Lara’s time is up

I think he's retiring at the 2007 world cup.

He will bouns back

 

right now all team is on same way as Lara

 

last innnings he made 83

Yet another waste of space . this thread!

Lara has plenty of cricket left in him , cricket_mstr do you KNOW what constitutes a good cricketer , I have my doubts...

Sorry friends, lara doesnt give a damn about his side and the only concern he has is his personal glory and to fulfill that he scores double or even triple hundreds usually in the last test match of an already lost series, that keeps him in the team and satisfies his  fans justification. I describe him as the most talented batsmen ever but also the most selfish in the history of cricket.

No that's not really fair. He has been burdened by the fact that through most of his career, if he doesn't score runs, his team loses. That would weigh heavy on the minds of pretty much any batsman in history.

Maybe you guys should check out the list from Wisden of the greatest innings and then judge whether he was really playing for himself all the time?

Lara was a great batsman but is in shocking form, he should step down and give some of the other WI batsman a go.

I'm all for players of that age still playing but not when they aren't making runs

Good cricketer, but that crickter has gone

 

Originally posted by wiseguy The hard fact is windi cricket will prosper more in his absence than his presence.

There is no evidence to support that statement.

It strikes me as odd that Lara's critics lambast him because he scored incredibly heavily! Yes , he made 400 , yes he's made 501 and yes , he's carried the West Indies batting for as long as anyone can remember.

Now is that a crime? Lara has had to live with the fact that he was born 10 years too late. Imagine , you Lara critics , if he played in Clive Lloyd's side. His scoring feats would have been lauded AND the side would have won even more comprehensively than that great side did.

Lara scores his runs faster than any of that great side ever did - including the wonderful Sir Viv. Maybe , occasionally he did bat too long , but I have every sympathy with that , as his team was getting walloped all the time!

Give him credit for sticking with West Indies when they were really , really poor. He didn't NEED test cricket , he could have walked away and played anywhere in the world and on much more money.

He deserves respect and I truly believe he's been extremely proud to wear his country's cap in very trying circumstances.

We're lucky to have seen his like , he really was (and maybe still is) touched by genius.

That truly was a fantastic knock Clobs and remember how good the Aussie attack was then and on a wearing pitch!!

For you detractors out there , name someone else who has come close to this stunning effort in a winning cause.

I am not in favour of lara retiring and I have never said that he is any less than the best, but seriously his presence is detracting young players from cementing their position and take responsibilities, how long will he win matches for his team when no body else around him scores? should this go on, Believe me he is no inspiration and thats the damaging part! Players like Inzimam, Ganguly and Steve waugh were way less gifted but inspirational. He has  a lot of cricket left and his loss to cricket would be imense but will work wonders for west indies whenever it would happen.

The recent news item that Lara wishes to coach young west indian batsmen will be  a great boost to west indian cricket, infact the problem is not with talent but stability at the top evry other series we have a guy who stands out and the next one he is not heard of and goes to oblivion. I hope the remaining time Lara contributes to west indies cricket rather than adding on to his impressive portfolio!