Lara seek farewell win against england
@pratyushbehera (137)
India
April 21, 2007 1:14am CST
west indies captain brain lara will keen to cap his last international match with a win against england when the two under-performing teams clash here on saturday.
"I am bidding farewell to international cricket as a player after the game,"Lara said after his team's 99-run victory over b'desh in super eight game here on thursday.
"we still have the world cup to finish and we have a job to do on saturday."
The dashing left handed batsman holds twin batting record -400 not out against england in the atigua test in 2004 and 501 playing for warwickshire against durham in a first class match.
lara is also the west indies batsman to have completed 10,000 runs in one day international cricket.
"we need a win ahead of the west indies tour of england and it will be big boost ahead of the trip,"said lara who has scored 11,953 runs in 131 tests with 34 centuries.
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@adijam265 (769)
• India
21 Apr 07
LARA is perhaps the greatest batsman of the modern era as accepted by most of the bowlers. who can forget what he has done to entertain his fans for the past 17 years.
his cuts and pulls are trademark lara shorts , he is truly a great player and a champion. i hope the west indian team sees one their greatest players leave the field on a positive note
@pratyushbehera (137)
• India
22 Apr 07
Yes sir right that lara was better batsman in new era.He has completed his 10,000 runs & entertain us.
@asmurthy (2461)
• India
21 Apr 07
BRIAN Lara has called time on his international career and, for those of us on the non-combative side of the boundary rope, there will be much to miss. The extravagant backlift that, somehow, never diminished his ability to play genuine pace. The flicks of the wrist that sent full, straight deliveries into the mid-wicket seats. The pull shots that were part martial artistry, part artistry.
