the myth of sub continent pitches being flat persist as visiting seam bowlers find the condition difficult. and indian batsman make merry against any kind of spin bowling thropwn at them.
additionally the labels come from anglo-afrikaner world. donot get me wrong they have some great pace bowlers but as everyone would they evolved around seam and hard pitches they struggld in dusty ones. waqar an wasim have grat figures in sub continnt an apat from england struggled relatively in aus an sa.
Lara was a class act as the range of strokes he possesses is something great. The match winning innings that Lara played at Barbados in 1999 was truly amazing. Sachin could never have dreamt of doing something like that.
When Lara and Tendulkar, two of the greatest batsmen of all time have acknowledged each other's talent and have immense respect for each other i dont know why the fans of these two great players always belittle them and their talent.
ntendulkar is not better batsman than lara in any way because he has not get class of strokes that lara possesses. lara is always remarkable for his footwork
Lara was all class. Once he would get a start, it would be very difficult to stop him. He was a magician. but, he had his frailties too. He was generally a very poor starter. He had so many big innings, but he had gotten out a lot of time below the score to 20. It was kind of a mix bag. As a bowler, you would hope that you get him out before he finds his groove, because after that it only meant one thing. Leather hunting.
To me Lara is the greatest batsman of all time. Some say Donald Bradman is the greatest batsman of all time, but he had a far weaker attack to face compared to Lara. Show me the EQUIVALENT of Glen McGrath, Shane Warne, Andrew Flintoff, Muttiah Muralitharan, and Wasim Aqram in Bradman's era... and then I'll change my verdict.
@Thor17 Don't forget in bradman's era, it wasn't till the end of Don's career that the lbw rule was amended to allow batsmen to be given out if the ball pitched outside the line of offstump. Imagine how many runs Lara, Tendulker and Ponting would have made if you could not be adjudged lbw from a ball pitched outside the line of the wicket.
@Thor17 Here’s the figures in major Test playing nations OUTSIDE of the Subcontinent (Non "flat" tracks) for the 2 Greatest modern day batsmen . AUS SRT- 58.5 Lara -41.9 SA SRT - 46.4 Lara - 46.7 NZ SRT - 49.5 Lara - 36.9 ENG SRT - 62 Lara - 48.8
@alllman2000 Its a stereotype that subcontinental tracks are flat....if they are so flat then why do visiting teams find winning here so tough??so tough that the great Steve waugh labeled India as the final frontier....Please get over that stereotype dude
In 2002, cricket 'bible' WISDEN rated Tendulkar as the 2nd greatest Test batsman after Bradman and the 2nd greatest ODI batsman after Richards. These are the things that tells the greatness of a player, not what some one-eyed (cough**Pakistani**cough) fans think. The greatness of a player is judged by how highly his peers rate him, and Tendulkar leaves Lara behind a kilo country mile in that regard. BTW, type "Richie Benaud" on the youtube search bar and look at the first video.
Any player who played for so long like sachin, will consider giving his opening position to a young player, hand see that young player grooms under seniors , but sachin, always wanted to open and dont want to leavethat place -- bloody record cryer. Look at all, just at 160th match only , when R Sarwan came into the side, straight away he gave no 3 spot to him and he started batting at no 5 and 6. .. Even today sachin cries to open simply for records - cannot even play spin bl
Lara scores in tests , 500, 400, 375, 277, 226, 216,213,209,202,201 and overall 20+ scores over 150 that too with a team like west indies. All looks to dominate bowlers - great character. and then the way he bats - just is very special .. Class written allover his strokes in his entire career. Sachin, nonsense, same strokes no variety at all. Still at this age, since last 5 yrs - only for records, he is opening innings. he shall give that place to a young player. bldy cryer
u foolish idiot. do you even know what is cricket. Your hero and only player who play for records, himsef claims that if he like to watch a batsmens batting then its LARA only. People die to watch laras batting. only for 1 reason. CLASS CLASS and CLASS. Does your sachin has that class and variety in batting. all his batting in all innnings appears 100% same .. no variety at all. Whereas lara - completely opposite. Every single game he shows all new strokes and class,
@pavanlara u piece of a shit, u need balls of metal even to play for records.... lara threw away the match against ENGLAND when he got that world record just bcoz hayden had broken lara's record recently .... and u know wht lara got that record against england when england was at its all time low... wen lara himself acknowledges sachin i dont understand ur fukall analysis...
