Danny Morrison recalls how he had denied Sachin Tendulkar his maiden Test century

Danny Morrison revealed how Sachin Tendulkar was denied his maiden Test century by him that would have made Sachin youngest player to score a ton in red-ball cricket. This happened during Napier Test match between India and New Zealand in 1990 where he was dismissed for 88. Tendulkar was only 17 n.

'When I look at that...': Danny Morrison

“When I look at that and remember, yeah, a couple of shots. I remember 88 he got in Napier, and he was in such a hurry! I think he hit me for three fours in this one over, and you could see that impetuous nature of youth and he wanted to keep going, he ended up smashing me to John Wright (at mid-off),” said Morrison while speaking on Edges & Sledged podcast.

“That was it, and hence saying he was so impetuous because he could have been youngest ever, and you could see it took him an to get off ground. [It was] like a swball rolling down hill, getting bigger and bigger, just getting boom, boom, boom until it went bust, sort of hit a tree down mountain, which was a shame for Indian fans because he was going so beautifully. Got out for 88,"  cricketer-turned-commentator/analyst added.

Many years ago, Sachin had recalled that heart-breaking moment and reportedly went on to say that he was crying bitterly in washroom after he was denied of what would have been his maiden Test century and had to wash his face before heading back to dressing room. A decade later, John Wright was named Team India's head coach and  Master Blaster had jokingly told Wright that his catch had deprived him of his maiden Test 100.

neless, Tendulkar did t have to wait long for reaching three-figure mark in Tests as he struck a magnificent ton against England at Manchester a few months later. 

batting maestro also had a 24-year successful cricketing career as well. Sachin has scored 15921 runs in 200 Tests and 18426 runs in 463 One Day Internationals. He also remains top run-scorer in both se formats to date. Little Master also has 100 international centuries to his name which is a feat that one else has achieved. champion batsman also became first player to score a double century in ODI cricket.

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(Im Courtesy: PTI)