kyear2
International Coach
Lara is absolutely up there, he was a machine and looked better than anyone else doing it.I’m finding that I’ve underrated Lara a bit, and he is for me a contender for best after Bradman. Probably peak Lara would be my first choice to handle any ATG attack, given he could do more crazy things than any other bat bar Bradman. And except his India record, being somewhat hot and cold in the middle phase(which he fixed), and not being the best player of the 150+ guys, doesn’t have a noticeable flaw. For aesthetic reason, Lara’s 1999 series against Aus is the topmost glory of batsmanship.
Re express bowling, how many actually actually were successful against it? Scored runs vs rampaging quicks on fast decks? Viv, Sobers?