Brian Lara at it again.......

.........You Aussies worried?

I would be the one worried if I were you. You just lost a test series to ... England

Originally posted by Rob
I would be the one worried if I were you. You just lost a test series to ... England

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I know, we played crap earlier and deserved to lose.

But Lara reclaiming that record would make my year.

That would not quite make up for the loss to England but atleast it is a start.

Originally posted by chatterbox
That would not quite make up for the loss to England but atleast it is a start.

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Nothing can make up for losing a series in the Caribbean against England. That never happened for 36 years and it was a bullet to the heart of all West Indian supporters, but seeing Lara bat this way is a treat no matter what.

He makes me proud to be a West Indian.

i hope lara does break haydens record.... its better to get the record against england than zimbabwe....

What an innings by Lara.He showed his class in this innings.He has to withstand double pressure of being captain and only WORLD CLASS batsman in WI Team.I strongly feel that he should go on and be first batsman to score 400 runs!

this man is a god. period.

the best batsman in the world in my opinion and without a doubt my favourite cricketer.

he is gonna reclaim the record for sure.

just imagine. he himself created the world record this week ten years back at the same ground and against the same opposition. how freaky is that??

now all i ask for is that west indies start WINNING matches. please god, please. i cannot see them losing like this all the time. it brings a tear to my eye.

hes done it! a new record. even though i support england now i want him to get 400 because weve lost anyway

Originally posted by X-Ter
hes done it! a new record. even though i support england now i want him to get 400 because weve lost anyway

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Nah a draw is very possible mate. He is on 390 so far, i reckon when he gets to 400 he will declare.

There is no batsman on the face of this earth as good as Brian Lara.

Not even Sachin as good as he is.

In my book the greatest batsman ever.

Breaking the world record is no easy feat and he has managed to do it twice.

He was the Prince before but now he is the Emperor.

201.2 Batty to Lara, one run, swept to fine leg - there's only a single
but that's all he needs
582 balls, 776 mins, 43 fours, 4 sixes

what a man... what an innings...

how good of a bounce back has this been for west indies... after being trounced...

5 for 751 .... thats huge...

rally 'round the WI

400 not out, i wonder when that wil be broken

Originally posted by manutd4eva
There is no batsman on the face of this earth as good as Brian Lara./B]

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Originally posted by manutd4eva Originally posted by manutd4eva [/i]Not even Sachin as good as he is.

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True

Originally posted by manutd4eva In my book the greatest batsman ever.[/B]

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No, Bradman?

Originally posted by manutd4eva Breaking the world record is no easy feat and he has managed to do it twice.[/B]

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Good on him

Originally posted by manutd4eva He was the Prince before but now he is the Emperor. [/B]

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No, Bradman is the Emperor

Originally posted by manutd4eva

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Originally posted by Rob
No, Bradman

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I can never dispute Bradman's greatness, no one can. An average of 99.94 is just mind boggling.

But the reason I say Lara is better is because of the top quality bowlers Lara has had to face up to and along with the continuos pressure of having to be the leading batsman in a declining team over the last 12 years.

If he is not better then he is certainly right alongside him. He is now certainly better than Tendlukar, Sir Viv and Sir Gary.

But then again comparing batsmen from different eras is not usually a good idea.....or maybe I'm just biased.

The greatest batsman of the last 50 years no doubt though.

LARA'S PLACE IN HISTORY

- The First batsman in the history of the game to score a Quadruple Century
- One of only two batsmen to ever score a Triple Century - the other being Don Bradman.
- The only Batsman to ever hold the World Record twice - between Apr 1994 to Oct 2003 and from Apr 2004 to...........................................

LARA's QUADRUPLE, TRIPLE AND DOUBLE CENTURIES:
400* - West Indies v England, 4th Test Match, St. John's (Antigua), Apr 2004
375 - West Indies v England, 5th Test, St. John's (Antigua), Apr 1994
277 - Australia v West Indies, 3rd Test, Sydney, Jan 1993
221 - Sri Lanka v West Indies, 3rd Test Match, Colombo (SSC), Nov 2001
213 - West Indies v Australia, 2nd Test, Kingston (Jamaica), Mar 1999
209 - West Indies v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Castries (St. Lucia), Jun 2003
202 - South Africa v West Indies, 1st Test Match, Johannesburg (Wanderers), Dec 2003


