Honestly... if i ever see a better innings it will be under the influence of some incredible drug in a nursing home. Lara tore apart a fabulous bowling attack for 277 freakin runs. Shock and awe for the Aussies alright.... "no need to run for that"... you can say that again.
Lara is one of the greatest batsman of this era, but i dont think cricket should just be about beating high scores or having high averages. But about consistent technique, style, presence, timing, footwork and sportsmanship. Lara is included in that list of people but for me Tendulkar is more situated with a better technique, footwork, timing, style and sportsmanship than lara but lara has more power and scores behind him
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lara is hungry for runs. He will play against a team of 12 year girls, bat full 5 days and score 2000 runs. The girls turn to bat will never come and he will make the little girls run all days.will make the record for highest score in a 12 year girl team vs big internationalprofessional team. Lol
tony cozier and kanhai thinks this is lara best innings. Lara also said this is his best hundred. He named his daughter after the ground. Genius innings. Also my fav of lara.
@warro lara always played against 13 players???are you nuts? check his record who got more wrong decisions??such a record exists?
and tendulkar did not got it easy remember guys like dravid and ganguly came in the late 90's and ganguly was a pretty mediocre batsman outside india although he was probably the best modern batsman against spin. and india never had a decent bowler. lara had the cushion of ambrose,walsh bishop till around 2000. and west indis too had decent batsman like chander,hooper
people!!!!! don't fight over who's better.....lara or sachin???? sachin was always more consistent than lara even though lara scored big centuries...... but sachin was never able to finish off matches which lara did.....so....both had their strengths and limitations....and both are great batsmen.......
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@pistachioguy lol. what facts are you talking about? it may be your personal opinion- thats fine.
some facts- 90's is considered more difficult for batting as the ptches were more suited for p[ace bowling.also under recognised fact is sub continent pitches were more suite for spin. tenulkar average highest in 90's decade. 58. lara 47.
Brian Lara, one of the best players to play the great game that we call cricket. he is simply amazing. one of the best timers of the ball ever. not only did he break the highest score in test history once, but he did it twice. That is a feat that will never be beaten in cricket.
All this talk about comparing him to other batsman is rubbish. He's one of the greatest batsman ever, thats all there is to it.
@JAMIAWALA George Headley? Jack Hobbs? Graeme Pollock? Everton Weekes? Greg Chappell? Ken Barrington? Clyde Walcott? Frank Worrell? Herbert Sutcliffe? Len Hutton? Peter May? Wally Hammond? Ranji? Ted Dexter? These men are not in your list and Ponting, Tendulkar and Lara are no. 5, 3 and 2. Is this supposed to be some kind of a joke?
This is what I called the "super stock" trick, played first by multisazam.
1)I already told him that the 18 inn tenduklar played in attacks "including" mcg, and warne are the same as laras 1st 18 inn. lara improved as time went along and he played more -as you would expect from a class, Uninjured batsman
2)EVEN in the 18 inn. tendulkar played in inn. "including" mcgrath and warne, around 5 decisions were total bull- 30%
3)In any case tendulkar has hammered the daylights out of both
@alllman2000 but alllman as i pointed out to you sachin obviously blasted australia when mcgrath was not around.... take for example the series in 1998 when sachin scored i think 446 runs from 3 test and average 111. the next series in australia sachin scored less than 300 runs from the same 3 test and averaged 46. and remember bowlers bowl in tandom where one bowler may be keeping things tight and the other attack... perfect example it happen when walsh and ambrose use to bowl together...
1)BUT dude , Sachin ALSO blasted Aus when Mcgrath was "around". Like i said for eg. in the 01 series as given above.
2) Also, he blasted say Wasim too ( but since Saqlain did most of the damage), wasim gets credit.
3)the eg you give includes in JUST 6 inn .....2 HIGHLY debatable decisions ( "shoulder b4 wicket" and " daylight when given off bat/pad" of warne....so, again 30% wrong decisions.
since the 1st 18 inn of tendulkar and lara are similar......then lara improved his stats in matches "including" mcgrath......the INHERENT ASSUMPTION on your part is that tenduklar would NOT have done so!!!
@alllman2000 but alllman i never said tendulkar would not have improve his stats.. that is something we will never know. it is like saying if don bradman had played 60 test matches he would of made 35 centuries... we can only speculate and be prognostic about those things but they are not factual..... lara played in a real shit team allman if you know what i mean... when lara retired he had more centuries in the team than everybody else combined...
LARA DID play in a shit team....but in the 90s the indian team was SHITTER.
Take even a casual look at the team records ESP "away".
Ppl go on about the indian batting..but dravid,lax and the like only really came into their own and started to be considered world class from the late 90s, early 2000s on...and they were pathetic away ESP in Aus..
In the 2000s, AGREED lara was in an absolute shit team...tendukar in a better team...but then tendukar was injured for most of the mid 2000s
@alllman2000 maybe india team was just as shitty but if you notice almost all of tendulkar centuries even in the 90s were presented with perfect starts... kambli was batting at number 3 for a short period and he also had his moments.... on the other hand lara was in a shit team gave him no starts whatsoever and you know what is compelling? in all 232 innings lara played for west indies he came to the crease with the team having more than 100 runs about 9 times so that in itself tells the story
BOTH viv and lara have their BEST stats at no.3 ...so,like most no.3s they often come out early....So, like i said...theres' 2 ways to look at it...often the Best thing for big scores is to come out early on good tracks (just coz shitty batsmen got out early this does not mean that the bowling was terrifying or the pitch unplayable)..the initial batsmen were simply incompetent.
3)Actually in vivs case we may assume the conditions were poor coz he was in a good team- not laras c
@alllman2000 yea but the difference between viv and lets say a player like ponting they always had proper opening batsmen to work with brian lara had none of that... and i will tell you what even shit bowlers have a bit of confidence when they get early wickets and have 3 slips and a gully crouching.. remember when a team lost early wickets the fielding team makes more noise than rock concerts and trust me even a shit bowler could get a new ball to swing especially if the conditions favours him
@alllman2000 yea lara was batting at 3 very eraly in his career and to add to his status he in the only player in the history of the game to have actually masterd both 3 and 4, both of his world records were broken when he batted at number 3....
This is what probably happened to viv...if he came in at 4/5 wiht 200 runs on the board the focus would naturally have been on quick runs ,....esp. considering that he was in a great side ,with fantastic bowlers more concerned with winning a match than drawing it.
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As i said- i should probably call sachin and tell him that the best chance he has of getting a few triples under his belt b4 he retires is at no.1-3..Odds go down dramatically at later positions
@alllman2000 well your right in a sense but by the same token where he could come in and pile up quick runs and giving his bowlers more of a chance of wiining a game i think he could of either done the same identical thing when his team is in trouble and take the game away in a hastily manner or he could of change his game completely and and played sensible.... so either which way those are options he had at his disposal..
Yup, agreed (for the 3rd time !) what's going on here!
The thing is that Lara was prepared to graft (at times not always- and not often). Lara was the attacker 90% of the time...
THe "problem" with Viv was that he got cast in the mould of the "destroyer"...and so even as he started to fade and get older- with his hand-eye coordination, reflexes fading he still went out there swinging...
Lara in his last few years reduced his backlift considerably. Tendulkar has practically revamped his whole game. You can hardly recognise him from the batsman he was in the mid to late '90s. He has cut out strokes, plays the percentages,as his reflexes and hand-eye coordination and coz of his bad back/shoulder/elbow etc has slowed he has practically stopped hooking, pulling...etc etc
@alllman2000 yea that is true about lara backlift but i found lara was better when he was between 22 and 26... you just couldnt bowl to him when he was that age, a lara 50 back then had to consist of at least 9 fours he was a joy to watch......
@MultiSazam 1) Lara and viv avg 61 at no. 3........ 2) viv avg 41 at no. 4 (!!) , lara 51 3) tendulkar has NEVER batted at no.3 ! ( i didnt know that)........ NOW perhaps that explains a lot of things such as 1)Since most big scores are scored when from 1-3 or 2)batsman comes in early But 3)For a batsman to come in early IF the wicket is good means the earlier batsmen were naturally NOT so good..coz if they WERE good THEY would have piled on the runs- not allowing later batsmen full scope Hmmm
Lara had the BEST consecutive years of is career from 03-06...JUST when he was in the shittest team!!