@raghav6625 if you are doing anything whether it be playing sports or anything and you have an idol, even though you may have surpassed them you will always believe that they are better than you because you have always tried to become as good as them. Lara has surpassed tendulkar but he doesn't see it because tendulkar is his idol
About your bloody 1 day records of sachin. A player who opened innings for 350 + innings will obviously has a better record than a batsmen who only played 103 innings at no. 3 position. Basic common sense. If Lara has a good team and has had to open batting like sachin - more importantly - continuely opening for 350 games in a row, then lara has 60 + odi tons. Look at test record - whos record is good.
Lara on the other hand, wherever he play, he bats like a king, with full domination and great attacking ability. Many times lara has scored 500 + runs in a test series and that too with a worlds weakest time in his side. With no support from any other player in the side, still he manage to overtake tendulkars bloody foolish test career. Sachin took 15+ innings to cross laras test runs. what a shame with such a good side and support in his team, still he failed to cross lara
How many times Sachin scored 500 runs or more in a test series - do you know. A player who played for 20 years for only records, its a shame that he probably has not even 1 time scored 500 runs or more in a test series. what a pity. 2 yrs ago Mr. Sachin has scored a century against bangladesh. If a Cricket lover see that innings of sachin, he will spit on that innings. Just to score a hundred, he played like a dead duck and also almost put india's chances of winning at risk
Lara is 1000% better player than sachin. Who has domination feature in his batting. Who is better spin playing ability -- who is spectators joy. millions around the world, says sachins battings so boring. Lara gives that pleasure that no other batsmen gives. Do you know the meaning of slog. How many times tendulkar toured srilanka - yet he cannot play murali or any other spinner with full confidence and command. Lara toured 1ce and scored almost 700 runs and outplayed murali
U foolish idiot. Your bastard Tendulkar is not even 1 % of Laras skill and ability. Since last 20 yrs he is playing with no variety in his batting at all. Whatever you have witnessed in tendulkars battings in 1999 still today you see the same thing with no variety at all. Great brian lara is the only man on the planet who shows 1000% variety in his batting. what you seen in last innings you will not see it again .. Always someting new. Thats Laras greatness. idiot
@alilondonmet how can he be the better batsman when no man has done what b.lara has done he never score 501, he never score 365 which he then broke garry sobers record then latter broken by mathew hadden then b lara came back and brioke the record agian etc i cud go on i dont wanna waste air and web time so reply if u want to
@21jasonh First of all, learn to spell and how to get capital letters to start sentences(Hold down 'shift' and then type the letter) Secondly, why the fuck you have to jump on if I am an indian? I'm sure you like Obama just because you are a negro, has he ever done anything for you? Have you ever watched cricket in the oval? Let go of the racism CUNT!!!!
@1halfmanhalfamazing look u miss my fucking piont ok i dont have time to waste with u go and bomb your self or behead sombody or cut off a woman nose or somthing becuase thats u all hobbie lololol
Great players perform irrespective of how competent or incompetent their team mates are. Prime example is Sir Richard hadlee who is one of the greatest ever bowlers despite having played in an extremely mediocre team.
He is the best.
TheCelebrityOnline 3 months ago
I thought Richie Benaud only covered games for channel 9 in Australia.
