debut: 11/13/02
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Kudos to Mulder for putting team above self
debut: 6/22/08
14,318 runs
In reply to StumpCam
Didn't Clarke do the same thing? Apparently Hayden did not have that same affliction
Didn't Clarke do the same thing? Apparently Hayden did not have that same affliction
debut: 1/20/04
91,828 runs
In reply to FanAttick
I was there for the 400* and WI still had time to win that match, had Lara himself not dropped Flintoff. Lara took the catch cleanly then threw up in celebration only to realize that it was still in play and then dived back in vain to stop it from falling to the ground. Lara the Sportsman.
Apart from that look at the context of that 400* and 751/5 declared where we staring at a whitewash on home soil vs our former Colonial Masters and Nemesis England. We needed not just to prevent the whitewash but to do so emphatically with 400* and 751/5 declared.
BTW no disrespect to Mulder but he is not in Lara's class and never will be.
I was there for the 400* and WI still had time to win that match, had Lara himself not dropped Flintoff. Lara took the catch cleanly then threw up in celebration only to realize that it was still in play and then dived back in vain to stop it from falling to the ground. Lara the Sportsman.
Apart from that look at the context of that 400* and 751/5 declared where we staring at a whitewash on home soil vs our former Colonial Masters and Nemesis England. We needed not just to prevent the whitewash but to do so emphatically with 400* and 751/5 declared.
BTW no disrespect to Mulder but he is not in Lara's class and never will be.
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debut: 2/4/03
16,508 runs
You know de amount of white fowl dat went missing in Jamaica yesterday? Rumor has it dat a white haired lady associated wid UWI was somehow involved
debut: 1/12/04
35,712 runs
Ricky Ponting did seh...They will be jumping out the woodwork now to pronounce Lara's immorality in having that record.
debut: 12/4/22
988 runs
In reply to Walco
That is precisely what all his countrymen are saying on FB. Some declaration that!
That is precisely what all his countrymen are saying on FB. Some declaration that!
debut: 5/14/05
24,680 runs
In reply to Walco
What a gutless coward
That man so fraid to out and fail, he take the not out and punter’s chance that Lara haters would piggyback and spin
He fling a stone
Hog start to bawl
What a gutless coward
That man so fraid to out and fail, he take the not out and punter’s chance that Lara haters would piggyback and spin
He fling a stone
Hog start to bawl
debut: 11/30/17
12,107 runs
In reply to Raggs
ricky was salty hayden only had the record for 8 months.....the rest of the world praised the innings
https://www.trinidadandtobagonews.com/forum/webbbs_config.pl?md=read;id=1965
Ricky Ponting did seh...They will be jumping out the woodwork now to pronounce Lara's immorality in having that record.
ricky was salty hayden only had the record for 8 months.....the rest of the world praised the innings
Brian Lara was hailed by the world's media for his recent 400 not out score against England in Antigua in the final Test of the 2004 Cable and Wireless Series. Here are a selection of tributes, from the press of the United Kingdom and India:
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH (UK): "Lara's achievement is a feat of amazing endurance every bit as much as one of skill. Probably, he is not the best player in the world anymore, but he is still the best at big scores. Given that he is 35 and carrying a pound or two more than in his youth, Lara is proof of the power of the mind - he was at the wicket for 13 hours, for heaven's sake. No man cuts the ball with such precision and along such angles; few drive with equal elan; only the cricketers of the subcontinent and Mark Waugh in the modern era, use their wrists so gleefully to ease the ball through leg-side spaces. Brian Lara is a cricketer who makes magic: the surprise is how long he remains able to sustain it."
MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS (UK): "That Lara regained the record playing in a West Indies side which is a shadow of their 1994 counterparts at the fag end of a miserable series for the hosts makes the achievement more rather than less remarkable. It is far from a perfect story but when the tide goes out on the current era of cricket only a few traces will be left - Shane Warne's twisting fingers, Sachin Tendulkar's graceful power and Lara's raised-bat aggression."
REDIFF.COM (INDIA): Indian, Pakistani stars hail Lara: "Amazing achievement," said Sachin Tendulkar, the man often racing the left-handed genius for the numero uno spot in the rankings. "One of the best batsman of my generation, if not the best ever. Such innings can never be planned, they just happen."
Sourav Ganguly: "Great knock," he said. "I was not going to be surprised if he crossed 400 and he did just that. When he is in full flow, there is no better sight in world cricket."
Virender Sehwag, the latest entry in the 300 club, said there was no comparison. "When Lara scored his 300 he was 24, I am 25," Sehwag said.
Pakistan skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq, also a member of the 300 club, said Lara's performance was out of this world and he has duly taken back what was his - the record of highest Test score.