There is 2 ways of looking at this:
1)The batsman is "compensated" by the "shitness" of his team by having the relative "advantage" of coming in early on a good batting wicket...so, tho there is extra pressure at say 20-2, the reason is not necessarily good bowling/bad pitch.
So, this may actually be the BEST thing to happen- since then a batsman gets full scope
@alllman2000 in a sense i dont really agree with that point about a batsman being compensated because his team is fragile and i will tell you why i am opposite to what you said, the first thing is brian lara was no regular star lets say in comparison to andy flower who also played in a shit team... after 16 test matches lara was already the world record holder and you have to bear in mind to a certain extent every inning after that he would be held to that standard...
2)for eg viv actually had worse stats BECAUSE he was in a good team!! he came in at a comfy position when the requirement was for quick runs more than huge scores
if you check BOTH viv and lara have much better stats at NO.3 than later posns!!
ALSO, most big scores in cricket (250+) are in posns 1-3..or otherwise a no.4/5 batsman coming in early...if a no4/5 batsman comes in a comfy posn on a good wicket (RECIPE for big scores) he lacks the scope to put on big runs.
@alllman2000 yea but there were numerous times when west indies lost early wickets and viv didnt step up.... i believe a player should be able to show his worth when his team is in despair.... dont get me wrong openers are suppose to create platforms for those coming after but when they fail to do so the batsmen arriving at a later stage should be able to make ammends,,,,
@alllman2000 that is not true... a fee of richards big scored were scored when the team lost early wickets for real but most times when the team did lost early wickets he was up for failure...... even regional cricket in the caribbean he love to rely on starts...
he was unquestionably the GREAT ARTIST and batting romantic of the modern age.- and he had some fabulous high points (as great artists are known to do)
The thing is ppl extrapolate that to mean that he was the "best"...
a term like "best" denotes multiple facets....it is in this aspect that tendulkar gets the better of lara...allround genius compared to fitful, operatic greatness
So, the "super stock" trick works like this" take one or a couple of bowlers who X has done well against....add on several others who he has done mediocrely or poorly vs and Voila!...it suddenly appears X has done well vs ALL of them.
Similar, to a large stock holding in your portfolio. One large stock improves the return of the WHOLE portfolio.....too bad you dont understand this.
Strangely you dont seem to be interested in how lara did against MANY other great bowlers- donald, wasim, waqar, saqlain, kumble........why , i wonder........again just a version of the super stock trick
@alllman2000 this is what lara and sachin did against those bowlers in test cricket and both were rubbish in my opinion.. lara verses wasim and waqar. 13 innings 394 runs average 30. lara verses donald, 22 innings, 791 runs average 35.95. sachin verses wasim and waqar, 10 innings, 386 runs average 38.60. sachin verses donald, 22 innings, 755 runs, average 34.31. but i would give sachin the upperhand in this one beacuse he did score a century against them and lara didnt ......
1)You simply are NOT getting it Bro....The STATS are WRONG...the problem is that we do not even know the QUANTUM of error involved...If we had a "fixed" amount ...we could use them...right now we cannot.
2)In the eg. I gave you ...say in the '01 india series Tendulkar got some 300 runs in teams "INCLUDING" mcgrath and warne...sure mcgrath got him a couple of times, warne none...but he still pasted them them all around.
2nd eg...in the '98 series Saqlain did all the damage (shoaib got tendulkar on a golden duck once with a great ball).........but if you Filter out matches "including" say "wasim" ...It is WASIM who gets "credit" EVEN though he did not get tendulkar out even once in that series........
SO,,,,,these kind of stats are just SIMPLY WRONG and EXTREMELY misleading.......
SOOOO, Like I said for eg in the 98 series Saqlain did all the damage and Wasim gets "credit"!!!
Just plain WRONG
(BTW in my opinion Saqlain was one of the GREAT spinners.whose career got cut short due to several things like injury..When he bowled the DOOSRA it was a MYSTERY truly. Murali and co. later simply copied him)
SO, like I said you simply CANNOT reach such far sounding conclusions from such COMPLETELY flawed data.
@lararadha dont buse sachin like that man he is a decent person trust me on that.. i met him twice in antigua during india tours to the caribbean and he is a very humble guy....
Some sense, prevailing here....the ONLY reason you too got my goat was coz of your 1st comment.......otherwise i love lara...but that dont mean he's the best.
@alllman2000 lol lol certain things you have to ignore my friend..... you talk like a person who is intelligent and even though we may argue from opposite sides to the cricketing spectrum where lara and tendulkar are concerned i must admit you have an idea what you are talking about so if someone say something to you that you dont embrace just leave it alone... people would have different opinions but remember is not everyone could put over things like others so just ignore certain things.....
THAT's PRECISELY what i said RIGHT in the BEGINNING bro...
when discussing any great players beyond a point a statistical to and fro is almost meaningless and will just go on forever...esp. when the stats we attempt to use are THEMSELVES flawed.
da man got too rich too soon and retired. He had a good 5 more years in his career, ala Sachin Tendulkar, But sadly succombed to the pressure of the west indies.
@TheDucttapeuser yes,this is the game,I remember it well,I was just getting into cricket as a teenager . .man I almost cried,thats the only way they cld've gotten him out!
I remember watching this very precise batting made batting look so easy he would have easily gotton 300 if he wasn't run out great to watch for the weekend at the time
Healy was indeed a cheating little cockhead, all the aussies were. IMagine how many more double hundreds Lara would have made in australia if LBWs were sent to the 3rd umpire? - Cheating cunts....
Gentlemen, in my opinion, the best batsman of the 1990s was neither Tendulkar or Lara.
Taking nothing away from the greatness of either player, but the most significant knocks in the toughest conditions were played by Steve Waugh. He may not have been as flamboyant or eye-catching as a Lara, a Richards or a Tendulkar, but he performed when others failed and his side had their acks against the wall. Tugga is the greatest.
Inzimam has 17 hundreds out of his 25 in winning causes and only 2 in losing causes
Tendulkar has 15 hundreds out of his 41 in winning causes and 9 in losing causes
And Sachin Tendulkar in middle order in one dayers averages less than Inzimam and many other batsmen. And it is fact that Sachin has failed in most of the finals.
LARA is the best when it comes to Test ... Tendulkar is good too but the way Lara won crucial matches for them its amazing esp 153 against Australia , WC 1996 100 against SA
While Lara had flamboyance, his commitment to cricket wasn't as good as Sachin's. Thats the reason why Sachin is considered the greatest batsman who ever walked on earth and shall be forever. Those who doubt Sachin's contributions in important matches should see his record in World Cup, where every match counts. Lara was more gifted in terms of strokeplay but Sachin is an artist. Sachin is GOD.
Name your list as :- 'Pakistani batting legends and a few others'. That would be appropriate.
Inzamam and Zaheer Abbas ahead of Bevan and Tendulkar as ODI batsmen makes me laugh. Also you have missed an all-time great named Steve Waugh in your list of test batsmen.
You have to look at this way....LARA batted to entertain, he is a great because the way he pierced the gaps in the field at will, as well as having the ability to play outside the box in terms of unorthodox shots...check out Lara vs Peterson...last over of the day...Lara saw an oportunity...For me just for pure joy of watching a batsman entertain it has to be Lara, when he was at his best no one could get him out, look at his world records 375*, 400* and 501*, pure class
Tendulkar is the greater one-day batsman...Lara is supreme and is unrivalled in the test arena. Test match cricket is a better indicator of a great batsman. Yes Tendulkar is a pretty good batsman in Test and one-day, but not as good as Lara. Its quite easy to have a lot of records batting on the flat, dead pitches of the sub-continent against mediocre bowling. Tendulkar also had several other top ten batsmen with him in India's lineup, Lara did'nt have that luxury with the West Indies.
Brian Lara is no doubt the greatest batsman in modern time...this guy is a GOD. No other batsman wins a match with the flair and fire power of Lara. He single handedly carry the West Indian batting for more than a decade. I seriously doubt Tendulkar or Ponting can carry a team for so long on their own.
both sachin and tendulkar took same years with same rate to score 10000 runs.. if sachin had played without injuries in recent 2 years.. he would have beaten lara's record way earlier...
Tendulkar has played very well in all the important matches especially world cup.. he holds the record as top scorer in the world cup matches.. he was top scorer in 1996, 2003 and helped india to reach semifinals and finals in both the world cups.. there is no doubt in brian lara's acheivements.. but in terms of records, match winning knocks, sachin stands better...
