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« Reply #15 on: Saturday, November 26, 2005, 10:02:11 » |
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 lara is quality, end of. my mate has a west indian origin somehow and loves him, and if england had someone like that it would be nice....  |
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« Reply #16 on: Saturday, November 26, 2005, 12:08:00 » |
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Lara was and still is awesome, he produces when it is most needed.
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« Reply #17 on: Saturday, November 26, 2005, 12:14:49 » |
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Lara's an amazing batsman anyone who thinks he isnt obviously dont know their Cricket. :-))(
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« Reply #18 on: Saturday, November 26, 2005, 14:37:21 » |
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G E N I U S Lara is a God. I can't imagine another player like him, he's just so unique. Cricket will be so much poorer when he retires. Lara was and still is awesome, he produces when it is most needed. Not really these days - his 400* and this double ton both came in dead rubbers. |
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« Reply #19 on: Saturday, November 26, 2005, 18:01:49 » |
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to score the highest test score not once but twice is an amazing feat and that 500 he scored for Warwickshire was also brilliant. it is not easy to score 11000 runs either. he is a great batsmen indeed but to call him a genius doesn't do it for me. i wonder what his career average is? i bet there are a few who have better career averages than him. although he has played a lot of tests.
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« Reply #20 on: Saturday, November 26, 2005, 18:06:44 » |
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Its not all about averages, for me his foot movement, timing of the ball and shot play is the best in the world game at the moment.
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« Reply #21 on: Saturday, November 26, 2005, 18:17:14 » |
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you can't appreciate lara you don't appreciate cricket as far as i'm concerned
he's scored the most runs ever, has one of the highest averages, has broken pretty much every record known to man at some point and has played some of the best innings the world has ever seen, but it's not this alone that makes him a genius.
He's just a one-off, pure gold and a total magician.
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« Reply #22 on: Saturday, November 26, 2005, 18:20:45 » |
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you can't appreciate lara you don't appreciate cricket as far as i'm concerned
he's scored the most runs ever, has one of the highest averages, has broken pretty much every record known to man at some point and has played some of the best innings the world has ever seen, but it's not this alone that makes him a genius.
He's just a one-off, pure gold and a total magician.  That pretty much sums up how i feel. Rich, take note please |
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« Reply #23 on: Saturday, November 26, 2005, 19:48:29 » |
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I saw the great man in a test vs. NZ at the Kensington Oval.
Wasn't a great innings from him, but still.
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« Reply #24 on: Saturday, November 26, 2005, 19:49:50 » |
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to score the highest test score not once but twice is an amazing feat and that 500 he scored for Warwickshire was also brilliant. it is not easy to score 11000 runs either. he is a great batsmen indeed but to call him a genius doesn't do it for me. i wonder what his career average is? i bet there are a few who have better career averages than him. although he has played a lot of tests. 35 fewer than Bradman who held the record till today... |
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« Reply #25 on: Monday, November 28, 2005, 08:04:05 » |
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Agree,genius,the West Indies would have been fucked without the great man.Now if he was a Convict i'd feel differently about him :-))( |
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« Reply #26 on: Monday, November 28, 2005, 08:49:12 » |
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to score the highest test score not once but twice is an amazing feat and that 500 he scored for Warwickshire was also brilliant. it is not easy to score 11000 runs either. he is a great batsmen indeed but to call him a genius doesn't do it for me. i wonder what his career average is? i bet there are a few who have better career averages than him. although he has played a lot of tests. 35 fewer than Bradman who held the record till today... that was alan border KT |
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