will lara carry on after world cup?

[sylvester clarke]

Lara just doesnt stop still performing he just made a recent hundred against india and he is 37 years the way his going his going to make forty and still be playing.

surely retired soon but when ?

[Ernest]

I don't think there is any question of Brian Lara retiring yet - 37 is not that old for a batsman, he must have a lot to offer cricket for another 3 years or so.

I think when Stewart retired I think at 40, it left such a hole in the England batting, it really has never been filled.

No not the time for Lara to retire yet.

[adamberry]

Undoubtly not time yet, he's proven time and time again recently he can still do a job at international level.

By the way Ern, didn't you mean 37? I'd be impressed if Lara could carry on to 47...

[Ernest]

Originally Posted by adamberry

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By the way Ern, didn't you mean 37? I'd be impressed if Lara could carry on to 47...

LOL thank's - I had Stewarts age at the back of my mind when posting, I think I should retire before Lara .

[Karthik]

The latest news says that Lara will not play the world cup and his last series will be against England.

[batoutofhell]

The way lara behaving with his cricket board and selectors, i doubt whether he will be available as a player for the next world cup
if he has to play for another 2 years(at least),he must shut his mouth and start show it in the bat(not giving sarcastic applause to groundsmen)in the way the leading the team by good example like dravid or even ricky ponting

[Ninjaman]

Originally Posted by batoutofhell

The way lara behaving with his cricket board and selectors, i doubt whether he will be available as a player for the next world cup
if he has to play for another 2 years(at least),he must shut his mouth and start show it in the bat(not giving sarcastic applause to groundsmen)in the way the leading the team by good example like dravid or even ricky ponting

Ricky Ponting??



That is funny!!

[batoutofhell]

Yes ninja man
since ponting became captain his batting especially in tests improved a lot
and i am expecting him to score more test centuries in the near future as well(even bettering sachin is not impossible)
during the south africa series he gone with second rated bowlers still he did not scribe for not having gillespie or mcgrath
what i am trying to say is,lara is a too good a player to ask for excuses like he did during india series

[Ninjaman]

I'll think you'll find he congratulated India before anything else.

And as the captain of the side whose requests are continually ignored, he has the right to use a public event to air his grievance.

Continually now, pitches are produced in the WI that either result in flat, runs laden games or end up being favourable to the visitors.

Is he supposed to be quiet about this?

What about being told you are a selector way after you can actually do any selecting and the series is almost over?

As captain and senior player he should be stepping up and talking for the players.
IF the players follow his lead and get a bit more concerned with what is going around them, then maybe things will get better.

As for runs scoring, Lara is 37.

His time in the sun is soon over. He is the elder statesman of test cricket.

To compare him to Ponting and Dravid, in their prime of their careers, is silly.

Go and check Lara's batting career as captain and you will see it is superior to his non-captaincy days.
In fact, his 2nd stint as captain was extremely prolific.

He's scored more runs than anybody else in Test matches and also lost more Test matches than anybody else.
Yet, people still believe it is up to Lara to score the runs to lead WI to victory all the time.

If he scores 0 and they don't win, it is his fault.
If he scores 200 and they don't win, it is his fault.
If he scores 400 and they don't win, it is his fault.

For the first 3 games against India, he captained them to parity.
Under the previous captain, WI would have capitulated way before that.

Ponting and Dravid and Vaughan could be world superstar captains but their captaincy would be nothing without the likes of Kumble, Harbhajan, Sehwag, Laxman, Hayden, Gilchrist, Warne, McGrath, Flintoff, Harmison, Pietersen, Strauss, Trescothick.

Where is the WI equivalent??

[batoutofhell]

Ninjaman i think you got me wrong
i never compared the batting ability of lara against dravid or ponting
but what i did compared was his excuses
you may argue that he is doing for the sake of his team
but no captain in the cricket world will directly air grievences about his board an selection panel like lara did
it is like captain telling his players that i am already surrender against the opponents you people also be ready to surrender
in my humble opinion no player even the GREATTTT lara should speak/show bad feelings about the picth/selection publically(especially during the match)This could easily add him to the club of Captains with Excuses
I am not denying he scored more runs than any player in test cricket, but wahat i meant was not to compare his runs with his behaviour as a captain
the player may be a great bowler or batsmen but if he does behave like lara everytime infront of the camera talking about the pitch and selection it will do no good for the team
if he really want to say his concerns ,then he should prefer close room meetings not open air(washing dirty linen in public like greatttt ganguly)
you may be right for ponting but not for dravid
how many times you saw because of the rest of the team dravid's performance improved
i doubt more matchs than not dravid the one who saved the team not the likes of sehwag or harbhajan or sometime kumble
so dont say dravid is in the good team thats why he is performining well(in any team he will perform like he is doing right now even in kenyan team)