1st to beat Lara’s record

Im pretty sure theres not a thread on this.

Who do you think will be the first to beat Lara's 400 not out?

I mentioned this on a thread about Ponting. I think he has as good a chance as anyone of geting it. I definately think it will have to be an aggressive batsman. Maybe Flintoff perhaps?

Definetly not Flintoff! He bats too low in the order! I don't think any guy that bats at no.6 or lower will make 400!

i very much doubt it will ever be beaten.... it would A) take to long, and B) would almost certainly cause a draw, unless of course the other team collapsed twice, but thats not gonna happen if the wicket is that good to bat on

I can't see Vaughan doing it, he'd declare on himself - look at the matches against Bangladesh, he declared both times when only 3 wickets or so were down, for example, who knows, Bell might have gone on to score 200-300 had he not declared. I don't think he'd let himself bat long enough.

I doubt anyone batting from 4-11 they can score 400 only an opener or no.3 batsman would score 400 so if any of the current players could score 400 its probably sehwag if he gets back in form and plays against zimbabwe or bangladesh or maybe lara again if he gets himself back in form lara once said he reckons the only player capable of passing hes 400 is gayle then a couple of weeks layer he scored 317 against south africa

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Yup, as well as where Gayle got his 317 and Lara his 375.

It'll be a draw. Mark my words.

by the way lara and 6 other canidtaes are in the running to be captian if lara does get the job again it would be the 3rd time he has been dropped from the captaincy then reggained it surely thats a record the other 6 are sarwan,gayle,ganga,ramdin,sylvester joseph and wavel hinds i don't see hinds getting the captaincy cause hes barely in the test side,joseph hardly ever gets a game,ramdin is too young to handle the pressure  so it comes down to 3 of your top 5 brest players sarwan,gayle  and lara

i think sehwag will come good against windies and will get a 200+ score against themn in the first test, i no i sound crazy, but he has a knack of doing this, being out of form comeing off a terrible series and then pounding out a huge score in the opener of a series

i agree with sehwag i cant see sehwag failing again i also think he might score 200

I cant see the record being beaten, the batsman that might come near to the record are sehwag,pointing,younis khan or gibbs

Sachin - I can't see Dhoni having the patience to score that many in one innings.

I'd say one of the upcoming stars Michael Hussey or Sangakara

The West Indies have a weak bowling attack so maybe Sehwag or Dravid could get close

But I don't see it being beaten, a batsman getting 300 or even 250 plus seems very unlikely