Sachin averages 55 abroad and he played 87 test matches which is more than he played at home...and lara averages 47 abroad with less number of tests abroad...stop blabbering!
@coolpratheek yea but one of the reason for that is because tendulkar average 136 in bangladesh and lara never played there. furthermore lara dont like shits teams with weak attacks he love to battle the big dogs and that is why he was and still is better than tendulkar......
@alllman2000 i must be everywhere to teach you the damn game..... if u had known the game i would not have the headaches to ensure that you are taught the way u should..... you said lara is a hometown bully which always indicates to me your intelligence to the game is very minute.....
@alllman2000 but how much more times you want me to tell you lara average better away against quality? how much more times should i say that to you! sachin average 136 or something like that in bangladesh.. lara never played there ...
@alllman2000 not for the last 20 years alllman, for teh last 15 but being the best cricket nation doesnt mean you always have the best bowling attack that is what am trying to explain to you... when australia was in india in 1998 they had the worst attack in the world for that series.. that is why i love to judge batsmen when mcgrath is around because trust me when he is playing its a whole different ball game... why you think australia could be making 400 now and might still lose? no bowling..
sure mcgrath has got him too....but then lara was practically his bunny till the last few years...
Even in the 2004 series, tendulakr was FORCED to come back for the last 2 matches after india got walloped, inspite of initially not intending to play...and out with injury for a couple of months.
@alllman2000 what hapen to warne all of a sudden? no i didnt pick and chose as it suits me alllman... both sachin and lara did smack shane warne proper... the first and last time warne got dropped was in the caribbean 1999 when he threatened to retire... but lara has smacked mcgrath too and remember when lara played against australia he had to practically bat from both ends... in 99 the whole series depends on one false shot from lara...
1)I dont think so........sure Lara was Fab in that series and he owned that series.
BUT (1st or 2nd test) lara and someone else (forget) batted the WHOLE day out.
so,lara had great support
2)The 153 though possibly the best 4th inn ever.......was not "flawless"...several LBW shouts which could have gone either way, 2 Droped catches (warne caught and bowled, Healy absolute sitter, GREAT support from tail (AMbrose played out some 7 overs), etc etc
@alllman2000 you really think sachin tendulkar would be average 58 in australia if he had mcgrath to deal with all the time? HELL NO! if he couldnt do it in india it would be worse in australia
@MultiSazam Strangely you dont seem to be interested in how lara did against MANY other great bowlers- donald, wasim, waqar, saqlain, kumble........why , i wonder........again just a version of the super stock trick
AGAIN, you simply dont have a CLUE of what the stat bases are tellin you do you?
herees the UMPTEENTH tip
1) "Averages" vs a bowler are ONLY if a bowler gets the batsman out. so , if tendulkar hammers the shit out of mcgrath it is NOT (repeat NOT) included.
2)matches "including" a bowler....the bowler gets "credit" EVEN if ANOTHER bowler gets the batsman out . UNDERSTAND? ...for eg in the 01 series mcgrath got Tenduliar out ONCE....
I will give u ANOTHER eg of your statistical fallacies.
in the 98 series vs pak , SAQLAIN did all the damage with his still mystery doosra. sure, shoaib did get tenduklar with his magic ball...but it was basically saqlain who was responsible for the carnage.
SO- if you start FILTERING out say matches "including" shoaib,wasim etc THEY get the "credit" for what saqlain actually did!!!!
UNderstand?
So, GOOD bowlers come in diff shapes and sizes, like batsmen
@alllman2000 alllman dont play smart with those stats and dont involve sub continent nations you know why? sri lanka and pakistan attacks are far better than that of the likes of new zealand... check all stats away from home and u see who average better so dont come and exclude nations from the sub continent
@MultiSazam Strangely you dont seem to be interested in how lara did against MANY other great bowlers- donald, wasim, waqar, saqlain, kumble........why , i wonder........again just a version of the super stock trick
That is NOT the point...the point is that I merely made a comment that Tenduklar is a pure genius in his own way (something u dont seem to understand)...and there is hardly a point getting into a stat to and fro...since for every record lara has tendulkar has 2.
But, it is you who started the childish crap, since u understand genius in one (your) form
hahah..talk about 400 and 375..as good as scoring against bangladesh...and lara was weak abroad...it's ridiculous people are still comparing both...sachin is head and shoulders above lara and this has been acknowledged by many experts...who secured the place in all time 11?lara was in second XI...any all-time list will feature sachin but lara's place is debatable...
@coolpratheek how the hell you could say lara was weak abroad when he has more double centuries abroad than at home... plus the same amount of centuries he has home he has abroad which is 17, pal before u come to these debates please get your facts straight. you want a bet? let us bet if sachin comes to the crease with india having 50 or less on the board he cant make 10 runs the next test match... boy sachin is a choker he only could score when people give him good starts
dude...sachin scored 28 centuries abroad out of his 50...also,sachin averages 53.2 against all teams abroad without bangladesh and zimbabwe whereas lara only averages 47.5 that too playing far less matches...
everyone knows who is the choker...lara is known as the dead rubber dominator...he scored tons of runs when the series was already over like his 400 when england already took the series...lara played in 18 dead tests and scored 6 tons..haha so much for a matchwinner.
@coolpratheek you know what does really eat me out about u all? when u all does debate without dam facts, u said lara scored tons of runs when the series was already over, 277, 167, 145, 152, 179, 115, 213, 153, 100, 182, 112, 110, 122, 120, 216, 209, 202, 115, 196, 176, 191, 178, 120, 103, 120, 130, 153 were those centuries scored when the series was already over? absolutely not!
@coolpratheek prick lara scored 20 percent of west indies team runs sachin only scores 12 percent of india runs which mean on an average everytime west indies score one hundred lara made 20 out of the 100 when india scores a 100 tendulkar only score 12 how the hell u expect lara to win many matches, use your common sense if you have any.....
dude are you forgetting lara always played against 13 men when ever he went out to bat? 11 players plus the 2 umpires...check your stats between lara and tendulkar see who was given out wrongly the most....tendulker always had it easy with players like azarhudin,ganguly,laxman,dravid and likes where as it was always only lara..tho lara batted at number 3 and 4 most times he came to the crease it was like 20 for 2 or something...ask murali which batsman he faired the most.. lara
@coolpratheek lara latest average was 52 .25 you retard , this was before lara even scored 400 and many more centuries so if you want to compare get all your information you idiot
@shantal577 Hahha..imbecile who is talking about this innings..it's his whole career douchebag....i know everything about his career coz i followed,you were still in your daddy's testicles and your mamma's ovaries when i started watching cricket.So STFU bitch.
@coolpratheek this game was before he made his records and many more centuries, double centuries and tripple centuries, i know what im saying , i saw a video with lara 400* and when he came out they showed his stats , it was 52.25 and that 400 runs proberly send it up, so stfu you dumb indian if you don't know anything
@coolpratheek Dude, seriously Shut Up. People like you are an embarrassment to the country, and to Sachin. Yes, he's a great player, but people will have different opinions and those opinions will be biased in the favor of batsmen from their own team, most of the time. Why is everyone in this country so insistent on praising Sachin all the freaking time? Get over him, and start appreciating other players of the same caliber.
@harish1105 Well,don't be a demented fool.i was just countering their arguments.Well,yes people will have different fuckin' opinions so yes, let me have my opinion.STFU.If you can't retort logically don't comment.Just don't come in the middle without knowing what's happening.First,read the comments.Here nobody is saying lara isn't great,so stop being a paraniod fool.
@coolpratheek if sachin and ponting had played for west indies in the same period lara did both of them career would of been over 15 years ago. they love to rely on starts and strong batting around them, no experts could fool me mate trust me on that.
@MultiSazam lara may have scored big hundreds but he will always be second to sachin...which was clearly evident from the all-time XI teams chosen recently...
i think if you look at Tendulkar`s best innings, you will find that most of the runs were scored in his home country, with a little bit of help fom umpires....besides, note who hold the records in the world, 400 is test, and 501 in English county, its Brian Lara
agreed abt. odis but in tests, i can't remember many tests that tendulkar has played match winning knocks in. lara on the other hand has won west indies many tests.
What kind of bowling attack? It's a highlight reel, and what he's doing is putting the bad balls away, as well as some good ones. It doesn't mean that that's how the entire match was bowled, sonny.