Former Pakistan skipper and coach Javed Miandad said, "The score is not the great part of the innings, but the fact that he held the record, saw it being broken, and then snatched it back is what is so great about the innings. Any of the top three batsmen in the world like Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, or Matthew Hayden could have done it if the conditions had suited them like they suited Lara. My guess is that one of the Indian batsmen or Inzamam-ul-Haq will break the record."
Compiled by the Sporting Life:
THE SUN (UK): "Brian Lara rewrote cricket history when he became the first batsman to score 400 in a Test."
DAILY MAIL (UK): "Brian Lara celebrated the 10th anniversary of his previous record hammering of England by again making the highest score in Test history with an unbeaten 400 yesterday in the final match of the series at St John's."
THE TIMES (UK): "To break the most famous of all batting records once might conceivably be ascribed to good fortune. To do it twice is proof of pure genius."
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH (UK): "World records are destined to be set by only a chosen few, so when Brian Lara reclaimed the world record Test score with an unbeaten 400 in Antigua yesterday, six months after it was taken off him by Australia's Matthew Hayden, something extraordinary was afoot."
THE GUARDIAN (UK): "Brian Lara promised West Indies cricket a legacy and, yesterday, in front of a cacophonous crowd at the Recreation Ground, each and every one of whom will tell their grandchildren they were there, he delivered, as if to order, the highest individual score in Test match history."
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH (UK): "Lara's achievement is a feat of amazing endurance every bit as much as one of skill. Probably, he is not the best player in the world anymore, but he is still the best at big scores. Given that he is 35 and carrying a pound or two more than in his youth, Lara is proof of the power of the mind - he was at the wicket for 13 hours, for heaven's sake. No man cuts the ball with such precision and along such angles; few drive with equal elan; only the cricketers of the subcontinent and Mark Waugh in the modern era, use their wrists so gleefully to ease the ball through leg-side spaces. Brian Lara is a cricketer who makes magic: the surprise is how long he remains able to sustain it."
MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS (UK): "That Lara regained the record playing in a West Indies side which is a shadow of their 1994 counterparts at the fag end of a miserable series for the hosts makes the achievement more rather than less remarkable. It is far from a perfect story but when the tide goes out on the current era of cricket only a few traces will be left - Shane Warne's twisting fingers, Sachin Tendulkar's graceful power and Lara's raised-bat aggression."
REDIFF.COM (INDIA): Indian, Pakistani stars hail Lara: "Amazing achievement," said Sachin Tendulkar, the man often racing the left-handed genius for the numero uno spot in the rankings. "One of the best batsman of my generation, if not the best ever. Such innings can never be planned, they just happen."
Sourav Ganguly: "Great knock," he said. "I was not going to be surprised if he crossed 400 and he did just that. When he is in full flow, there is no better sight in world cricket."
Virender Sehwag, the latest entry in the 300 club, said there was no comparison. "When Lara scored his 300 he was 24, I am 25," Sehwag said.
Pakistan skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq, also a member of the 300 club, said Lara's performance was out of this world and he has duly taken back what was his - the record of highest Test score.
Former Pakistan skipper and coach Javed Miandad said, "The score is not the great part of the innings, but the fact that he held the record, saw it being broken, and then snatched it back is what is so great about the innings. Any of the top three batsmen in the world like Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, or Matthew Hayden could have done it if the conditions had suited them like they suited Lara. My guess is that one of the Indian batsmen or Inzamam-ul-Haq will break the record."
Compiled by the Sporting Life:
THE SUN (UK): "Brian Lara rewrote cricket history when he became the first batsman to score 400 in a Test."
DAILY MAIL (UK): "Brian Lara celebrated the 10th anniversary of his previous record hammering of England by again making the highest score in Test history with an unbeaten 400 yesterday in the final match of the series at St John's."
THE TIMES (UK): "To break the most famous of all batting records once might conceivably be ascribed to good fortune. To do it twice is proof of pure genius."
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH (UK): "World records are destined to be set by only a chosen few, so when Brian Lara reclaimed the world record Test score with an unbeaten 400 in Antigua yesterday, six months after it was taken off him by Australia's Matthew Hayden, something extraordinary was afoot."
THE GUARDIAN (UK): "Brian Lara promised West Indies cricket a legacy and, yesterday, in front of a cacophonous crowd at the Recreation Ground, each and every one of whom will tell their grandchildren they were there, he delivered, as if to order, the highest individual score in Test match history."
https://www.trinidadandtobagonews.com/forum/webbbs_config.pl?md=read;id=1965
debut: 8/24/03
1,743 runs
In reply to FanAttick
India and West Indies always put personal records first.
