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‘Composed, calculated, invincible’ - Tony Cozier on Brian Lara’s 400
It took Lara only 19 innings to reclaim his record
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It took Lara only 19 innings to reclaim his record
Those who remembered him as a boy prodigy were surprised only that his talents had taken so long to bear…
“It was probably a blessing in disguise that I was dropped”
"Nimble on his feet, acrobatic in his movements"
“'To get a few centuries, maybe a double, even a triple' – he proceeded to exceed even his own expectations”
“I realised that batting in Test cricket was more than just crashing a ball about”
Holding terrified batsmen across England in the summer of 1976
A wonderful feature by the late, great journalist and commentator, Tony Cozier.