Methodman88 3 months ago
the myth of sub continent pitches being flat persist as visiting seam bowlers find the condition difficult. and indian batsman make merry against any kind of spin bowling thropwn at them.
additionally the labels come from anglo-afrikaner world. donot get me wrong they have some great pace bowlers but as everyone would they evolved around seam and hard pitches they struggld in dusty ones. waqar an wasim have grat figures in sub continnt an apat from england struggled relatively in aus an sa.
ankit8150 4 months ago
there is no onw better than Brian Lara
MrKingprez 5 months ago
put more of his batting than someone talking about him ... he doesn't need any introduction... his bat speaks for himself ...
mikjee20 7 months ago
Lara is greatest batsman i have seen. His batting talent can be compared only with singing talent of Kishore Da.
PEEYADAV 7 months ago
Lara was a class act as the range of strokes he possesses is something great. The match winning innings that Lara played at Barbados in 1999 was truly amazing. Sachin could never have dreamt of doing something like that.
rosatelkar 7 months ago
Bestman ponting
Sajilbabu666 9 months ago
Lara.. The most stylish player ever. Style with Grace
Maskhara1 9 months ago 4
When Lara and Tendulkar, two of the greatest batsmen of all time have acknowledged each other's talent and have immense respect for each other i dont know why the fans of these two great players always belittle them and their talent.
Coming back to the video,Lara was a class act.
rohanfdes 9 months ago
ntendulkar is not better batsman than lara in any way because he has not get class of strokes that lara possesses. lara is always remarkable for his footwork
soban5 9 months ago
I would say tendulkar of the nineties was definitely the better batsman as he blasted the fast bowlers of that era better
dpkhbk 10 months ago
a joy to watch. a gift from God.
TheSinnical 10 months ago
Lara was all class. Once he would get a start, it would be very difficult to stop him. He was a magician. but, he had his frailties too. He was generally a very poor starter. He had so many big innings, but he had gotten out a lot of time below the score to 20. It was kind of a mix bag. As a bowler, you would hope that you get him out before he finds his groove, because after that it only meant one thing. Leather hunting.
ashishb64 10 months ago
tendulkar is better
showstoppAisPro 10 months ago 3
Lara....What a Legend he was...!!!
GabbruPakistani 11 months ago
LARA MAKES CRICKET BEAUTIFUL.
humble1st 1 year ago
To me Lara is the greatest batsman of all time. Some say Donald Bradman is the greatest batsman of all time, but he had a far weaker attack to face compared to Lara. Show me the EQUIVALENT of Glen McGrath, Shane Warne, Andrew Flintoff, Muttiah Muralitharan, and Wasim Aqram in Bradman's era... and then I'll change my verdict.
Thor17 1 year ago
@Thor17 Don't forget in bradman's era, it wasn't till the end of Don's career that the lbw rule was amended to allow batsmen to be given out if the ball pitched outside the line of offstump. Imagine how many runs Lara, Tendulker and Ponting would have made if you could not be adjudged lbw from a ball pitched outside the line of the wicket.
wowkasumi 11 months ago
alllman2000 9 months ago
@alllman2000 Its a stereotype that subcontinental tracks are flat....if they are so flat then why do visiting teams find winning here so tough??so tough that the great Steve waugh labeled India as the final frontier....Please get over that stereotype dude
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In 2002, cricket 'bible' WISDEN rated Tendulkar as the 2nd greatest Test batsman after Bradman and the 2nd greatest ODI batsman after Richards. These are the things that tells the greatness of a player, not what some one-eyed (cough**Pakistani**cough) fans think. The greatness of a player is judged by how highly his peers rate him, and Tendulkar leaves Lara behind a kilo country mile in that regard. BTW, type "Richie Benaud" on the youtube search bar and look at the first video.