India and West Indies always put personal records first.
debut: 12/26/07
34,841 runs
Now that temporary Captain Mulder has pulled off the 'admirable' act, wonder where that leaves regular captain Bavuma.
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debut: 6/22/08
14,318 runs
“Brian Lara is a legend. He got 400 or 401 or something against England, and for someone to keep that record, it is special. I spoke to Shuks (head coach Shukri Conrad) about letting the legends keep that record. Lara keeping that record is exactly the way it should be,” he said after stumps.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/wiaan-mulder-reveals-why-he-didnt-go-after-400-brian-lara-keeping-that-record-is-exactly-101751903592988.html
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debut: 11/30/17
12,107 runs
In reply to Walco
Wiaan more west indian than half the people on this thread. kudos to him
Wiaan more west indian than half the people on this thread. kudos to him
debut: 6/22/08
14,318 runs
In reply to Jumpstart
I would have been disappointed if Mulder had broken Lara’s record, but I think he’s a fool for not trying.
I would have been disappointed if Mulder had broken Lara’s record, but I think he’s a fool for not trying.
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debut: 11/30/17
12,107 runs
In reply to Walco
thing is people have made the record unattractive, led by ricky ponting's idiotic and ungracious words right after. if you make 400 at a scoring rate of near 70, then you will have more than enough time to clean up a team twice. that being said, there is enormous respect for Lara in the south african camp. has always been there. I remember Graeme Smith saying his favorite player to play against was lara, although lara has a great record against teams he skippered. Morne Morkel said during his playing career that his favorite player was lara, even though they never faced each other. i think its a combination of the two. I'm not saying lara was the easiest person to play with, he was not, but neither was viv. Geniuses never are. they exist on a plane very much separate from the rest of us. I think a lot of the criticism lara got is because people were envious that one man could be this exceptional at batting and batsmanship
thing is people have made the record unattractive, led by ricky ponting's idiotic and ungracious words right after. if you make 400 at a scoring rate of near 70, then you will have more than enough time to clean up a team twice. that being said, there is enormous respect for Lara in the south african camp. has always been there. I remember Graeme Smith saying his favorite player to play against was lara, although lara has a great record against teams he skippered. Morne Morkel said during his playing career that his favorite player was lara, even though they never faced each other. i think its a combination of the two. I'm not saying lara was the easiest person to play with, he was not, but neither was viv. Geniuses never are. they exist on a plane very much separate from the rest of us. I think a lot of the criticism lara got is because people were envious that one man could be this exceptional at batting and batsmanship
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debut: 11/30/17
12,107 runs
In reply to FanAttick
i agree lara was selfish. he should have given courtney walsh all the strike during the 153
Lara’s “record” will now have an asterisk beside it signifying meaninglessness
i agree lara was selfish. he should have given courtney walsh all the strike during the 153
debut: 11/13/02
80,381 runs
In reply to Jumpstart
Ain’t that the truth
Wiaan more west indian than half the people on this thread. kudos to him
Ain’t that the truth
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debut: 1/21/09
59,588 runs
I hope Lara send Mulder a thank you note! There are too much in this test to be so generous? This game is over before tea tomorrow, unless rain is predicted for the next three days. Prof, can you post the weather?
debut: 4/11/20
1,435 runs
Good gesture ...but a foolish one..That would have been a record by a South African...Frankly I wouldnt be surprised if the decision was taken by SA mgmt ...given off the field reasons...Beyond the boundary ones..
debut: 11/30/17
12,107 runs
In reply to pooranian
you do know Wiaan is the captain right? I've never heard a declare a declaration before. And this is the record by a south african genius. he eclipsed Amla's record from 2012. And what are the off field reasons? don't be a coward, come out and say it
you do know Wiaan is the captain right? I've never heard a declare a declaration before. And this is the record by a south african genius. he eclipsed Amla's record from 2012. And what are the off field reasons? don't be a coward, come out and say it
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debut: 4/28/03
60,953 runs
Word has it he chose to, as he felt he was nowhere near Lara's class and doesn't deserve such honours.
debut: 11/30/17
12,107 runs
In reply to natty_forever
Brian Charles Lara is widely respected in South Africa. They do not view him through the lenses of petty island and racial politics. As i said, Wiaan is more west indian than half the people n this thread
Brian Charles Lara is widely respected in South Africa. They do not view him through the lenses of petty island and racial politics. As i said, Wiaan is more west indian than half the people n this thread
debut: 4/28/03
60,953 runs
In reply to Jumpstart
Had the privilege of meeting the maestro. I found him to be very humble and very intelligent.
Had the privilege of meeting the maestro. I found him to be very humble and very intelligent.
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