Published: 23 April 2007
His innings ended with a wimper rather than a bang: run out for 18 in a meaningless World Cup match. But what an innings it has been for Brian Lara. The Trinidadian has proved himself a truly great figure in the history of world cricket. And he retires from international cricket with the plaudits - rightly - ringing in his ears.
Lara's career will inevitably be summed up in numbers. He has scored more Test match runs - 11,953 - than anyone else in the history of the game. Who could forget his magnificent 375 against England in 1994, where he beat Sir Garfield Sobers' record for the highest score in an innings? In the same year he scored 501 on his own against Durham, to post the highest score ever recorded in first class cricket. Then when his test record was broken, four years ago, he promptly went on to score 400, once again against England, to reclaim his crown. As the late Bob Woolmer, his coach at Warwickshire, remarked: "Anyone who can score that prolifically has to be one of the greatest batsmen of all time, not just his era." continue...
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