Am writing this post with a heavy heart, after all am going to miss the high backlift, the force the bat comes down and the way the ball races through to the boundary and most of all those match saving innings!!!!!I know there are so many out there who dono who am talking about...but for me Brian Lara has been almost demi god!!!I have followed him, worshipped him, loved him....all for the true cricketing genius that he has been!!A modern Giant...I dono if am allowed to be writing about my fanaticism for this guy in a joint blog....bt i cant help that..i just wanted to...and i convey my apologies to my blog mates too!!!!!!!
Anyone looking for reasons i like Brian???????just 2 innings and and hat adds upto 876(375&501). For quite a while(during the start of his career) he had been a playboy...Success came too early and so did fame and he struggled to handle that well...A maiden century being a 277 against one of the best teams in the world(AUSTRALIA)...who would not get carried away...Months passed...days moved...bt he was breaking those records and who would not have got spoilt? He was cricket's first international superstar, his fame surpassing the seas, the kind of adulation that, normally, only Indian cricketers enjoy!!This happened at precisely the age when Lara was most susceptible and least equipped to handle its negative aspects. There is no pressure on you to remain a nice guy when beautiful women line up and try to jump the queue - to go home with you just because you are Brian Chraless LARA. We rubbished him...he whined in fact said he wanted to walk out of cricket, but yet came back strongly to what he loves most...Cricket.
This is the reason y he is my favourite even ahead of Sachin, Steve, Rahul, Walsh...Inspite of his super human batting abilities he was frail..None of these men had the very foundation of themselves shaken away!!!But Brian came back and rebuilt!!!
Captaincy came his way...he failed, went and came back strong.For all the majesty of his performances in the middle, Lara's greatest battles were fought within himself. Failed many a time but rose like a phoenix!!!!!!!!!!!To me he won over his dark side and came into light!!!!Gone was the arrogant young man...and came the mature responsible cricketer, did all this without the help of his bat!
Players from all around the world have hailed him!!Who would not???Losing a record that was on his name for 10 yrs...and came back and re written the same record to his name within a year..at the age of 34 when most would have sat back enjoying the game!He bats like GOD, but struggles like us to get rid of the flawed mortal tag!!!And thats y Brian u are my favourite Sports person....
The last of the West Indian Titans!!!The memoir of the lost west Indian legacy!!!A true hero who unlike the modern day's gr8 players..has played for a team that had lost its pride and sheen...A career that spanned his country's downswing in cricket but still been able to win matches...produce those beautiful innings....No wonder every cricketer envies his game and that amazing heart....As he goes into twilight, i think all will agree that he has entertained like none other!!!!A legend!!!
As pple say, "A LEGACY CAN COME TO AND END, NOT DIE". Hoping to c a beautiful SWAN SONG on saturday...Go Brian Go....U will be remembered as one of the greatest players to have played cricket...a true diamond in the crown called cricket....I wish u shine one last time................
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hi som!
Goodbye it is to brian lara, we all still can't believe tat his cricketin days are comin to an end though we always knew one day every cricketer will have to retire no matter how great a player he was yet it's hard to digest!I was moved in yesterday's match seein lara gettin out on 18 on his last one day all the english players applaudin him n pattin him on the back!Well as they say ALL GOOD THINGS COME TO AN END!!
hi matter gal...
ur thoughts on BRIAN CHARLES LARA thoroughly reflects the adoration and reverance tht his fans have got for him.......
i personally felt tht whenever teams used to play against the windies........it was always australia/southafrica/england/etc etc.....vs NOT THE WEST INDIES BUT BRIAN CHARLES LARA...........he has always waged a lone battle and has often wore more battles than he has lost.........
i cant forget the 226 he made out of 380 odd westindies runs at the adelaide oval nor his 196 out of 340 odd runs against the proteas........
but still 153*against the aussies at barbados stands testimony to the fact tht he has been the sole individual from the carribean islands to ever threaten the best of bowlers and torment the best of cricket captains
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