Imagine how good his record would have been had he not played against a bunch of cheating cunt australians. How many times was lara unfairly given out then the video replay vindicated him after the fact? Ponting faggot cunt and his cunt team mates appealing for anything hitting the pad or within a mile of the bat.
Before we compare Lara or T'kar to Bradman, Viv and others who played before the 90s we should keep in mind eight to ten points that made batting MUCH easier in 90 and after era which Lara, T'kar etc benefitted from HUGELY.
Reg Aus, T'kar avgs in the 20s in ODIs in Aus, same goes for SA. His 'gr8' knocks against Aus at Sharjah'98 came in the best ever batting conditions on the best ever batting pitch against a pathetic attack of club-level bowlers like Kaspa, Feling, Moody etc.
wats wrong wid u ppl??brian who??its sachin all the way...lara is a chicken in front of sachin...he's awesome, no doubt, he is the king...but lol, the ace beats the king...go sachin!!
Today he announced his retirement from international cricket, a real shame, Hopefully he'll be remembered as one of the greats, despite failure as captain + inconsistencies as team player. When on form he was one of the most graceful of all sportsmen w/ impeccable timing + skill. He could make it look SO easy and natural to hit sixes or fours off the worlds best bowlers. would've been nice for him 2 have gone out on a better note than the Windies dreadful performance at this WC.
The only cricketer to reclaim a world record! He still holds it too. Nice vid. Brian Charles Lara has etched his name in the annals of cricket forever...he's the best of the best! No matter what ESPN or any other clueless reviewer says.
don't question it, he is. There is not other batsman that makes his bat seem a natural extension of his hand. He makes it seem as if he was born with a bat in his hand.
Honestly... if i ever see a better innings it will be under the influence of some incredible drug in a nursing home. Lara tore apart a fabulous bowling attack for 277 freakin runs. Shock and awe for the Aussies alright.... "no need to run for that"... you can say that again.
Offdrive3 3 weeks ago
best since bradman
tjb2693 1 month ago
Lara is one of the greatest batsman of this era, but i dont think cricket should just be about beating high scores or having high averages. But about consistent technique, style, presence, timing, footwork and sportsmanship. Lara is included in that list of people but for me Tendulkar is more situated with a better technique, footwork, timing, style and sportsmanship than lara but lara has more power and scores behind him
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sanjay49700 4 months ago
lara is hungry for runs. He will play against a team of 12 year girls, bat full 5 days and score 2000 runs. The girls turn to bat will never come and he will make the little girls run all days.will make the record for highest score in a 12 year girl team vs big internationalprofessional team. Lol
tony5486zo54l 5 months ago
lara is the second best african batsman.
tony5486zo54l 5 months ago
tony cozier and kanhai thinks this is lara best innings. Lara also said this is his best hundred. He named his daughter after the ground. Genius innings. Also my fav of lara.
tony5486zo54l 5 months ago
@warro lara always played against 13 players???are you nuts? check his record who got more wrong decisions??such a record exists?
and tendulkar did not got it easy remember guys like dravid and ganguly came in the late 90's and ganguly was a pretty mediocre batsman outside india although he was probably the best modern batsman against spin. and india never had a decent bowler. lara had the cushion of ambrose,walsh bishop till around 2000. and west indis too had decent batsman like chander,hooper
ashokatibrewal 7 months ago
people!!!!! don't fight over who's better.....lara or sachin???? sachin was always more consistent than lara even though lara scored big centuries...... but sachin was never able to finish off matches which lara did.....so....both had their strengths and limitations....and both are great batsmen.......
nisheeth15 7 months ago
I like how the commentator was like " and if he goes on to score a 100 it would be a big impact on the game" understatement of the century..lol
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UniversalTruthTruth 1 year ago
We will have to wait anothe 50-100 years before another Brian Lara is born and graces cricket - best batsman in the history of the game.
Highest score of 501* in first class cricket and 400* in test cricket - END OF STORY, my friends!
(Proud Indian here, BTW, who loves Tendulkar, but facts are facts - can't argue with the truth.)
pistachioguy 1 year ago 8
@pistachioguy lol. what facts are you talking about? it may be your personal opinion- thats fine.
some facts- 90's is considered more difficult for batting as the ptches were more suited for p[ace bowling.also under recognised fact is sub continent pitches were more suite for spin. tenulkar average highest in 90's decade. 58. lara 47.
ankit8150 5 months ago
Brian Lara, one of the best players to play the great game that we call cricket. he is simply amazing. one of the best timers of the ball ever. not only did he break the highest score in test history once, but he did it twice. That is a feat that will never be beaten in cricket.
All this talk about comparing him to other batsman is rubbish. He's one of the greatest batsman ever, thats all there is to it.
lcious890 1 year ago 2
Just simply the best innings i've seen at the SCG. Those back foot square drives/cuts were incredible!
TheRooster94 1 year ago
Imrankniazi 1 year ago
fuck tendulkar
master against weak attacks and flat pitches
a genius who can never cut or pulll
bloodu fucker
lararadha 1 year ago
@lararadha
Ah , now your true class is showing
from pak right
keep it up
In aus vs aus
lara avg 41
tendulakr 59
and keep up the good work and show your refinement ...cheers
alllman2000 1 year ago
@alllman2000
Great But How Many Times DId McGrath And Shane Warne Play In Those Tests
Just Check The Stats
lararadha 1 year ago
@lararadha
This is what I called the "super stock" trick, played first by multisazam.
1)I already told him that the 18 inn tenduklar played in attacks "including" mcg, and warne are the same as laras 1st 18 inn. lara improved as time went along and he played more -as you would expect from a class, Uninjured batsman
2)EVEN in the 18 inn. tendulkar played in inn. "including" mcgrath and warne, around 5 decisions were total bull- 30%
3)In any case tendulkar has hammered the daylights out of both
alllman2000 1 year ago
@alllman2000 but alllman as i pointed out to you sachin obviously blasted australia when mcgrath was not around.... take for example the series in 1998 when sachin scored i think 446 runs from 3 test and average 111. the next series in australia sachin scored less than 300 runs from the same 3 test and averaged 46. and remember bowlers bowl in tandom where one bowler may be keeping things tight and the other attack... perfect example it happen when walsh and ambrose use to bowl together...
MultiSazam 1 year ago
@MultiSazam
1)BUT dude , Sachin ALSO blasted Aus when Mcgrath was "around". Like i said for eg. in the 01 series as given above.
2) Also, he blasted say Wasim too ( but since Saqlain did most of the damage), wasim gets credit.
3)the eg you give includes in JUST 6 inn .....2 HIGHLY debatable decisions ( "shoulder b4 wicket" and " daylight when given off bat/pad" of warne....so, again 30% wrong decisions.
alllman2000 1 year ago
@MultiSazam
ANOTHER
highly incorrect ASSUMPTION on your part.
since the 1st 18 inn of tendulkar and lara are similar......then lara improved his stats in matches "including" mcgrath......the INHERENT ASSUMPTION on your part is that tenduklar would NOT have done so!!!
How weird is that?
alllman2000 1 year ago
@alllman2000 but alllman i never said tendulkar would not have improve his stats.. that is something we will never know. it is like saying if don bradman had played 60 test matches he would of made 35 centuries... we can only speculate and be prognostic about those things but they are not factual..... lara played in a real shit team allman if you know what i mean... when lara retired he had more centuries in the team than everybody else combined...
MultiSazam 1 year ago
@MultiSazam
LARA DID play in a shit team....but in the 90s the indian team was SHITTER.
Take even a casual look at the team records ESP "away".
Ppl go on about the indian batting..but dravid,lax and the like only really came into their own and started to be considered world class from the late 90s, early 2000s on...and they were pathetic away ESP in Aus..
In the 2000s, AGREED lara was in an absolute shit team...tendukar in a better team...but then tendukar was injured for most of the mid 2000s
alllman2000 1 year ago
@alllman2000 maybe india team was just as shitty but if you notice almost all of tendulkar centuries even in the 90s were presented with perfect starts... kambli was batting at number 3 for a short period and he also had his moments.... on the other hand lara was in a shit team gave him no starts whatsoever and you know what is compelling? in all 232 innings lara played for west indies he came to the crease with the team having more than 100 runs about 9 times so that in itself tells the story
MultiSazam 1 year ago
@MultiSazam
1)
I think this another version of the "super stock" trick.
