his sublime genius. Men like him inspire a generation of youngsters to pick up the game and create a different level of creativity ( Read more... )

This is about as damning as it gets... the beast of self-preservation has raised its ugly head again! Indian cricket: both the team and the board, are back in familiar pits.

I'm with Greg Chappell all the way, with a heavy heart: Sourav Ganguly was one of the people I admired... not any more.