Sachin Tendulkar’s fiftieth birthday has been marked in fashion, with the Indian legend’s heroics on the Sydney Cricket Ground formally immortalised with a set of gates named in his honour.
Cricket Australia introduced on Monday that each Tendulkar and West Indies nice Brian Lara would have a set of gates on the SCG collectively named after them.
The gates, used to entry the sector of play, had been unveiled to mark Tendulkar’s fiftieth birthday, and 30 years since Lara’s innings of 277 on the venue.
All visiting cricketers will take to the sector by way of the Lara-Tendulkar Gates, located between the Members Pavilion’s away dressing room and the Noble Bradman Messenger Stand.
The Australian cricket staff enter the sector through the Don Bradman Gates between the Members and Ladies Pavilions, whereas the Arthur Morris and Alan Davidson Gates entrance the stadium on Driver Avenue.
The SCG was a paradise for Tendulkar, with the Indian star averaging a exceptional 157 from his 5 Tests there.
He posted an unbeaten 148 in his first Sydney Test in 1992, and plundered unbeaten scores of 241 and 60 towards Australia in 2004.
“The Sydney Cricket Ground has been my favourite ground away from India,” Tendulkar stated in an announcement on his fiftieth birthday.
“I have had some great memories at the SCG right from my first tour of Australia in 1991-92.
“It is a good honour to have the gates utilized by all visiting cricketers to entry the sector of play on the SCG named after me and my good pal Brian.”
Lara was playing just his fifth Test match when he posted 277 against Australia at the SCG in 1993, an innings that showcased his dazzling talents to the world.
“The floor holds many particular recollections for me and my household and I all the time get pleasure from visiting every time I’m in Australia,” Lara stated.
Cricket Australia CEO Nick Hockley added: “As the cricketing world celebrates Sachin Tendulkar’s fiftieth birthday, this can be a becoming and well timed gesture by the SCG to recognise Sachin and Brian Lara as two legends of the worldwide sport with distinctive data on the SCG.
“Their feats will no doubt be an inspiration to not only visiting international teams, but all players fortunate enough to walk onto the hallowed turf of the Sydney Cricket Ground, for generations to come.”
TENDULKAR’S TEST INNINGS AT THE SCG
*148no v Australia in 1992
*45 and 4 v Australia in 2000
*241no and 60no v Australia in 2004
*154no and 12 v Australia in 2008
*41 and 80 v Australia in 2012
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