You will find that out of the "232" inn. most will be in the mid 2000s-
so as with the bowlers you simply collate all and it appears as if the whole "portfolio" is inflated.
alllman2000 1 year ago
@MultiSazam
2)2)
BOTH viv and lara have their BEST stats at no.3 ...so,like most no.3s they often come out early....So, like i said...theres' 2 ways to look at it...often the Best thing for big scores is to come out early on good tracks (just coz shitty batsmen got out early this does not mean that the bowling was terrifying or the pitch unplayable)..the initial batsmen were simply incompetent.
3)Actually in vivs case we may assume the conditions were poor coz he was in a good team- not laras c
alllman2000 1 year ago
@alllman2000 yea but the difference between viv and lets say a player like ponting they always had proper opening batsmen to work with brian lara had none of that... and i will tell you what even shit bowlers have a bit of confidence when they get early wickets and have 3 slips and a gully crouching.. remember when a team lost early wickets the fielding team makes more noise than rock concerts and trust me even a shit bowler could get a new ball to swing especially if the conditions favours him
MultiSazam 1 year ago
@MultiSazam
Also CRITICALLY lara had quite a few inn at No.3..where you would expect a batsman to come in with a fewer number of runs on the board than at no.4/5.
NOTE: lara, viv etc actually had MUCH better stats at no.3 than lower orders.
point to ponder
alllman2000 1 year ago
@alllman2000 yea lara was batting at 3 very eraly in his career and to add to his status he in the only player in the history of the game to have actually masterd both 3 and 4, both of his world records were broken when he batted at number 3....
MultiSazam 1 year ago
@MultiSazam
I think we have just made a GREAT discovery!
1)
BOTH viv and lara would have been SUB 50 avg batsmen if they did not have the good fortune of playing at no.3 and piling on the big runs...I
2)
If they had played at 4/5 instead in those inn. some other batsman would instead have come in and piled on the runs ..limiting the scope for them
alllman2000 1 year ago
@MultiSazam
3)
This is what probably happened to viv...if he came in at 4/5 wiht 200 runs on the board the focus would naturally have been on quick runs ,....esp. considering that he was in a great side ,with fantastic bowlers more concerned with winning a match than drawing it.
4)
As i said- i should probably call sachin and tell him that the best chance he has of getting a few triples under his belt b4 he retires is at no.1-3..Odds go down dramatically at later positions
alllman2000 1 year ago
@alllman2000 well your right in a sense but by the same token where he could come in and pile up quick runs and giving his bowlers more of a chance of wiining a game i think he could of either done the same identical thing when his team is in trouble and take the game away in a hastily manner or he could of change his game completely and and played sensible.... so either which way those are options he had at his disposal..
MultiSazam 1 year ago
@MultiSazam
Yup, agreed (for the 3rd time !) what's going on here!
The thing is that Lara was prepared to graft (at times not always- and not often). Lara was the attacker 90% of the time...
THe "problem" with Viv was that he got cast in the mould of the "destroyer"...and so even as he started to fade and get older- with his hand-eye coordination, reflexes fading he still went out there swinging...
alllman2000 1 year ago
@MultiSazam
Lara in his last few years reduced his backlift considerably. Tendulkar has practically revamped his whole game. You can hardly recognise him from the batsman he was in the mid to late '90s. He has cut out strokes, plays the percentages,as his reflexes and hand-eye coordination and coz of his bad back/shoulder/elbow etc has slowed he has practically stopped hooking, pulling...etc etc
Viv became sad and farcical towards the end...
alllman2000 1 year ago
@alllman2000 yea that is true about lara backlift but i found lara was better when he was between 22 and 26... you just couldnt bowl to him when he was that age, a lara 50 back then had to consist of at least 9 fours he was a joy to watch......
MultiSazam 1 year ago
alllman2000 1 year ago
@alllman2000 you are right with that point
MultiSazam 1 year ago
@MultiSazam I think I should advise tenduklar to bat a no.3 now......
seems to be the best way to get a few triples before he quits.
alllman2000 1 year ago
@MultiSazam
AND guess what?
Lara had the BEST consecutive years of is career from 03-06...JUST when he was in the shittest team!!
There is 2 ways of looking at this:
1)The batsman is "compensated" by the "shitness" of his team by having the relative "advantage" of coming in early on a good batting wicket...so, tho there is extra pressure at say 20-2, the reason is not necessarily good bowling/bad pitch.
So, this may actually be the BEST thing to happen- since then a batsman gets full scope
alllman2000 1 year ago
@alllman2000 in a sense i dont really agree with that point about a batsman being compensated because his team is fragile and i will tell you why i am opposite to what you said, the first thing is brian lara was no regular star lets say in comparison to andy flower who also played in a shit team... after 16 test matches lara was already the world record holder and you have to bear in mind to a certain extent every inning after that he would be held to that standard...
MultiSazam 1 year ago
@MultiSazam
2)for eg viv actually had worse stats BECAUSE he was in a good team!! he came in at a comfy position when the requirement was for quick runs more than huge scores
if you check BOTH viv and lara have much better stats at NO.3 than later posns!!
ALSO, most big scores in cricket (250+) are in posns 1-3..or otherwise a no.4/5 batsman coming in early...if a no4/5 batsman comes in a comfy posn on a good wicket (RECIPE for big scores) he lacks the scope to put on big runs.
SO, cuts both
alllman2000 1 year ago
@alllman2000 yea but there were numerous times when west indies lost early wickets and viv didnt step up.... i believe a player should be able to show his worth when his team is in despair.... dont get me wrong openers are suppose to create platforms for those coming after but when they fail to do so the batsmen arriving at a later stage should be able to make ammends,,,,
MultiSazam 1 year ago
@MultiSazam
Actually, i think its the other way round.
most of vivs 100s and big scores have come when he came in early after a poor start
alllman2000 1 year ago
@alllman2000 that is not true... a fee of richards big scored were scored when the team lost early wickets for real but most times when the team did lost early wickets he was up for failure...... even regional cricket in the caribbean he love to rely on starts...
MultiSazam 1 year ago
@MultiSazam
FINALLY,
DONT get me wrong...
sure im a tendulakr fan but i LOVE lara..
he was unquestionably the GREAT ARTIST and batting romantic of the modern age.- and he had some fabulous high points (as great artists are known to do)
The thing is ppl extrapolate that to mean that he was the "best"...
a term like "best" denotes multiple facets....it is in this aspect that tendulkar gets the better of lara...allround genius compared to fitful, operatic greatness
alllman2000 1 year ago
@lararadha
So, the "super stock" trick works like this" take one or a couple of bowlers who X has done well against....add on several others who he has done mediocrely or poorly vs and Voila!...it suddenly appears X has done well vs ALL of them.
Similar, to a large stock holding in your portfolio. One large stock improves the return of the WHOLE portfolio.....too bad you dont understand this.
alllman2000 1 year ago
@lararadha
Strangely you dont seem to be interested in how lara did against MANY other great bowlers- donald, wasim, waqar, saqlain, kumble........why , i wonder........again just a version of the super stock trick
alllman2000 1 year ago
@alllman2000 this is what lara and sachin did against those bowlers in test cricket and both were rubbish in my opinion.. lara verses wasim and waqar. 13 innings 394 runs average 30. lara verses donald, 22 innings, 791 runs average 35.95. sachin verses wasim and waqar, 10 innings, 386 runs average 38.60. sachin verses donald, 22 innings, 755 runs, average 34.31. but i would give sachin the upperhand in this one beacuse he did score a century against them and lara didnt ......
MultiSazam 1 year ago
@MultiSazam
AGAIN,
1)You simply are NOT getting it Bro....The STATS are WRONG...the problem is that we do not even know the QUANTUM of error involved...If we had a "fixed" amount ...we could use them...right now we cannot.
2)In the eg. I gave you ...say in the '01 india series Tendulkar got some 300 runs in teams "INCLUDING" mcgrath and warne...sure mcgrath got him a couple of times, warne none...but he still pasted them them all around.
how can we give them "credit"?
alllman2000 1 year ago
@MultiSazam
2nd eg...in the '98 series Saqlain did all the damage (shoaib got tendulkar on a golden duck once with a great ball).........but if you Filter out matches "including" say "wasim" ...It is WASIM who gets "credit" EVEN though he did not get tendulkar out even once in that series........
SO,,,,,these kind of stats are just SIMPLY WRONG and EXTREMELY misleading.......
alllman2000 1 year ago
@MultiSazam
SOOOO, Like I said for eg in the 98 series Saqlain did all the damage and Wasim gets "credit"!!!
