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Has just become Test Cricket's leading run scorer of all time!

He is currently 219 not out against the Aussies. What a true legend of the game he is

and what a dick he is too!

A uncalled for comment there Richy :o What brought that on?!

he plays for west indies simple as that! and i dont care how many runs he's scored!

Surely though, you must recognise that he is one of the greatest batsman of all time! It really doesn't matter to me that he is not English, i recognise that he is a true genius of the game, and the greatest of the modern era, imho.

a great batsman? yes the greatest? no

If you read my comments again, you will see that i have not crowned him "the greatest"

Let yourself down badly there mate.

so he has scored runs? so what? any batsmen can score runs! ok he has achieved a hell of a lot in the game and he is a world class player so im not taking anything away from him there! if Ian Bell reaches 10, 000 runs in 10 years would you still label him great?

ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY!!!!!

Your're just digging a deeper hole.

Rich, for your sake, i hope you went out tonight, got hammered, and then decided to post on here. Your arguments aren't exactly water-tight, eh?

http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ausvwi/content/story/227302.html

well i did go out but im sober!  :D  i dont think Tendalker is a great either and he's scored runs! however i do admire Lara's achievements!

Tbh, it doesn't sound as if you admire his achievements at all. And Tendulkar! Another fantastic batsman, although not quite at Lara's level.

So, what you're saying is, if they're not English, they're shit?

:soapy tit wank: 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.... :wink:

Lara was and still is awesome, he produces when it is most needed.

Lara's an amazing batsman anyone who thinks he isnt obviously dont know their Cricket. :-))(

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.


Not really these days - his 400* and this double ton both came in dead rubbers.

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.

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.

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.

:nod: That pretty much sums up how i feel.

Rich, take note please

I saw the great man in a test vs. NZ at the Kensington Oval.

Wasn't a great innings from him, but still.

35 fewer than Bradman who held the record till today...

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  :wink:  :-))(

that was alan border KT