Hard to accept, yet we’ve to…

This blog entry was never planned, well, contemporary events are never planned anyway!

I woke up this morning with an exam next Sunday, huge syllabus still unread and untouched. Before starting I wanted to check rss feeds in flock and then this shocking news!!!! Lara is going to retire from International Cricket after this world cup. I knew he was going to retire from ODI’s, but it is really hard to accept that we’ve already seen his last test… feeling so bad. In this world, there are so many things or persons or feelings, you want to carry on, but you’ve to let them go… It’s hard to accept, yet we all have to accept.

I was always a fan of West Indies cricket, and Brian Lara was my favourate…

Another blog, paying tribute to one of the greatest batsman in the history of cricket after his last match against England… Wish him best of luck with that match and his future life.

Crown and the Prince

Bravo!!! The prince is Back in the business as the Calypso tunes.

I’ve been always a great fan of the West Indies…… and the prince of Trinidad is always my hero.

The way Brian Lara dances against spin, whacks fast bowler, the aggression and the compassion and above all his class and mastereo have always marvelled me.

Cricinfo describes this Genious rightly:

” No-one since Bradman has built massive scores as often and as fast as Lara in his pomp. Even his stance was thrilling – the bat raised high in the air, the weight poised on a bent front knee, the eyes low and level. Then the guillotine would fall, sending the ball flashing to the boundary…….”

People say Sachin is the best, he is really one of the greatest batsman the history of cricket produced. Nevertheless, to me Lara is the one, may be I’m bit biased. But if you look at the matches he took away from the opposition single handedly, like the 150+ score at Sabina Park in his first term against Australia, you’ll see his greatness. Besides he scored great scores like 375, 501* and regained the crown from Mathew Hayden scoring 400, the only batsman in history of Cricket to score such huge scores regularly.

Another thing I’ve always liked about this great person…. which is absent in most of the modern day cricketrs. It’s the honesty. When Lara knew he is “OUT”, he always left the ground without waiting for Umpire’s decision.

There was always bad time, and I think what Lara lacks is the devotion and regularity present in Sachin. There are two types of great in the world: one who nourishes their talent regularly, the other just go through. Lara is in the second group…

It has been a convincing win by once undefeatable turned to No. 8 against No. 3 (India). Nobody thought realistically WI has a chance, at the end it was good cricket from them. Bravo seems a good prospect, Ramnaresh Sarwan is the future captain in my eyes, Gayle is awesome when he is in form, and Chandarpaul is the Mr Old Reliable. Lately I haven’t seen WI games………. so can’t comment on others.

Hope this winning streak continues. And WI keep improving and The King of Cricket regain their Crown again.