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Any player who played for so long like sachin, will consider giving his opening position to a young player, hand see that young player grooms under seniors , but sachin, always wanted to open and dont want to leavethat place -- bloody record cryer. Look at all, just at 160th match only , when R Sarwan came into the side, straight away he gave no 3 spot to him and he started batting at no 5 and 6. .. Even today sachin cries to open simply for records - cannot even play spin bl
pavanlara 1 year ago
@tonytt55tony
Lara scores in tests , 500, 400, 375, 277, 226, 216,213,209,202,201 and overall 20+ scores over 150 that too with a team like west indies. All looks to dominate bowlers - great character. and then the way he bats - just is very special .. Class written allover his strokes in his entire career. Sachin, nonsense, same strokes no variety at all. Still at this age, since last 5 yrs - only for records, he is opening innings. he shall give that place to a young player. bldy cryer
pavanlara 1 year ago
@pavanlara
Can you upload anymore Channel 4 cricket broadcasts, just like this actual video, please?
Crkt4Eva 2 months ago
@tonytt55tony
u foolish idiot. do you even know what is cricket. Your hero and only player who play for records, himsef claims that if he like to watch a batsmens batting then its LARA only. People die to watch laras batting. only for 1 reason. CLASS CLASS and CLASS. Does your sachin has that class and variety in batting. all his batting in all innnings appears 100% same .. no variety at all. Whereas lara - completely opposite. Every single game he shows all new strokes and class,
pavanlara 1 year ago
@pavanlara u piece of a shit, u need balls of metal even to play for records.... lara threw away the match against ENGLAND when he got that world record just bcoz hayden had broken lara's record recently .... and u know wht lara got that record against england when england was at its all time low... wen lara himself acknowledges sachin i dont understand ur fukall analysis...
raghav6625 11 months ago
@raghav6625 if you are doing anything whether it be playing sports or anything and you have an idol, even though you may have surpassed them you will always believe that they are better than you because you have always tried to become as good as them. Lara has surpassed tendulkar but he doesn't see it because tendulkar is his idol
SolomonD01 11 months ago
@tonytt55tony
About your bloody 1 day records of sachin. A player who opened innings for 350 + innings will obviously has a better record than a batsmen who only played 103 innings at no. 3 position. Basic common sense. If Lara has a good team and has had to open batting like sachin - more importantly - continuely opening for 350 games in a row, then lara has 60 + odi tons. Look at test record - whos record is good.
pavanlara 1 year ago
@tonytt55tony
Lara on the other hand, wherever he play, he bats like a king, with full domination and great attacking ability. Many times lara has scored 500 + runs in a test series and that too with a worlds weakest time in his side. With no support from any other player in the side, still he manage to overtake tendulkars bloody foolish test career. Sachin took 15+ innings to cross laras test runs. what a shame with such a good side and support in his team, still he failed to cross lara
pavanlara 1 year ago
@tonytt55tony
How many times Sachin scored 500 runs or more in a test series - do you know. A player who played for 20 years for only records, its a shame that he probably has not even 1 time scored 500 runs or more in a test series. what a pity. 2 yrs ago Mr. Sachin has scored a century against bangladesh. If a Cricket lover see that innings of sachin, he will spit on that innings. Just to score a hundred, he played like a dead duck and also almost put india's chances of winning at risk
pavanlara 1 year ago
@tonytt55tony
Lara is 1000% better player than sachin. Who has domination feature in his batting. Who is better spin playing ability -- who is spectators joy. millions around the world, says sachins battings so boring. Lara gives that pleasure that no other batsmen gives. Do you know the meaning of slog. How many times tendulkar toured srilanka - yet he cannot play murali or any other spinner with full confidence and command. Lara toured 1ce and scored almost 700 runs and outplayed murali
pavanlara 1 year ago
@tonytt55tony
U foolish idiot. Your bastard Tendulkar is not even 1 % of Laras skill and ability. Since last 20 yrs he is playing with no variety in his batting at all. Whatever you have witnessed in tendulkars battings in 1999 still today you see the same thing with no variety at all. Great brian lara is the only man on the planet who shows 1000% variety in his batting. what you seen in last innings you will not see it again .. Always someting new. Thats Laras greatness. idiot
pavanlara 1 year ago
How i miss Channel 4's TV Cricket coverage ('99 - '05)
Crkt4Eva 1 year ago
Greatest batsman ever....
