Brian Lara: The Lean Years

Quote:Brian Lara ended his Test career with an average of 53.17. But from the time of the West Indies’ tour of India in late 1994 to the South African visit that ended in February 1999 he averaged just over 44 runs per innings in Tests. For most other players this would have been a respectable run. The Trinidadian was no ordinary player, however, and that period of his career was one of underachievement.

Setting a field to Lara while in full stride was a perfunctory exercise that captains engaged in simply to fulfill their role, since there was scarcely any hope of containing him. He, more than any other player of his time, had the ability to make fielding a pointless profession.

It is difficult to imagine any batsman possessing a wider range of strokes, and the amplified backlift indicated a fondness for playing them. His degree of precision was such that it is only a mild exaggeration to say he could hit any patch of grass he aimed for, and sometimes gave the impression that he could hit any delivery to the boundary.

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Not so Lean ...

" your parties are fcuking unbelieveable "

;D ;D ;D

Lara burned out hard after his year playing England County cricket. It was only in 1999, when the Aussies came down to the Caribbean, that he became a man with a mission. Ironically, when he sucking at Test cricket he was having his best ODI games.


"Adam Gilchrist told of a passage of play on their visit to the Caribbean in 2003: they removed the deep midwicket and placed him behind point, making it two fielders in that general area. After decrying the futility of the move Lara launched the next delivery over midwicket for six. Gilchrist then challenged him to take on the two men behind point; Lara immediately bisected them…twice, and it’s not like the deliveries were particularly accommodating to the kind of shots played either."

Who right now in the West Indies has such a range of shots? Maybe only Chanders, though Chanders isn't really a big six hitter.

That is a sweet half Scottish young Gyal Lara capture deh  :-*

I likes Haggis as well .... 8)

this is his daughter sydney and her mum

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