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Sydney, Oct 20: Former English batsman Allan Lamb has said that though Indian master blaster Sachin was a brilliant cricketer, but Australian captain Ricky Ponting was closely chasing his world record of maximum Test runs.
He said that Ponting could beat Sachin record, set on Friday after surpassing Brian Lara's 11,953 runs, because the Indian might not be able to play for too long. "Tendulkar's probably not the player he was two or three years ago, so he will probably hang up his boots in a year or so. But, then you've got Ricky Ponting steaming up from the back, so I don't know how long the Indians will hold the record," The Sun quoted Lamb.