I am a Jamaican of Indian, Pakistan, sri Lankan, and Bangladesh ancestry, and I look at the 501 he scored in the county championship, and the 400 Not out in the test match, as 2 of the greatest batting performances that I have ever seen in the history of international cricket. No one should ever compare another player to Sir Brian Charles Lara.
@@davidmckenzie9184McGrath has better stats because of Australia's outstanding fielding. Wasim could easily finish his career with 100+ wickets if he plays for Aussies.
I always say this: Brian Charles Lara to me is the Michael Jordan of International Cricket. He was just superb to watch because he had that focus, determination, mental toughnes, Winning persona and the "Eye Test" for the game.
It was an honour and a privilege to see Lara and his many exploits for the West Indies as a young boy growing up. The game vs Australia where he scored 153 not out to win the game for West Indies was particularly special as I saw every ball, every four, every six on my television and felt all the emotions of that great win. Wonderful times as a 16-year old; great inspiration!
B C Lara easily will go down in the history of cricket as one of the top five greatest batsman of all time ... his unique high backlift and flair of the left hander will remain unmatched ... his records don't define his actual talent ... it won't be wrong to say he is the roger federer of cricket ... I remember he smashed a young waqar younis for three consecutive boundaries on the off side before being bowled by him with a yorker ... the way he hit the ball for boundaries with that high backlift off deliveries over 145 kmph is unbelievable... he is for a reason the Prince of cricket...
That 277 was his best innings I think absolutely flawless from start to finish, there is a real possibility that if Carl hooper hadn’t run him out the record may have gone there and then that 375 was pretty flawless as well to be fair
To break one world record in cricket is a phenomenon all by itself ....to break more than one and to retake another is simply the stuff of dreams and legends......the only batsman to ever give me goosebumps....even to this day.....BCL is simply the greatest ever.
Brian will always be the best for me. He had a god given talent. If i had to pay money to watch a man bat back then or todays game brian would always and forever be that guy.
To break that record once but to do it twice at age 36 you have to be amongst the best. Mc grath and lara had a big rival but hearing mcgrath talking like that. It shows some sought of respect to the great man. Thanks for your kind words mcgrath.
The Don scored 309 in a day in a test. That was just his share. Test average will stand significantly alone forever. Played in an era with inferior equipment and uncovered pitches and lost 10 years of playing due to WW2. During this period Sir Don played another Australian sporting virtuoso in Sir Walter Lindrum who is regarded as the greatest billiards/snooker player of all time. The first time they played Sir Walter broke and Sir Don didn't get to play a shot. Sir Walter cleared the table, 147. The next time they played Sir Don said it was only fair that he got to break. Sir Walter didn't get to play as Sir Don cleared the table, 147. These two remarkable men played their sports to a level where certain opponents and officials challenged the rules just to try and beat them. Bodyline and outlawing the cradle canon in billiards. That's the definition of GREATEST. None come close.
Some judge batsmen by the number of runs they make, some by the manner in which they were made, some by the kind of opposition against whom they were made, some by the circumstances in which they were made. By either criteria, with both formats in mind, Brian Charles Lara is undisputedly one of the top-5(others being Sachin, Sir Jack Hobbs, King Viv and the Don himself) greatest of all-time.
Roshan Ariyaratnam, was Phil Simmons a wasted talent because he didn't play in wc 1996 & after wc 99 & what went wrong that Desmond Haynes & Gordon Greenidge didn't play in wc 96 & wc 99 for West Indies, please let me know.
Gm don't matter who broke records or not brain lara was the best stroke player with plenty of master strokes of all kind sgainst the best of bowlers none of them scored 500 hundred runs in an innings
Gm is brian lara not suppose to be in the hall of fame, no other batman domibated any type of bowling like lara, tge rest of those players played more cricket than him be he was the vest to watch batting and gived we all enjoyment to cheered for, cone on people give brian lara a real tojen to carry west indies cricket batting forward, offer him if he exccepts give him the chance to manage the batting and feet movement while occuping the crease
Not one of the greatest. He's the best test batsman in the world. No one ever score 400yet. I don't know why they keep putting Tendulkar over him. Tendulkar can't an will never do what Lara did. Can Tendulkar score 400?
