Stats don't lie: Sachin Tendulkar or Brian Lara - Who is the greatest?

#4 Fourth inning hundreds

3rd Test - New Zealand v West Indies: Day 2

Often a batsman is judged by the fact that how he performs under pressure. Batting in the fourth inning of a Test match is nothing less than sitting inside a pressure cooker.

Sachin went out to play 60 times in fourth innings in a test match and he scored three centuries in those 60 innings. This translates into 20 innings per hundred.

Lara played 46 times in fourth innings while scoring two centuries in those 46 innings. This gives a ratio of 23 innings per hundred.

Sachin had a reputation of not finishing matches, but, this stat tells us otherwise. Here again, he pips Lara to the post.