zen Posted April 9, 2020 Posted April 9, 2020 (edited) overall vs. major teams 1st half Records type batting analysis [change type] View career summary [change view] Primary team West Indies Opposition team Australia or England or India or New Zealand or Pakistan or South Africa or Sri Lanka Start of match date less than or equal to 1 Jan 1998 Ordered by default (ascending) Return to query menu Cleared query menu Career averages Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 0 4s 6s unfiltered 1990-2006 131 232 6 11953 400* 52.88 19753 60.51 34 48 17 1559 88 Profile filtered 1990-1997 48 82 2 4133 375 51.66 6467 63.90 10 20 4 565 16 2nd half Records type batting analysis [change type] View career summary [change view] Primary team West Indies Opposition team Australia or England or India or New Zealand or Pakistan or South Africa or Sri Lanka Start of match date greater than or equal to 1 Jan 1998 Ordered by default (ascending) Return to query menu Cleared query menu Career averages Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 0 4s 6s unfiltered 1990-2006 131 232 6 11953 400* 52.88 19753 60.51 34 48 17 1559 88 Profile filtered 1998-2006 78 142 4 7384 400* 53.50 12744 57.94 22 27 13 939 65 1st half: Avg of 52. Coincided with among the most competitive cricket you will find, i.e. a declining WI vs. a rising Aus. Notable innings include the 277 in Aus and the record breaking 375 vs. Eng to ironically break the record of Sir Garfield Sobers, the batsman similar to him. Also hit the famous 501* in county cricket. 2nd half: Avg of 54. Played a lot against Aus, Eng and SA. Notable innings include that game changing 153* vs Aus, 2 double 100s vs. SL, 2 200s vs. Aus, the quick 202 in SA, the 216 in Pak in his last test series, and of course the 400* to reclaim the highest test score record. Became the fastest batsman to reach both 10k and 11k runs. Could have reached 12k runs too if he had decided to play one more test. All of the above also meant that bowlers from over the world including McGrath, Murali, Waqar, and Warne went gaga over him: McGrath: “That was Brian (Lara). He never changed his game,” McGrath was quoted as saying by The Times of India. “I may have got him out 15 times, but he also scored big hundreds and double hundreds against us when both me and Warnie (Shane Warne) were playing together for Australia,” he added. “When it was his day, he could do absolutely anything. Sachin was equally as good, but there was something about Brian where he could just keep going and he was slightly harder to bowl to than Sachin. He was more fearless,” he further stated. Murali: "I have played against lot of great batsmen but one person I found very hard to bowl to is Brian Lara," the Sri Lankan said. "I have played a lot of Test matches against him and he was one of the best players of spin and so he dominated me." Tough Australian cricketer Ian Chappell compared Lara w/ his contemporaries, Tendulkar and fellow Australian Ponting, and chose Lara - A nice write up! During the two halves of Lara's career, below is how he fared compared to other key WI batsmen: 1990-1997 View overall figures [change view] Primary team West Indies Opposition team Australia or England or India or New Zealand or Pakistan or South Africa or Sri Lanka or West Indies Start of match date between 1 Jan 1990 and 1 Jan 1998 Qualifications runs scored greater than or equal to 2000 Ordered by batting average (descending) Page 1 of 1 Showing 1 - 4 of 4 First Previous Next Last Return to query menu Cleared query menu Overall figures Player Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 0 BC Lara 1990-1997 48 82 2 4133 375 51.66 6467 63.90 10 20 4 DL Haynes 1990-1994 31 56 8 2147 167 44.72 4518 47.52 6 8 3 RB Richardson 1990-1995 41 70 5 2629 182 40.44 5323 49.38 6 14 5 CL Hooper 1990-1997 51 88 10 2892 178* 37.07 5309 54.47 7 13 1 1998-2006 View overall figures [change view] Primary team West Indies Opposition team Australia or England or India or New Zealand or Pakistan or South Africa or Sri Lanka or West Indies Start of match date between 1 Jan 1998 and 1 Jan 2007 Qualifications runs scored greater than or equal to 2000 