Slifer
International Captain
You're better than this. Lara also scored 221 and 130 in the last test vs SL in 2001 but let's not pretend like he didn't make runs throughout the series. The average series Lara played was around 3 tests in length (131 ÷39): Lara average 42, 53 and 61 in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd tests of those series. Perfectly acceptable.Yeah. His 226 and 132 in Australia were both in dead rubber tests along with his 400 and 375.
And Lara didn't get to bash minnows like several of his contemporaries. His greatest innings all came in live rubbers: 213, 153*, 277, 182, 202, etc. Let's not pretend like McWarne , Flintoff and co etc stopped trying to win or bowled any worse just because the series was over.