Just plain WRONG
(BTW in my opinion Saqlain was one of the GREAT spinners.whose career got cut short due to several things like injury..When he bowled the DOOSRA it was a MYSTERY truly. Murali and co. later simply copied him)
SO, like I said you simply CANNOT reach such far sounding conclusions from such COMPLETELY flawed data.
alllman2000 1 year ago
@lararadha
For eg. NEl has got lara 8 times in 6 matches.
and BICHEL 5 times in matches
alllman2000 1 year ago
@lararadha dont buse sachin like that man he is a decent person trust me on that.. i met him twice in antigua during india tours to the caribbean and he is a very humble guy....
MultiSazam 1 year ago
@MultiSazam
Thanks Dude.
Some sense, prevailing here....the ONLY reason you too got my goat was coz of your 1st comment.......otherwise i love lara...but that dont mean he's the best.
alllman2000 1 year ago
@MultiSazam
And towards the other guy "AYAaz something " tooo.......
i said something on a tendulkar vid.....(nothing directly adverse about lara)......and the asshole comes back with "you douchebag" something!!
LOL
and then these assholes expect to be spoken back to with respect!
Ha!
alllman2000 1 year ago
@alllman2000 lol lol certain things you have to ignore my friend..... you talk like a person who is intelligent and even though we may argue from opposite sides to the cricketing spectrum where lara and tendulkar are concerned i must admit you have an idea what you are talking about so if someone say something to you that you dont embrace just leave it alone... people would have different opinions but remember is not everyone could put over things like others so just ignore certain things.....
MultiSazam 1 year ago
@MultiSazam
THAT's PRECISELY what i said RIGHT in the BEGINNING bro...
when discussing any great players beyond a point a statistical to and fro is almost meaningless and will just go on forever...esp. when the stats we attempt to use are THEMSELVES flawed.
You're the guy who pushed it.
alllman2000 1 year ago
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Lara is the best batsman of all time. Lara is much better than Tendulker.
raufmalano 1 year ago
Lara is the best batsman of all time. Lara is much better than Tendulker.
raufmalano 1 year ago
da man got too rich too soon and retired. He had a good 5 more years in his career, ala Sachin Tendulkar, But sadly succombed to the pressure of the west indies.
amazingfabs 1 year ago
@TheDucttapeuser yes,this is the game,I remember it well,I was just getting into cricket as a teenager . .man I almost cried,thats the only way they cld've gotten him out!
Trinavara 1 year ago
I remember watching this very precise batting made batting look so easy he would have easily gotton 300 if he wasn't run out great to watch for the weekend at the time
VIV292 1 year ago
lara was a maestro - like tendulkar in many ways - barry richards is just magnificent to watch so graceful
churdoynz 2 years ago
And a great thanks to the man who cheated Lara out of so many wickets - that fat fuck DRUG CHEAT SHAYNE FAGGOT WARNE.....Fuck u cunt.....
wollongongwrx 2 years ago 2
@wollongongwrx u are a fucking spastic,u should not post comments on cricket because u obviously have no idea u fucktard!
esgfh 2 years ago
Healy was indeed a cheating little cockhead, all the aussies were. IMagine how many more double hundreds Lara would have made in australia if LBWs were sent to the 3rd umpire? - Cheating cunts....
wollongongwrx 2 years ago
No this wasn't the game in which the Aussies cheated Lara's wicked instead Hooper caused Lara to get run out for 277, his 1st test hundred
MrJule86 2 years ago
After this brilliant double century, Brian Lara named his daughter Sydney !
ValdezandTorry 2 years ago 19
@ValdezandTorry Good thing he didn't make the double in La-Whore :-)
Imrankniazi 1 year ago 19
@Imrankniazi where have iheard that joke before
bradleyblackster 1 year ago
greatest batsman ever, no doubt viv richards, just look at the bowling in that era viv played in. bowlers feared bowling at viv
chwaheedjatt 2 years ago
even legend of cricket rates sachin no.7
and richard number 3,
sober number2.
how come u give him such priority
khanpreston1 2 years ago
australia has never been beaten again by any nation in its home ground after this series.cool lara!
i think tendulkar comes after vivian richard mr.jamiawala
khanpreston1 2 years ago
actually they were beaten at home by South Africa at the end of 2008
richardsharp75 2 years ago
kallis and lara champions
noongar1234 2 years ago
No all-time list is complete without George Headley.
His is equal with bradman.
djkbrown2001 2 years ago
you can't beat class. the only way they were going to get him out. was by running him out and they made a plan for that and it paid off
damo24now 2 years ago
yes it was !
Trinavara 2 years ago
i think claps are fake.... people are not actually clapping
ntdnad 2 years ago
I agree, Lara and Steve are the best followed by Sachin/Dravid in tests.
imemadhu 2 years ago
thank you for downloading this i regard this the best batting performance in my lifetime ...amazing batsmanship
infamousmd 3 years ago
Gentlemen, in my opinion, the best batsman of the 1990s was neither Tendulkar or Lara.
Taking nothing away from the greatness of either player, but the most significant knocks in the toughest conditions were played by Steve Waugh. He may not have been as flamboyant or eye-catching as a Lara, a Richards or a Tendulkar, but he performed when others failed and his side had their acks against the wall. Tugga is the greatest.
Imrankniazi 3 years ago
Nah nah. That was in the Caribbean and the batsman was Desmond Haynes
troymichaeldunne 3 years ago
Inzimam averages 78.16 in tests Pak Won
Tendulkar averages 63.76 in tests India Won
Inzimam has 17 hundreds out of his 25 in winning causes and only 2 in losing causes
Tendulkar has 15 hundreds out of his 41 in winning causes and 9 in losing causes
And Sachin Tendulkar in middle order in one dayers averages less than Inzimam and many other batsmen. And it is fact that Sachin has failed in most of the finals.
But for batting talent, Lara is best.
YOURBHAIJAAN 3 years ago
LARA is the best when it comes to Test ... Tendulkar is good too but the way Lara won crucial matches for them its amazing esp 153 against Australia , WC 1996 100 against SA
barrelofagun09 3 years ago
While Lara had flamboyance, his commitment to cricket wasn't as good as Sachin's. Thats the reason why Sachin is considered the greatest batsman who ever walked on earth and shall be forever. Those who doubt Sachin's contributions in important matches should see his record in World Cup, where every match counts. Lara was more gifted in terms of strokeplay but Sachin is an artist. Sachin is GOD.
infreakystranger 3 years ago 2
'Thats the reason why Sachin is considered the greatest batsman who ever walked on earth and shall be forever.'
Exsqueese me? Baking powder? There have most definitely been better batsmen than Tendulkar in the past.
TheFishMan92 3 years ago
Greatest test batsmen
1.Don Bradman 2.Vivian Richards 3.W.G Grace
4.Jack Hobbs 5.Wally Hammond 5. Brian Lara
6.Javed Miandad 7.Inzimam 8. Sachin Tendulkar 9.Ricky Ponting 10. Greg Chappel&Zaheer Abbas
Greatest One day batsmen
1.Viv Richards 2.Adam Gilchrist 3.Javed Miandad 4.Brian Lara 5.Inzimam.6. Ricky Ponting 7. ZaheerAbbas 8. Sachin Tendulkar.
9. Sanath Jaysurya 10. Michael Bevan
There are great players like Sehwag, Yuvraj, De Silva, 2 Waughs, and Azhar who could not make to list
YOURBHAIJAAN 3 years ago
Name your list as :- 'Pakistani batting legends and a few others'. That would be appropriate.
Inzamam and Zaheer Abbas ahead of Bevan and Tendulkar as ODI batsmen makes me laugh. Also you have missed an all-time great named Steve Waugh in your list of test batsmen.
