Jan 03, 2004: Sachin spoils Waugh's party  
 
Sachin spoils the party (FoxNews)
STEVE Waugh's dream of wresting back the Border-Gavaskar Trophy vanished before the disbelieving eyes of his hometown crowd yesterday. Waugh's farewell SCG party turned into a wake as unwanted guests Sachin Tendulkar and V.V.S. Laxman ripped open the series-deciding fourth Test with a brutal fourth-wicket stand of 353 - the third-highest partnership against Australia in 126 years of Test history.
http://foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,8659,8316556-23209,00.html

Tendulkar, Laxman spoil Waugh's party (ABCNews)
Australia can all but kiss goodbye any thoughts of taking back the Border-Gavaskar trophy after Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman put India in an unassailable position after two days of the fourth Test at the SCG. The "Little Master" well and truly …..

http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/s1019674.htm

Waugh's lines are stolen by Tendulkar (Guardian)
They forgot something else, too: that there is another batsman in this Test series of reasonable quality, a man who has been biding his time waiting to get a piece of the action. With the Sydney Cricket Ground jammed full, Sachin Tendulkar seized his.....

http://sport.guardian.co.uk/cricket/story/0,10069,1115347,00.html

India's brightest star shines again (BBC)
Despite being lauded like a deity by his countrymen, Sachin Tendulkar has always kept his composure remarkably well. He always respects his opponents and still spends as much time working in the nets as he did when he first broke into the national
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/aus_v_ind_2003-04/3364979.stm

Sachin stages Sydney opera, silences critics (TOI)
Sachin Tendulkar silenced his critics with a splendid double century and his highest Test score of 220 as India batted Australia out of the Sydney Test on Day 2 on Saturday.
When Sachin reached 206, he became the highest scorer for India at the SCG in Tests surpassing Ravi Shastri. The Master Blaster has three double tons to his name now.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/401950.cms

Sachin descends from Olympus (Rediff)
WHEN the peasant Gordius was chosen king of Phrygia, he dedicated his wagon to Jupiter and fastened the yoke to a beam with a rope of barn knotted so ingeniously that no one could untie it. A young Alexander finally arrived in Phrygia; he was shown the knot and told that whoever untied it would rule over all the East.
http://us.rediff.com/cricket/2004/jan/03quick2.htm

A New Year letter to Mr Tendulkar (TOI)
But I know its difficult to explain this to some self-styled cricket pundits (who have always confused gulli danda with cricket) who are chanting Dravidaya namaha , Sachinaya swaha these days. They say you are selfish , you play only for yourself.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/398622.cms