We learnt something new this week having not known before that Sachin Tendulkar's birthday falls on the same day - April 24th - as the first-class debut of Jack Hobbs in 1905.
This piqued our interest especially as in parallel the realisation dawned, that this was just one of many spooky coincidences linking The Master and the Little Master - even if unlike the modern day custodian of the mantle of the game's greatest batsman, Hobbs never became an MP - although his near contemporary C B Fry was offered the role of King of Albania.
The lineage of these two doyens of batting mastery is the subject of our latest piece for All Out Cricket's damn fine website, and if you read Sachin Tendulkar and Jack Hobbs: The Masters, you'll find out that the spooky coincidences go even further with Hobbs' first-class debut and the identity of the opposition captain.
Where next?
The 30 Greatest Batsmen Ever: Part 1 (30-21), Part 2 (20-11), Part 3 (10-1)
Fry and Ranjitsinhji - Brothers in Arms
A mention in Wisden? Surely not...
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I like sachin bating and about his greatness. HE will bounce back and silence all his critics.
Posted by: point table | Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 09:02