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Craig HillPersonal dispatch: Sachin and Shane, chalk and cheese
January 18th 2007 01:09
Two modern greats of the game on the field, two men leaving very different legacies off it. While their playing powers leave no one in any doubt about their talents and ability to turn a game it is their very different personas that will linger in many fans’ memories as the years go by.
In the last year I have come across both Sachin Tendulkar and Shame Warne ‘in the flesh’ providing two very different experiences. I met Sachin Tendulkar when I played for the Lashings World XI in the UK in July 2006 and was enjoying a drink with friends at Pier One in Sydney as Shane Warne and his Australian team mates made their way out to James Packer’s yacht immediately after the 5th Ashes test this year.
Two images convey my experiences and if the adage that a picture speaks a thousand words is true then the images are just about spot on for these cricketing super stars.
Sachin Tendulkar was polite and obliging. He signed autographs, chatted to the crowd, posed for photos and showed respect for those who were there to see him in action or in my case as a team mate.
Shane Warne was abrasive and rude. He marshalled his team mates with the air of a man who thought he was still in charge despite his retirement. However while ensuring he was seen as the king pin in the group he spent also time rudely chastising a photographer who had made his way to a public place in order to provide images for the Saturday papers.
Sachin’s friendly smile and easy going nature are captured in the first photograph while the apparent loneliness of Warne standing on the wharf watching his team mates board Packer’s yacht provides a stark image of what retirement might be like for him when the adulation dies down and the photographers stop ‘hiding in the bushes’.
As a cricket follower I will always have the utmost delight in recalling the on field exploits of both Tendulkar and Warne but it is Sachin’s outward demeanour that demands respect and admiration beyond his on field performances.
In the last year I have come across both Sachin Tendulkar and Shame Warne ‘in the flesh’ providing two very different experiences. I met Sachin Tendulkar when I played for the Lashings World XI in the UK in July 2006 and was enjoying a drink with friends at Pier One in Sydney as Shane Warne and his Australian team mates made their way out to James Packer’s yacht immediately after the 5th Ashes test this year.
Two images convey my experiences and if the adage that a picture speaks a thousand words is true then the images are just about spot on for these cricketing super stars.
Sachin Tendulkar was polite and obliging. He signed autographs, chatted to the crowd, posed for photos and showed respect for those who were there to see him in action or in my case as a team mate.
Shane Warne was abrasive and rude. He marshalled his team mates with the air of a man who thought he was still in charge despite his retirement. However while ensuring he was seen as the king pin in the group he spent also time rudely chastising a photographer who had made his way to a public place in order to provide images for the Saturday papers.
Sachin’s friendly smile and easy going nature are captured in the first photograph while the apparent loneliness of Warne standing on the wharf watching his team mates board Packer’s yacht provides a stark image of what retirement might be like for him when the adulation dies down and the photographers stop ‘hiding in the bushes’.
As a cricket follower I will always have the utmost delight in recalling the on field exploits of both Tendulkar and Warne but it is Sachin’s outward demeanour that demands respect and admiration beyond his on field performances.
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Comment by Norm
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he cut a pretty lonely figure on the field, I always thought Warne. It seems to be part of a bowlers make up, after so many thrashings and such hard toil to be on the 'difficult' side of things. Great bowlers tend to be a bit abrasive. Affability is a military medium pacers trait.
But then Dean Jones couldn't bowl for crap!
I think there is probably more joy to be had batting.
who knows?
Norm
Comment by DavidH
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Caddick is a good example of a lonely bowler. He was only ever happy when HE was taking wickets. It probably didn't help that his so called rival Gough was such an all round good guy.
Comment by Norm
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Comment by Tristan
Interesting stories tho.
Comment by DavidH
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