Cricket World® Player Of The Week - Sachin Tendulkar

Cricket World® Player Of The Week - Sachin Tendulkar

Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar has been named as this week's Cricket World® Player Of The Week after his unbeaten century in the opening CB Series final led his side to victory.

Chasing 240, Tendulkar overcame the loss of early wickets at the other end to score a superb unbeaten 117 which included ten boundaries as he steered his side to victory with over four overs to spare.

He shared a crucial 123-run partnership with Rohit Sharma (66) but it was Tendulkar's innings, especially after being involved in a run out early on and being hit by a Brett Lee beamer before he reached his century that put his side 1-0 in the best-of-three series.

His innings was, remarkably, his first ODI century in Australia and India's first win against Australia in Sydney.

Those statistics were key in him being given the award over other notable performers including South African double centurions Grame Smith and Neil McKenzie, Under-19 stars Tim Southee, Virat Kohli and Shreevats Goswami, England Women's captain Charlotte Edwards and batswoman Claire Taylor who helped secure a 3-1 win in New Zealand and the aforementioned Sharma.

The Cricket World ® Player Of The Week is judged by the www.cricketworld.com Editorial Team, which takes into consideration matches played in the preceding week with the final decision made on Monday morning.

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