Imrankniazi 3 years ago
You have to look at this way....LARA batted to entertain, he is a great because the way he pierced the gaps in the field at will, as well as having the ability to play outside the box in terms of unorthodox shots...check out Lara vs Peterson...last over of the day...Lara saw an oportunity...For me just for pure joy of watching a batsman entertain it has to be Lara, when he was at his best no one could get him out, look at his world records 375*, 400* and 501*, pure class
grn2662 3 years ago 2
Tendulkar is the greater one-day batsman...Lara is supreme and is unrivalled in the test arena. Test match cricket is a better indicator of a great batsman. Yes Tendulkar is a pretty good batsman in Test and one-day, but not as good as Lara. Its quite easy to have a lot of records batting on the flat, dead pitches of the sub-continent against mediocre bowling. Tendulkar also had several other top ten batsmen with him in India's lineup, Lara did'nt have that luxury with the West Indies.
tjrtt 3 years ago
I agree Lara is the greatest!!!
rayhaan23 3 years ago
Brian Lara is no doubt the greatest batsman in modern time...this guy is a GOD. No other batsman wins a match with the flair and fire power of Lara. He single handedly carry the West Indian batting for more than a decade. I seriously doubt Tendulkar or Ponting can carry a team for so long on their own.
tjrtt 3 years ago
sorry but tendulkar was doing it since he was 16
yesvinnie 3 years ago 2
you're right, Tendulkar has been doing it since he was 16 and has only now broken the record for most runs 19 years later.
tjrtt 3 years ago
both sachin and tendulkar took same years with same rate to score 10000 runs.. if sachin had played without injuries in recent 2 years.. he would have beaten lara's record way earlier...
itemno1 3 years ago
Tendulkar has played very well in all the important matches especially world cup.. he holds the record as top scorer in the world cup matches.. he was top scorer in 1996, 2003 and helped india to reach semifinals and finals in both the world cups.. there is no doubt in brian lara's acheivements.. but in terms of records, match winning knocks, sachin stands better...
itemno1 3 years ago 2
This is more than a innings it is the fight against apartheid in australia
67810234 3 years ago
@kaatni
Do you even follow cricket?you know the stats?
Sachin averages 55 abroad and he played 87 test matches which is more than he played at home...and lara averages 47 abroad with less number of tests abroad...stop blabbering!
coolpratheek 3 years ago 2
@coolpratheek yea but one of the reason for that is because tendulkar average 136 in bangladesh and lara never played there. furthermore lara dont like shits teams with weak attacks he love to battle the big dogs and that is why he was and still is better than tendulkar......
MultiSazam 1 year ago
@MultiSazam
Jeez, this clown is every where.
Biggest dog competition in the last 20 yrs?
Aus IN Aus.
Tendulkar avg 59
lara 42
I told u- lara a hometown bully- that all
alllman2000 1 year ago
@alllman2000 i must be everywhere to teach you the damn game..... if u had known the game i would not have the headaches to ensure that you are taught the way u should..... you said lara is a hometown bully which always indicates to me your intelligence to the game is very minute.....
MultiSazam 1 year ago
@MultiSazam
Like i said you are a complete, bigoted idiot.
here's some info for your "intelligence"
lara away avg. 48
alllman2000 1 year ago
@alllman2000 but how much more times you want me to tell you lara average better away against quality? how much more times should i say that to you! sachin average 136 or something like that in bangladesh.. lara never played there ...
MultiSazam 1 year ago
@MultiSazam
SO, How many more times do you want me to tell you that the best cricket nation for the last 20 yrs is Australia.
And Lara has avg 41 ther
to tendulkars 59....and that too tendulkar has done it for longer .
Also, in the 90s lara was in a much much better team
even a casual check of the team records will tell you that india got better only in the 2000s, in the 90s india were a crappy team
alllman2000 1 year ago
@alllman2000 not for the last 20 years alllman, for teh last 15 but being the best cricket nation doesnt mean you always have the best bowling attack that is what am trying to explain to you... when australia was in india in 1998 they had the worst attack in the world for that series.. that is why i love to judge batsmen when mcgrath is around because trust me when he is playing its a whole different ball game... why you think australia could be making 400 now and might still lose? no bowling..
MultiSazam 1 year ago
@MultiSazam
What!! what happened to warne suddenly?
see what i mean, you pick and chose as it suits u
Tendulakr has smashed mcgrath all around the park
sure mcgrath has got him too....but then lara was practically his bunny till the last few years...
Even in the 2004 series, tendulakr was FORCED to come back for the last 2 matches after india got walloped, inspite of initially not intending to play...and out with injury for a couple of months.
even in the 01 series, mcgrath got him out just 1
alllman2000 1 year ago
@alllman2000 what hapen to warne all of a sudden? no i didnt pick and chose as it suits me alllman... both sachin and lara did smack shane warne proper... the first and last time warne got dropped was in the caribbean 1999 when he threatened to retire... but lara has smacked mcgrath too and remember when lara played against australia he had to practically bat from both ends... in 99 the whole series depends on one false shot from lara...
MultiSazam 1 year ago
@MultiSazam
1)I dont think so........sure Lara was Fab in that series and he owned that series.
BUT (1st or 2nd test) lara and someone else (forget) batted the WHOLE day out.
so,lara had great support
2)The 153 though possibly the best 4th inn ever.......was not "flawless"...several LBW shouts which could have gone either way, 2 Droped catches (warne caught and bowled, Healy absolute sitter, GREAT support from tail (AMbrose played out some 7 overs), etc etc
alllman2000 1 year ago
alllman2000 1 year ago
@alllman2000 you really think sachin tendulkar would be average 58 in australia if he had mcgrath to deal with all the time? HELL NO! if he couldnt do it in india it would be worse in australia
MultiSazam 1 year ago
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@MultiSazam Strangely you dont seem to be interested in how lara did against MANY other great bowlers- donald, wasim, waqar, saqlain, kumble........why , i wonder........again just a version of the super stock trick
alllman2000 1 year ago
@MultiSazam
AGAIN, you simply dont have a CLUE of what the stat bases are tellin you do you?
herees the UMPTEENTH tip
1) "Averages" vs a bowler are ONLY if a bowler gets the batsman out. so , if tendulkar hammers the shit out of mcgrath it is NOT (repeat NOT) included.
2)matches "including" a bowler....the bowler gets "credit" EVEN if ANOTHER bowler gets the batsman out . UNDERSTAND? ...for eg in the 01 series mcgrath got Tenduliar out ONCE....
Jeez, this is embarassing.
alllman2000 1 year ago
@MultiSazam
I will give u ANOTHER eg of your statistical fallacies.
in the 98 series vs pak , SAQLAIN did all the damage with his still mystery doosra. sure, shoaib did get tenduklar with his magic ball...but it was basically saqlain who was responsible for the carnage.
SO- if you start FILTERING out say matches "including" shoaib,wasim etc THEY get the "credit" for what saqlain actually did!!!!
UNderstand?
So, GOOD bowlers come in diff shapes and sizes, like batsmen
alllman2000 1 year ago
@alllman2000 alllman dont play smart with those stats and dont involve sub continent nations you know why? sri lanka and pakistan attacks are far better than that of the likes of new zealand... check all stats away from home and u see who average better so dont come and exclude nations from the sub continent
MultiSazam 1 year ago
@MultiSazam
LOL. oh, and some ppl argue that subcontinental tracks are flat and easy to score.
Check lara's record in India then ...what happened?
Also, lara again improved his record vs pak in the 2000s, sans akram,waqar,shoaib.
pathetic batsman vs genuine pace
alllman2000 1 year ago
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@MultiSazam Strangely you dont seem to be interested in how lara did against MANY other great bowlers- donald, wasim, waqar, saqlain, kumble........why , i wonder........again just a version of the super stock trick
alllman2000 1 year ago
@MultiSazam The only place Lara does slightly better is in SA , again primarily due to a series in the 2000s.
So, Kindly refrain from revealing your complete ignorance about cricket in general.
alllman2000 1 year ago
@alllman2000 look at this innings joke and you see nothing but pure talent......
MultiSazam 1 year ago
@MultiSazam You are an idiot, infact sorry correct that you are a complete idiot. Here's your "logic'
1)X did better vs some bowlers. So? Y did better vs many others. Have you ever watched Murali vs the top lefties that I mentioned?
2)Lara was very "stylish" ,"Flamboyant" etc. Agreed.
But just because you get excited watching him and you get your rocks off- that doesnt mean he is the "best"
3)Lara scored "big" triples.So did dozens of thers? so- all better than SRT?
Get your head checked
alllman2000 1 year ago
@MultiSazam
You STILL dont get it do you???
OF-bloody-course Lara was talented!!
he was the supreme artist
That is NOT the point...the point is that I merely made a comment that Tenduklar is a pure genius in his own way (something u dont seem to understand)...and there is hardly a point getting into a stat to and fro...since for every record lara has tendulkar has 2.
