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Cricket: The Lara nightmare for Australia – By Ben Pobjie in Cricket Monthly

09/23/2016 – 12:25 am

The Lara nightmare – A saga in which Australian hopes were repeatedly ground to dust

Brian Lara -1999

Brian Lara -1999

BEN POBJIE | SEPTEMBER 2016 – http://www.thecricketmonthly.com/

How could I not hate Brian Lara (see stats here)? He was exactly the kind of cocky, flashy show-off that Australians are trained from birth to despise: especially if the show-off is not Australian; and doubly so if the show-off happens to be very, very good. To see a man who is too big for his boots is anathema for many an Aussie fan. To see the same man demonstrate that, in fact, he fits into those boots perfectly is utterly unbearable.

My memories of Lara are mainly of frustration, of games that my beloved Australia would have won easily were it not for this contemptuous aristocrat standing in the way, plundering great and average bowlers alike. And he did it with such a born-to-rule attitude that you grew to hate the sight of him.       Continue reading →

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Lara ready to take Cameron job as president – West Indies Cricket Board (WICB)

03/04/2015 – 4:19 am

Lara ready to take Cameron job as president – West Indies Cricket Board (WICB)

MARCH 2, 2015 · BY  ·   COMMENTS
(Trinidad Guardian) Legendary West Indies batsman Brian Lara is ready to throw his hat in the ring and contest the post as president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).
Brian Lara

Brian Lara

In an exclusive interview with the Trinidad Guardian, Lara, who is currently doing television commentary at the World Cup in Australia/New Zealand, said he is becoming increasingly concerned at the deficiencies in the management of the sport here in the Caribbean, and he would have no hesitation in accepting a nomination and contesting the top post as president of the WICB.

Lara said he is frightened by the breakdown of an institution that has been mostly responsible for giving him the opportunity to become the person he is today.   Continue reading →

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Cricket Book- WI in Test Matches …. 1928-2013 – By Ramnarine Sambhudat

09/20/2014 – 11:37 pm

Cricket Book For Sale    Available from the author at: http://www.sambhudat.com/

Also available from Amazon.com (Check this link)

 WI in Test Matches, Facts And Feats 1928-2013 – By Ramnarine Sambhudat

 Cricket book1My fellow cricket lovers,let me introduce to you – WI in Test Matches,Facts And Feats 1928-2013. This book contains all records in WI cricket(Test matches only) from WI first ever Test match V England in June,1928 to WI series V New Zealand in December,2013 with lots of information right at your finger tips and it is the most up to date book on WI cricket in Test matches on the market.The book is forewarded by one of the world’s best off-spinner and WI best spin bowler,Lance Gibbs.

It contains records in batting,bowling,wicket keeping,partnership,individual,all-round,records in the WI,records against the WI,WI records against all Test playing countries,WI captains,WI best opening batsmen,Guyanese contribution to WI cricket,notable cricketers from all Caribbean countries,all East Indians who represent the WI and their records,all centuries scored by West Indians in the WI and abroad,all foreign batsmen scoring centuries in WI and abroad,all centuries scored on all WI cricket grounds and a host of other topics of interest a true cricket fan would love-551 pages of WI cricket records,86 black and white pictures and all players statistics.  Continue reading →

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The Great Sir Frank Worrell Remembered + video by Brian Lara

07/22/2014 – 4:44 pm

THE GREAT SIR FRANK WORRELL REMEMBERED

By Dmitri Allicock

On this day in history, July 22, 1950, Sir Frank Worrell completed 261 vEngland at Trent Bridge.

Sir Frank Worrell

Sir Frank Worrell

Sir Frank Mortimer Maglinne Worrell (1 August 1924, Bank Hall, St Michael, Barbados – 13 March 1967, Kingston, Jamaica), sometimes referred to by his nickname of Tae, was a West Indies cricketer and Jamaican senator.

A stylish right-handed batsman and useful left-armseam bowler, he became famous in the 1950s as the first black captain of the West Indies cricket team. He was the first of the two batsmen to have been involved in two 500-run partnerships in first-class cricket.

By 1947 his mother had moved to New York and his father was away at sea most of the time so Worrell moved to Jamaica. Continue reading →

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Cricket: Brian Lara’s 375: a world record-breaking innings +2 videos

04/19/2014 – 11:46 pm

Brian Lara’s 375: The inside story of a world record-breaking innings

Posted By STABROEK NEWS  – – April 18, 2014

Brian Lara

Brian Lara

By Marc Higginson BBC Sport

Twenty years ago this week, West Indies batsman Brian Lara broke Sir Garfield Sobers’s 36-year-old world record for the highest score in a Test innings.