Lick505 1 year ago
I adore the back lift....I'd marry the back lift if I could. What class act this man has been.
bhriguaneja 1 year ago
awesome country to play cricket. look at the crowd.
remobabugadu 1 year ago
lara is gretist batsman in the world
liyari1 1 year ago 10
Love just love the commentry
crazyolme 1 year ago
the best left hander i was fortunate to see!!
srirammama 1 year ago 5
That straight drive to start preceedings is like watching a federer forehand sooooooo classy!
Lefferable 1 year ago
@Lefferable lol lol it was out the top draw
MultiSazam 1 year ago
England is celebrating like they've won the Series/game after getting Lara out...lol
hypersonicdragon 1 year ago
Oh how I miss that channel 4 intro
saintcasper91 1 year ago
no dout best ever batstman in worldcricket........... i was just loving him............ Yar Muhammad
MegaYaroo 1 year ago
First straight drive. Perfect.
rippa86 1 year ago
Greatest batsmen ever to have lived
wowkasumi 1 year ago 4
Lara - Beautiful!!
OmanBiek 1 year ago
Long live King Brian
chicko1290 1 year ago
it´s so sad that everybody gets old. I wish that some people like Brian wouldn´t get old... :(
brethart91 1 year ago 2
nice quality
nicoadamscute 1 year ago
@1halfmanhalfamazing lol!!!!!!!!
21jasonh 1 year ago
@alilondonmet how can he be the better batsman when no man has done what b.lara has done he never score 501, he never score 365 which he then broke garry sobers record then latter broken by mathew hadden then b lara came back and brioke the record agian etc i cud go on i dont wanna waste air and web time so reply if u want to
21jasonh 1 year ago
@1halfmanhalfamazing ur an indian your supose to say that just let go somtimes to the truth will yuh aaaaaaaaaam how old are u 13 rite? i thought so
21jasonh 1 year ago
@21jasonh First of all, learn to spell and how to get capital letters to start sentences(Hold down 'shift' and then type the letter) Secondly, why the fuck you have to jump on if I am an indian? I'm sure you like Obama just because you are a negro, has he ever done anything for you? Have you ever watched cricket in the oval? Let go of the racism CUNT!!!!
1halfmanhalfamazing 1 year ago
@1halfmanhalfamazing look u miss my fucking piont ok i dont have time to waste with u go and bomb your self or behead sombody or cut off a woman nose or somthing becuase thats u all hobbie lololol
21jasonh 1 year ago
Scored runs and carried the burdern of a weak team. Too great a batsman
rienzied 1 year ago
A marvelous batsman and a true gentleman...
I can't imagine how he would turned out had he been on a side who featured Dravid, Ganguly, Sehwag, Laxman etc
Tendu was lucky in this respect
international2009 2 years ago
Great players perform irrespective of how competent or incompetent their team mates are. Prime example is Sir Richard hadlee who is one of the greatest ever bowlers despite having played in an extremely mediocre team.
bublubhuyan 2 years ago
i got goosebumbs of that straight drive of hoggard..brian charles lara..ur the best!!
ayaazcyclops 2 years ago
tendulkars comes in centureis...but lara has just born..dun expect twice...greatest master of work
djdrugdealer 2 years ago
Lara is best
merlinabu 2 years ago
no doubt sachin tendulkar is one of the best batsman in the world but it takes a lot to be ever great BRIAN CHARLES LARA!
MrSmartkiller 2 years ago 2
i have never seen a great stroke maker like Lara in any form of the game
sliitsam 2 years ago
truly...the greatest test batsman of the modern era!!
hypersonicdragon 2 years ago 44
What a shot at 1:29.
madaboutsleep 2 years ago
nice vid pal
zainaliakbar 2 years ago
good refreshing new vid!
Trinavara 2 years ago 2