SJS
Hall of Fame Member
I was just thinking today about Lara and his amazing innings (from a statistical perspective) of 400+ in a test innings, 501* in a first class innings, even 375 to beat a record of three decades ago !!
Just think for a moment that Lara had done everything else in his career but this.
That Sobers record of 365 still stood (or maybe Hayden's with 380)
That Hanif 499 remained that tantalising world record it had always been.
Would we have thought of Lara any differently ?
Would his legendry status been lowered ?
Is that sense of amazement that Lara's mention today brings to the cricket afficiando have been not quite the same ?
I suspect it just might have been the case but its difficult to be sure.
I have tried looking at it differently.
Had Steve Waugh, in addition to his great deeds, also scored a 375 and a 400 in tests (not to mention an unbeated 500 in FCC) how would the world have looked at him ?
Just think for a moment that Lara had done everything else in his career but this.
That Sobers record of 365 still stood (or maybe Hayden's with 380)
That Hanif 499 remained that tantalising world record it had always been.
Would we have thought of Lara any differently ?
Would his legendry status been lowered ?
Is that sense of amazement that Lara's mention today brings to the cricket afficiando have been not quite the same ?
I suspect it just might have been the case but its difficult to be sure.
I have tried looking at it differently.
Had Steve Waugh, in addition to his great deeds, also scored a 375 and a 400 in tests (not to mention an unbeated 500 in FCC) how would the world have looked at him ?