A one-man show
Cricinfo's All Today's Yesterday reminds us that this day, seven years ago, Brian Charles Lara played the innings of his life.
Sriram Veera
25-Feb-2013
Cricinfo's All Today's Yesterday reminds us that this day, seven years ago, Brian Charles Lara played the innings of his life.
Surpassing a 501, a 375, a 277 or a 213 takes some doing, but this humble 153 not out against Australia in Barbados was the stuff of genius. At one point West Indies had been 98 for 6 in the first innings, still 392 behind Australia, but Lara's performance - nobody else on either side made 40 in the second innings - led them to 311 for 9 and an unforgettable one-wicket victory.
Click here to listen to the audio commentary of the great match. Listen to an extremely excited Fazeer Mohammad as he takes us through the final tense minutes. An eight-minute audio and worth every second of it. As Sambit Bal wrote once - But for light and song, for bliss and glory and for lifting the soul, who else but Brian Lara?
Sriram Veera is a former staff writer at ESPNcricinfo