The Hindu : Tendulkar on course

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Wednesday, Mar 12, 2003

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Tendulkar on course

Johannesburg March 11. Sachin Tendulkar may have missed out on a Man-of-the-Match (MoM) award against Sri Lanka but it is unlikely he could be stopped from claiming the `Player of the Tournament' award once the curtains draw close on March 23.

Tendulkar could not claim the three points that the Man-of-the-Match carries as it went to paceman Javagal Srinath for his four-wicket burst in the first spell but his 97 was still valuable enough to earn him two points and widen the gap vis-a-vis Sri Lanka's Chaminda Vaas.

Tendulkar now has 12 points from India's eight games in the competition with three MoM awards and three other points picked from two games. Vaas has 8 points to his credit — six for claiming two MoM awards and two for his role in the record-breaking destruction of Canada.

Tendulkar's MoM awards in this competition have come against Zimbabwe, Namibia and Pakistan. Tendulkar also picked a point for his half century against Holland, as well as two from India's game against Sri Lanka on Monday.

The player of the tournament award is based on the cumulative Man of the Match results awarded by the ICC Match Referee.

If everything goes according to script, Tendulkar will make a pretty picture in accepting the award from Sir Garfield Sobers at the end of the competition.

Man of the Tournament standings:

10 points: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind).

8 points: Chaminda Vaas (SL) 8.

6 points: Wasim Akram (Pak), James Anderson (Eng) and John Davison.

5 points: Marvan Atapattu (SL), Andy Blignaut (Zim), Vasbert Drakes (WI), Herschelle Gibbs (SA), Sanath Jayasuriya (SL), Lance Klusener (SA).

4 points: Tim de Leede (Hol), Sourav Ganguly (Ind), Jason Gillespie (Aus), Ramnaresh Sarwan (WI), Heath Streak (Zim) and Scott Styris (NZ) 4.

— PTI

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