But, it is you who started the childish crap, since u understand genius in one (your) form
alllman2000 1 year ago
@MultiSazam
hahah..talk about 400 and 375..as good as scoring against bangladesh...and lara was weak abroad...it's ridiculous people are still comparing both...sachin is head and shoulders above lara and this has been acknowledged by many experts...who secured the place in all time 11?lara was in second XI...any all-time list will feature sachin but lara's place is debatable...
coolpratheek 1 year ago
@coolpratheek how the hell you could say lara was weak abroad when he has more double centuries abroad than at home... plus the same amount of centuries he has home he has abroad which is 17, pal before u come to these debates please get your facts straight. you want a bet? let us bet if sachin comes to the crease with india having 50 or less on the board he cant make 10 runs the next test match... boy sachin is a choker he only could score when people give him good starts
MultiSazam 1 year ago
@MultiSazam
dude...sachin scored 28 centuries abroad out of his 50...also,sachin averages 53.2 against all teams abroad without bangladesh and zimbabwe whereas lara only averages 47.5 that too playing far less matches...
everyone knows who is the choker...lara is known as the dead rubber dominator...he scored tons of runs when the series was already over like his 400 when england already took the series...lara played in 18 dead tests and scored 6 tons..haha so much for a matchwinner.
coolpratheek 1 year ago
@coolpratheek you know what does really eat me out about u all? when u all does debate without dam facts, u said lara scored tons of runs when the series was already over, 277, 167, 145, 152, 179, 115, 213, 153, 100, 182, 112, 110, 122, 120, 216, 209, 202, 115, 196, 176, 191, 178, 120, 103, 120, 130, 153 were those centuries scored when the series was already over? absolutely not!
MultiSazam 1 year ago
@MultiSazam Add his 147 vs NZ as well in 1995
sliferxxxx 1 year ago
@coolpratheek prick lara scored 20 percent of west indies team runs sachin only scores 12 percent of india runs which mean on an average everytime west indies score one hundred lara made 20 out of the 100 when india scores a 100 tendulkar only score 12 how the hell u expect lara to win many matches, use your common sense if you have any.....
MultiSazam 1 year ago
@coolpratheek
dude are you forgetting lara always played against 13 men when ever he went out to bat? 11 players plus the 2 umpires...check your stats between lara and tendulkar see who was given out wrongly the most....tendulker always had it easy with players like azarhudin,ganguly,laxman,dravid and likes where as it was always only lara..tho lara batted at number 3 and 4 most times he came to the crease it was like 20 for 2 or something...ask murali which batsman he faired the most.. lara
warro35 1 year ago
@coolpratheek lara latest average was 52 .25 you retard , this was before lara even scored 400 and many more centuries so if you want to compare get all your information you idiot
shantal577 8 months ago
@shantal577 Hahha..imbecile who is talking about this innings..it's his whole career douchebag....i know everything about his career coz i followed,you were still in your daddy's testicles and your mamma's ovaries when i started watching cricket.So STFU bitch.
coolpratheek 8 months ago
@coolpratheek this game was before he made his records and many more centuries, double centuries and tripple centuries, i know what im saying , i saw a video with lara 400* and when he came out they showed his stats , it was 52.25 and that 400 runs proberly send it up, so stfu you dumb indian if you don't know anything
shantal577 8 months ago
@coolpratheek Dude, seriously Shut Up. People like you are an embarrassment to the country, and to Sachin. Yes, he's a great player, but people will have different opinions and those opinions will be biased in the favor of batsmen from their own team, most of the time. Why is everyone in this country so insistent on praising Sachin all the freaking time? Get over him, and start appreciating other players of the same caliber.
harish1105 8 months ago
@harish1105 Well,don't be a demented fool.i was just countering their arguments.Well,yes people will have different fuckin' opinions so yes, let me have my opinion.STFU.If you can't retort logically don't comment.Just don't come in the middle without knowing what's happening.First,read the comments.Here nobody is saying lara isn't great,so stop being a paraniod fool.
coolpratheek 7 months ago
@coolpratheek if sachin and ponting had played for west indies in the same period lara did both of them career would of been over 15 years ago. they love to rely on starts and strong batting around them, no experts could fool me mate trust me on that.
MultiSazam 1 year ago
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@MultiSazam lara may have scored big hundreds but he will always be second to sachin...which was clearly evident from the all-time XI teams chosen recently...
coolpratheek 1 year ago
LOL I played at the weekend, only scored like 2 was bowled third ball lol some fool recorded it !!!!!! at Cric-tUBE (.COM)
Scissorz1 3 years ago
i think if you look at Tendulkar`s best innings, you will find that most of the runs were scored in his home country, with a little bit of help fom umpires....besides, note who hold the records in the world, 400 is test, and 501 in English county, its Brian Lara
Kaatni 3 years ago
Best batsman :-
1)Don bradman
2)Sachin Tendulkar
3)viv richards
coolpratheek 3 years ago
the greatest man to ever hold a cricket bat
kev0437 3 years ago
tendulkar has his share of great knocks. i would say both are equal in tests, but in one dayers sachins miles ahead
mathaphod 4 years ago
agreed abt. odis but in tests, i can't remember many tests that tendulkar has played match winning knocks in. lara on the other hand has won west indies many tests.
theultimatecleaner 3 years ago
cricket is not the same after lara's retirement
for those who doubt has tendulker ever played an innings like this even though i am his fan but
None are equal to BC Lara
israrzari 4 years ago
magnificent...King Lara!!
adi87tya 4 years ago
What kind of bowling attack? It's a highlight reel, and what he's doing is putting the bad balls away, as well as some good ones. It doesn't mean that that's how the entire match was bowled, sonny.
formula1herb 4 years ago
wut kinda bowling attack is this..feeding him loads outside off stump.
323646737 4 years ago
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Brian Lara - The greatest batsman ever.
Imagine how good his record would have been had he not played against a bunch of cheating cunt australians. How many times was lara unfairly given out then the video replay vindicated him after the fact? Ponting faggot cunt and his cunt team mates appealing for anything hitting the pad or within a mile of the bat.
wollongongwrx 4 years ago 2
i can remember watching this as a kid what an innings. And i'm an aussie
ajenko80 4 years ago 2
Most of Sachin's centuries are against Australia and Sri Lanka.
bublubhuyan 4 years ago
Before we compare Lara or T'kar to Bradman, Viv and others who played before the 90s we should keep in mind eight to ten points that made batting MUCH easier in 90 and after era which Lara, T'kar etc benefitted from HUGELY.
Reg Aus, T'kar avgs in the 20s in ODIs in Aus, same goes for SA. His 'gr8' knocks against Aus at Sharjah'98 came in the best ever batting conditions on the best ever batting pitch against a pathetic attack of club-level bowlers like Kaspa, Feling, Moody etc.
ARKN06 4 years ago
lara,s the best sachin cannot hit good balls for runs
balsubu 4 years ago
yep, good go.
neo501no 4 years ago
lara is better than Sachin...there is no doubt in it..
asim2008 4 years ago
when sachin reaches 401, then talk to me.. Lara is better than sachin, and rises to the occasion when fit. all hail the prince!
keversley 4 years ago
let sachin play for 7-8 sessions in a test match without considering the team.......then you will see him make 401.
rajeshkugautam 4 years ago 2
the thing is he as never shown that he has the ability to do any such thing.
neo501no 4 years ago
wats wrong wid u ppl??brian who??its sachin all the way...lara is a chicken in front of sachin...he's awesome, no doubt, he is the king...but lol, the ace beats the king...go sachin!!
ssheth2488 4 years ago 2
Today he announced his retirement from international cricket, a real shame, Hopefully he'll be remembered as one of the greats, despite failure as captain + inconsistencies as team player. When on form he was one of the most graceful of all sportsmen w/ impeccable timing + skill. He could make it look SO easy and natural to hit sixes or fours off the worlds best bowlers. would've been nice for him 2 have gone out on a better note than the Windies dreadful performance at this WC.
fjsm33 4 years ago
The only cricketer to reclaim a world record! He still holds it too. Nice vid. Brian Charles Lara has etched his name in the annals of cricket forever...he's the best of the best! No matter what ESPN or any other clueless reviewer says.
MissParker 4 years ago
Lara greatest batsman
Spocq 5 years ago
the genius of the generation
if not the greatest then top 3 ever and the most exciting Ive ever seen
deniro999 5 years ago
don't question it, he is. There is not other batsman that makes his bat seem a natural extension of his hand. He makes it seem as if he was born with a bat in his hand.
neo501no 4 years ago