The legendary left-hander surpassed his compatriot’s 365 not out as he scored 375 against England at Antigua’s Recreation Ground in a historic match played from 16-21 April 1994.

BBC Sport spoke to those who witnessed his world record innings close up: two of Lara’s West Indies team-mates – Phil Simmons and Shivnarine Chanderpaul – and five England players who suffered in the field: Angus Fraser, Jack Russell, Phil Tufnell, Graham Thorpe and Alec Stewart.

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Cricket: Salute to Shivnarine Chanderpaul

11/15/2013 – 2:11 pm

Salute to Shiv    ….   see his career stats here

Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Shivnarine Chanderpaul

NOVEMBER 15, 2013 · Stabroek News – EDITORIAL

Shivnarine Chanderpaul is this weekend playing in his 150th Test match, the only West Indian to do so. That he should be celebrating this landmark in Sachin Tendulkar’s historic 200th Test and swansong in front of his devotees in Mumbai is typical of the career of this most undemonstrative of batsmen and this most unassuming of cricketers. For, even as he has achieved greatness at the wicket, Chanderpaul has always seemed to be overshadowed by the more dashing exploits and more colourful personalities of other cricketers.

Ever since, as a skinny 19-year old whose kit was too big for him, he diffidently walked to the crease against England, in March 1994, on debut at Bourda, the ground that nurtured his precocious talent, he has, somehow or the other, never quite been able to measure up, in the eyes of many, to the flair and flamboyance associated with the legends of West Indies batting. For much of his career, he batted in the shadow of Brian Lara, sometimes even forgotten as the reassuring presence (still in his first Test series!) at the other end as the Trinidadian maestro progressed to his world record 375.  Continue reading →

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Cricket: Various Innings played by Brian Lara – 45 videos

02/21/2013 – 4:47 am

Cricket:Various Innings by Brian Lara – 44 videos

 Brian Lara

Brian Charles Lara, TC, OCC, AM of Trinidad & Tobago is a former West Indian international cricket player.

He is generally regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. He topped the Test batting rankings on several occasions and holds several cricketing records, including the record for the highest individual score in first-class cricket, with 501 not out for Warwickshire against Durham at Edgbaston in 1994, which is the only quintuple hundred in first-class cricket history.   Continue reading →

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Chanderpaul returns to top of test match batting rankings

12/07/2012 – 5:54 am

Cricket: Chanderpaul returns to top of test match batting rankings

Published on December 6, 2012 – caribbeannewsnow.com

Shivnarine ChanderpaulST JOHN’S, Antigua — West Indies batting star Shivnarine Chanderpaul has made a return to the top of the International Cricket Council’s Test Match Batting Rankings. The reliable left-hander was listed at Number 1 in the latest ICC Test Players Rankings released by the game’s governing body on Tuesday. He has 879 ranking points and is closely followed by Australia captain Michael Clarke on 878 points and Hashim Amla of South Africa on 875 points.

Chaderpaul’s rise came after two brilliant batting performances in the recent two-match series in Bangladesh. In the first Test at Mirpur he made 203 not out – to equal his highest Test score – and followed up with 150 not out in the second Test at Khulna. This earned him the Man-of-the-Series award and led West Indies to victories in both matches as they won the Series 2-0.    Continue reading →

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Calypso Cricket video … Sobers, Worrell, Richards etc

10/19/2011 – 12:37 am

Calypso Cricket video …. Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Frank Worrell, Sir Vivian Richards etc.

This is a video filmed in Barbados that features mostly cricket as played in Barbados and some of the great cricketers that came out of that island.  It also features a number of memorable cricket moments by the great West Indian teams of the past, like Sir Gary`s six sixes in an over.  Some of the cricket greats mentioned are Garfield Sobers, Frank Worrell, Viv Richards with Clive Lloyd, Brian Lara and Andy Roberts..   Other cricket videos follow this video. Continue reading →

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Brian Lara – the cricket great – by Sanjay Manjrekar

09/04/2011 – 5:04 am

Sanjay Manjrekar on modern master Brian Lara

This is a video by former test player of India, Sanjay Manjrekar, analyzing Brian Lara’s career in 2005.

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