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Brian Lara the Greatest

Brian Lara is not the best captain, teammate or motivator - but he is the best batsman of this generation, inclusive of Sachin Tendulkar. I wish I could have stayed awake as I only got to see the last 50 of what was appararently an absolutely brilliant double century - 202*, his 8th test double century (only Bradman has more, 12) and that leaves him 13 behind Aussie Allan Border as the leading run scorer of all time!!

Lara has been associated with both the best and worst of West Indies cricket - he will end up having the most test runs but also the most test losses of any captain in history.

I personally feel very privileged to have been able to watch many moments of Lara's absolute brilliance, we have truly seen one of the greatest batsmen to EVER play the game and I for one will be a proud purchaser of the 'Best of Brian Lara DVD' with the ability to say, I saw that!

Congrats B.C. Lara!!

posted by damanimichael @ 2:59 AM