Cricke-lover.........I noticed your profile and it certainly is different.....not knocking like, I can see where you are coming from

BUT

More about me:
(I wish all cricket lovers just support good cricket and not particular teams.)

Don't you think supporters pay good hard earned cash to watch their particular team over just another game of cricket........I mean I might go and watch Eng Vs India on a one off, but it's Australia batting & bowling that I pay to watch, win lose or draw...

Dear Pox and others.
First of all I am not an anti-Sachin type of person. I know he is a great batsman but not in the sense you’re trying to prove. I think his best quality is his consistency over past 23 years which is very extra-ordinary but this is very unfair to say that he faced the best bowling off all times. Let’s be honest , he started his career in 1989, how many of his total 650 international matches has he played against Marshall, Imran, Qadir, Waqar at their peak. Anyone who really understand Cricket and not just look at stats would agree that you can not compare Mcgrath, Lee, Pollock, Ambrose, Lee, Walsh, Bishop, Aqib, Caddick etc. With likes of Lillee, Holding, Hadlee, Imran Marshall, Roberts, Botham etc. Yes he has obviously faced some good bowlers in 23 years but very few of them can be considered great bowlers. In 70’s and 80’s test series were taken as wars between fast and devastating attacks from all teams and those ruthless bowlers really tried very hard to compete with each other which definitely wasn’t good for batsmen of that era. I honestly think Sachin was very lucky in the sense that Marshall, Hadlee, Imran, Botham, Holding had almost finished their career when Sachin was starting his. He was also lucky that he never had to face duo of Wasim and Waqar when they were at their absolute peak.
Rabbitoh – I just want to say that when we support our own teams, we try to justify all good and bad things of our team and try to deny good cricket from opponents. In trying to do so we actually become dishonest with the game of cricket and I believe a true Cricket Lover should always be honest with the game.

Cricket-lover you are so full of it.My point flew over your head ; I said he faced the highest concentration of quality not the best which he clearly has.That makes his job harder than any other player. Also I'm not sure what Murdoch is yapping about - Tyson was good for his era but that's about it. He would be a poor man's Harmison in today's clime lol. Englishmen are usually high maintenance low intensity athletes.Bradman would more often than not come out to face a field of 11 men in monocles which is why I wouldn't take him seriously. God bless our little Sachin.

Hey poxy,......are you aware of the body-line series between ENG - AUS where one cricketer (The Don) changed the entire concept of the bowling attack.

Don't talk such krap and do some research ya pelican...

Bradman never faced Tyson, his first game for England was 6 years after Bradman retired.

Hope is right, Tyson started his career after Bradman retired. It was Larwood who was the main english bowler in bodyline series.

In the tour to England by the Aussies prior to body-line Bradman was out of a couple of test's un-well and returned for the 5th test.
England dropped a few deliveries in short and it became known that Bradman was troubled by this.
Hence the next ashes series in OZ the bowlers had been training on delivering the short pitched ball which became the famous body-line series.
As if there wasn't enough rivaly between Aus & Eng already but this particular series certainly got tempers to an all time high........this was when men were men and as tough as nails......but gentlemen just the same...

I disagree.Regarding bowlers SRT had to face a combo of increasing physical stamina , technology, diet and other modern marvels.
The juvenile and desperate direction of bouncers at Mr.Bradman's private parts and thereabouts underlines the lack of guile and unprofessional ethic of that era.Bodyline was known for being red carded than an ingenious strategy lol.

In seeking to defend his legacy you have come out looking like a wally ..again.Give it up

Sachn is a fine batsman but has benefited from the changes in the modern game.
He has not played on uncovered pitches or without protective headgear and clothing.
Bradman's whole career was played in a different era but against very hostile bowling and often sticky wickets that spin bowlers loved.

Just the quality of the old stick of timber to the new is enough to answer who had the better ability & technique in order to hit the pickets....so I know whom the Wally is poxy, the lord gave you some brain matter, it might pay to use it every now an again...