Ordered by batting average (descending) Page 1 of 1 Showing 1 - 7 of 7 First Previous Next Last Return to query menu Cleared query menu Overall figures Player Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 0 4s 6s BC Lara 1998-2006 78 142 4 7384 400* 53.50 12744 57.94 22 27 13 939 65 S Chanderpaul 1998-2006 67 120 14 4723 203* 44.55 10964 43.07 12 24 9 552 15 CL Hooper 1998-2002 33 57 4 2043 233 38.54 4439 46.02 4 11 0 235 12 CH Gayle 2000-2006 54 97 1 3559 317 37.07 6310 56.40 5 23 10 551 31 RR Sarwan 2000-2006 57 106 6 3521 139 35.21 7998 44.02 7 23 10 458 7 WW Hinds 2000-2005 39 70 0 2212 213 31.60 4753 46.53 5 11 6 306 13 RD Jacobs 1998-2004 56 101 17 2249 118 26.77 4738 47.46 3 11 11 258 21 His career had the major elements of a great adventure journey - a brilliant entry, the fall, and the rise back to the top. What could have been the icing on the cake? Maybe a batting average close to 60 as if he were more focused, he could have achieved that too. Edited April 9, 2020 by zen
zen Posted April 9, 2020 Author Posted April 9, 2020 (edited) 53 minutes ago, velu said: wow .. @zen started emulating @harsh thakur no one can emulate @Harsh Thakor as a) he has great knowledge of all types of players including old ones such as WG Grace, Hobbs, Barnes, and so on b) his long essays have a lot of words in them. While my post appears long due to data tables Edited April 9, 2020 by zen velu 1
zen Posted April 9, 2020 Author Posted April 9, 2020 After Bradman, Lara has the most number of big 100s vs major teams: View overall figures [change view] Opposition team Australia or England or India or New Zealand or Pakistan or South Africa or Sri Lanka or West Indies Runs scored greater than or equal to 200 Qualifications hundreds scored greater than or equal to 6 Ordered by hundreds scored (descending) Page 1 of 1 Showing 1 - 9 of 9 First Previous Next Last Return to query menu Cleared query menu Overall figures Player Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 DG Bradman (AUS) 1930-1948 12 12 1 3033 334 275.72 12 0 0 BC Lara (WI) 1993-2006 9 9 1 2339 400* 292.37 9 0 0 WR Hammond (ENG) 1928-1938 7 7 2 1702 336* 340.40 7 0 0 KC Sangakkara (SL) 2002-2015 7 7 0 1603 287 229.00 7 0 0 Javed Miandad (PAK) 1976-1989 6 6 2 1431 280* 357.75 6 0 0 DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 1999-2009 6 6 1 1581 374 316.20 6 0 0 V Kohli (INDIA) 2016-2019 6 6 1 1356 254* 271.20 6 0 0 RT Ponting (AUS) 2003-2012 6 6 0 1342 257 223.66 6 0 0 V Sehwag (INDIA) 2004-2009 6 6 1 1577 319 315.40 6 0 0
zen Posted April 23, 2020 Author Posted April 23, 2020 quite successful in the MO vs. Aus w/ McGrath View overall figures [change view] Opposition team Australia Involving the player GD McGrath (AUS) Batting position between 4 and 7 Qualifications runs scored greater than or equal to 500 Ordered by batting average (descending) Page 1 of 1 Showing 1 - 15 of 15 First Previous Next Last Return to query menu Cleared query menu Overall figures Player Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 0 4s 6s KP Pietersen (ENG) 2005-2007 8 16 2 804 158 57.42 1420 56.61 2 5 1 80 13 BC Lara (ICC/WI) 1996-2005 17 31 1 1642 226 54.73 2700 60.81 6 4 2 216 17 JH Kallis (ICC/SA) 1997-2006 10 19 4 707 111 47.13 1603 44.10 1 5 0 87 2 CL Cairns (NZ) 1993-2001 9 14 0 656 109 46.85 1119 58.62 1 5 0 75 16 GP Thorpe (ENG) 1994-2001 10 19 2 779 138 45.82 1550 50.25 2 5 1 100 0 MR Ramprakash (ENG) 1995-2001 11 22 2 863 133 43.15 1989 43.38 1 5 0 91 2 NJ Astle (NZ) 2000-2005 11 21 2 811 156* 42.68 1507 53.81 1 5 1 108 1 SR Tendulkar (INDIA) 1996-2004 9 18 0 662 126 36.77 1203 55.02 2 5 2 84 4 SP Fleming (NZ) 1997-2005 8 15 0 533 105 35.53 1303 40.90 1 5 2 63 1 N Hussain (ENG) 1997-2002 14 27 1 912 207 35.07 2070 44.05 2 5 1 123 2 S Chanderpaul (WI) 1996-2005 8 16 1 508 104 33.86 1205 42.15 1 3 1 50 1 CL Hooper (WI) 1995-1999 11 19 1 596 102 33.11 1245 47.87 1 3 0 75 3 AJ Stewart (ENG) 1998-2002 11 21 3 554 76* 30.77 890 62.24 0 5 6 70 1 Inzamam-ul-Haq (ICC/PAK) 1994-2005 12 22 1 644 118 30.66 1410 45.67 1 4 3 79 0 JC Adams (WI) 1995-2000 17 31 6 604 94 24.16 1785 33.83 0 2 7 62 0
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