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****Official Brian Lara Tribute Thread****

Richard

Richard

Cricket Web Staff Member
Matt79 said:
Because arguably his most memorable feats have been achieved against England, and as Benny2k1's post suggests, while revered around the cricketing world, the English fans seem to have a special fondness for him, in general behind only the Windies fans I'd suggest.
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Everyone's pretty fond of him from what I know - he's revered beyond most foreign players in Australia, and rarely if ever patronised by the Ian Chappell types the way almost everyone else is from time to time.

Lara's had some highs against us (and over here too) but he's also had some awful lows. As he has against most others. And I for one think it's highly inappropriate for him to end his career with a ODI, when it's patently his 2nd-best form of the game.
 
silentstriker

silentstriker

The Wheel is Forever
Inappropriate? He ended it when he decided he was done playing cricket. I don't think it matters all that much which form he played last.
 
Perm

Perm

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Richard said:
I'd much prefer him to have ended with a Test, TBH.
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Me too, that's why the tour of England was shaping up to be huge. However he did what he was comfortable with at the time, we can't argue with that.
 
Matt79

Matt79

Hall of Fame Member
Richard said:
Everyone's pretty fond of him from what I know - he's revered beyond most foreign players in Australia, and rarely if ever patronised by the Ian Chappell types the way almost everyone else is from time to time.

Lara's had some highs against us (and over here too) but he's also had some awful lows. As he has against most others. And I for one think it's highly inappropriate for him to end his career with a ODI, when it's patently his 2nd-best form of the game.
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Unless I'm horribly mistaken, both his 375 and 400* were against England, and as much as anything, they are going to be the individual feats that he is most commonly remembered for - not necessarily his greatest moments but, as I suggested, his most memorable.

And I'm not suggesting fans from other countries don't love the guy, I've just thought (and I may be right or wrong) that even given that, English fans seem to have a particularly special place for him in their hearts, that's all.
 
Matt79

Matt79

Hall of Fame Member
Perm said:
Me too, that's why the tour of England was shaping up to be huge. However he did what he was comfortable with at the time, we can't argue with that.
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Finish in your own "country" I guess.

Actually where is the England-WI game?
 
Benny2k1

Benny2k1

U19 12th Man
Matt79 said:
Because arguably his most memorable feats have been achieved against England, and as Benny2k1's post suggests, while revered around the cricketing world, the English fans seem to have a special fondness for him, in general behind only the Windies fans I'd suggest.
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I cant speak for EVERY English fan but MOST of the ones i have spoken too have rated Lara as the best batsmen of his generation.

When he played for Warwickshire he was on a different planet to any one else, and also we get to see all west indies home matches and quite a few away on sky sports, probably only second in coverage to England!
 
Richard

Richard

Cricket Web Staff Member
Matt79 said:
Unless I'm horribly mistaken, both his 375 and 400* were against England, and as much as anything, they are going to be the individual feats that he is most commonly remembered for - not necessarily his greatest moments but, as I suggested, his most memorable.

And I'm not suggesting fans from other countries don't love the guy, I've just thought (and I may be right or wrong) that even given that, English fans seem to have a particularly special place for him in their hearts, that's all.
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Most Australians seem to mention the 277 more - and possibly the consecutive 211 and 153* (lucky though both may have been).

I think most cricket fans tend to have an equally special place for him, TBH. As I say - it's rare to hear a bad word about him the batsman (which is perhaps strange, as he had far more faults than the only 2 fit to rival him, Tendulkar and Stephen Waugh) from anywhere.

He's astonishingly revered in, for instance, India, and as I say - I can barely think of a touring cricketer who's had less patronisation thrown his way by Australians. I really do think he's just widely loved, no more or less by residents of these Isles than anywhere.
 
Richard

Richard

Cricket Web Staff Member
Benny2k1 said:
I cant speak for EVERY English fan but MOST of the ones i have spoken too have rated Lara as the best batsmen of his generation.

When he played for Warwickshire he was on a different planet to any one else, and also we get to see all west indies home matches and quite a few away on sky sports, probably only second in coverage to England!
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Nah, Sky have had long-term contracts with all 3 of Australia, South Africa and West Indies.

It's just West Indies matches tend to coincide best with most people's watching patterns (and worst with mine - I'm best timed for games in South Africa).
 
Benny2k1

Benny2k1

U19 12th Man
Reading the last few posts show how good he was!

most batsmen have 1 or 2 innings that people say were his best.

You could make a case for 4 or 5 of Laras innings in my opinion.
 
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