| Brian Lara is Probably the ONLY batsman in the last 20 years or so who could play at Very different paces with EASE.....like he could stand there and bat all day with a strike rate of 33 in a test match or destroy teams with a big triple ton or a double....he has also got a 77 ball hundred in tests which is amongst the top 10 fastest test match hundreds....then he has also got a 45 ball hundred in ODI's which is like number 3 or 4 on top 10 list(though it was against bangladesh still making a hundred from 45 balls on a pretty big ground isnt easy no matter who the opposition is)....and he has also got a 28 run over in test matches which is the biggest in test matches till now isnt it...and if iam not wrong he did it in the last over of the day(even the biggest hitters in the game would think twice before doing it)...
IMO there have been many batsmen in the past who can bat out a day and save a test match for their team or construct a hundred in odi's with genuinely good shots all around the ground....and then there have been batsmen who can go berserk and finish the match in no time....BUT there hasnt been a batsman who could do both with as much ease as Lara...i mean we have seen people like sachin,kallis attack too but they cant really go berserk like Lara...and we have seen batsmen like gibbs,sehwag who can destroy opposition teams but they cant really play a controlled innings or even a slow match saving innings like lara...
TBH i was pretty shocked that you dint have lara in that list before others mentioned it to u robin because lara has defenitely been one of the most destructive batsmen in cricket without a doubt...
Last edited by bill_123; 5th July 2009 at 09:24 AM..
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