BRIAN LARA'S CENTURIES AGAINST ENGLAND
167 2nd Test, Georgetown, 1993-94
375 5th Test, Antigua, 1993-94
145 4th Test, Old Trafford, 1995
152 5th Test, Nottingham, 1995
179 6th Test, the Oval, 1995
112 3rd Test, Old Trafford, 2000
400* 4th Test, Antigua, 2004


LEADING TEST CENTURY-MAKERS
S M Gavaskar (India) 34
S R Tendulkar (India) 33
S R Waugh (Aus) 32
D G Bradman (Aus) 29
A R Border (Aus) 27
G S Sobers (W Indies) 26
B C Lara (W Indies) 25
G S Chappell (Aus) 24
I V A Richards (W Indies) 24
Javed Miandad (Pak) 23


LEADING DOUBLE CENTURY-MAKERS
D G Bradman (Aus) 12
W R Hammond (Eng) 7
B C Lara (W Indies) 7
Javed Miandad (Pak) 6


TEST CAREER BATTING - Most Runs
Name Mat I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Team
AR Border 156 265 44 11174 205 50.56 27 63 156 - AUS
SR Waugh 168 260 46 10927 200 51.06 32 50 112 - AUS
SM Gavaskar 125 214 16 10122 236* 51.12 34 45 108 - IND
BC Lara 106 187 6 9657 400* 53.35 25 43 137 - WI
SR Tendulkar 113 183 19 9469 241* 57.73 33 37 72 - IND


Simply amazing.

Holy ******* crap the man's a legend. Congratulations Lara.

Originally posted by manutd4eva
I can never dispute Bradman's greatness, no one can. An average of 99.94 is just mind boggling.

But the reason I say Lara is better is because of the top quality bowlers Lara has had to face up to and along with the continuos pressure of having to be the leading batsman in a declining team over the last 12 years.

If he is not better then he is certainly right alongside him. He is now certainly better than Tendlukar, Sir Viv and Sir Gary.

But then again comparing batsmen from different eras is not usually a good idea.....or maybe I'm just biased.

The greatest batsman of the last 50 years no doubt though.

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I agree. the standards now are far higher than in Bradman's day.

Perhaps advances in technology have improved bowling techniques and fielding, but that rise in standard can be balanced by the fact that pitches weren't covered when Bradman was playing. Exposing pitches to the elements produced far more unpredictable surfaces which made life dangerous for batsmen. Another factor to take into account is the protection a batsman was given. Today's batsmen have gloves, helmets, elbow guards, forearm guards, thigh pads, pads, inner thigh pads, boxes and chest guards. In Bradman's day they had a box, thin gloves that offered no real protection, and heavy pads. Imagine facing Harold Larwood on an unpredictable pitch in that. Take away the protection batsmen get today, expose the pitches to rougher conditions and improve the standards of fast bowlers and perhaps a better picture will emerge. Even then, it is impossible to compare eras because in order to compare two batsmen from different eras, you must see how they did against the best bowlers and fielders of the time. That would then require an examination of the respective talents of the bowlers and fielders, which would require you to go back and assess the batsmen of the time(a bowler's figures are heavily dependent on the batsmen he bowls to). It's an infinite loop.

Originally posted by man united forever
Perhaps advances in technology have improved bowling techniques and fielding, but that rise in standard can be balanced by the fact that pitches weren't covered when Bradman was playing. Exposing pitches to the elements produced far more unpredictable surfaces which made life dangerous for batsmen. Another factor to take into account is the protection a batsman was given. Today's batsmen have gloves, helmets, elbow guards, forearm guards, thigh pads, pads, inner thigh pads, boxes and chest guards. In Bradman's day they had a box, thin gloves that offered no real protection, and heavy pads. Imagine facing Harold Larwood on an unpredictable pitch in that. Take away the protection batsmen get today, expose the pitches to rougher conditions and improve the standards of fast bowlers and perhaps a better picture will emerge. Even then, it is impossible to compare eras because in order to compare two batsmen from different eras, you must see how they did against the best bowlers and fielders of the time. That would then require an examination of the respective talents of the bowlers and fielders, which would require you to go back and assess the batsmen of the time(a bowler's figures are heavily dependent on the batsmen he bowls to). It's an infinite loop.

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Agreed.

The only batsman you can really compare to Bradman was George Headley (The Black Bradman).


George Headley Career Statistics:
TESTS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
22 40 4 2190 270* 60.83 10 5 14 0