<div>Sachin Tendulkar has 664 runs from four Tests at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). "The SCG has obviously been my favourite ground away from India. It's a terrific ground, a special place. I love the atmosphere. It's wonderful. There are these certain grounds where you walk out there feeling you're going to do well and the SCG is one of those grounds where I feel comfortable," he was quoted as saying by Herald Sun yesterday.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="/imagedata/2011/dec/Tendulkar.jpg" border="5" align="" alt="" /><br /></div><div><i><span style="font-size: 8pt; ">Peter Siddle celebrates the wicket of Sachin Tendulkar at MCG recently.u00a0</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-size: 8pt; ">Pic/AFPu00a0</span></i></div><div><br /></div><div>In three days time, Tendulkar will look to get his 100th international century at his beloved ground. Sir Donald Bradman got his 100th first-class century at the same venue, against India in 1947-48. Sense the alignment of stars here?</div><div><br /></div><div>There's one man, Peter Siddle, who is gunning to stop that from happening. Tendulkar was the first batsman Siddle ever dismissed in Tests, on debut in Mohali in 2008-09. Since then, the hustling Victorian has scalped Tendulkar another two times in the just-concluded Melbourne Test. Siddle said he could not forget the first ball after tea on Day 2 when Tendulkar upper cut him for a six. "Oh, it was just an edge, obviously," he gagged.</div><div><br /></div><div>"Jokes apart, it was a good stroke from him, I couldn't do much about it. On another day, he would have edged that to the wicketkeeper, and on his day it would carry over the fence. But, I am glad to have got him twice in the Test.u00a0"Both the dismissals were totally different -- one was bowled, the other one was caught, it was a bit wider," Siddle told reporters a day after Australia's 122-run victory at the MCG.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>No Sach plan</b></div><div>When asked if he had devised a special plan for the little master, Siddle said: "Not really, there's no big secret there. I was lucky that I bowled a couple of good balls before that and put a bit of pressure on him... and got the wicket. I was patient, and knew that rewards would come. As a unit, we have done that, stuck together really well. It's all about being consistent, bowling long spells. That's how we have got most of our wickets," he added.</div><div><br /></div><div>"Sachin is a big scalp and to get him out is nice. But, for me it's just another batsman. I don't care where it's an opener or number 11... you are always searching for wickets. But, there is a lot more cricket to be played in this series, and hopefully I can get him (Sachin) again and keep winning Tests for my country," he said.</div>        

Sachin Tendulkar has 664 runs from four Tests at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). "The SCG has obviously been my favourite ground away from India. It's a terrific ground, a special place.

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