Brian Lara is known to be the best batsman of all times mesmerizing the cricket fans with his ability to handle the bat and taming the ball. A batsman is known to have an indelible mark the moment he has a signature shot but in Lara's case this happened for a few signature shots.
Former Pakistan batsman Basit Ali named Brian Lara as the best batsman in the world, just a day after Australian paceman Glenn McGrath rated the West Indies legend a rung higher than Sachin Tendulkar. Lara's match-winning performance of 153 not out against Australia in Bridgetown, Barbados in 1999 has been rated by Wisden as the second best batting performance in the history of Test cricket, next only to the 270 runs scored by Sir Donald Bradman in The Ashes test match of 1937.Muttiah Muralitharan, rated as the greatest Test match bowler ever by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack,and the highest wicket-taker in bothTest cricket and in One Day Internationals(ODIs), has hailed Lara as his toughest opponent among all batsmen in the world. Lara was awarded the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World awards in 1994 and 1995 and is also one of only three cricketers to receive the prestigiousBBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year, the other two being Sir Garfield Sobers and Shane Warne
Lara struck 277 runs againstAustralia in Sydney, his maiden Test century, the fourth highest maiden Test century by any batsman,the highest individual score in all Tests between the two teams and the fourth-highest century ever recorded against Australia by any Test batsman.He became the first man to score seven centuries in eightfirst-class innings, the first being the record 375 against England and the last being the record 501 not out against Durham.
Brian lara is one of the best finisher in all formats. Lara has great batting class compared to any batsman in cricket and he can over play his natural game in any situation.I have watched him play right from the 90's when Dish Antenna was introduced to our premises. I admire his class.I admire and enjoy those classic songs his bat produces. You can see every one of those classic cricket shots while he is at the pitch.Oh he is such a joy to watch. A living Encyclopedia for the youngsters who love classic cricket.
I truely agree with your blog on Brian Lara, & is undoubtly the best batsman of all times. From a side rated to best in the world & Lara was like the last big drop of the honey. When there was no batsman at the other end to support him, alone he build many memorable innings. He is very far ahead among all other batsman of his times....
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