![]() Under-19 and first-class cricket followed suit. As a 15 year old lad at Fatima college in Port of Spain, Lara amassed as many as 7 three figure scores in a single season of the inter-school competition. Lara initially excelled in junior soccer and table tennis but cricket was his burning love. ![]() Ask Shane Warne, Muttiah Muralitharan, Wasim Akram, Glenn McGrath and the rest of their breed. Armed with a high backlift, generating that typical Caribbean flourish, Lara was equally efficient against spin and pace. Another attribute that set him up as a cut above the rest was his voracious appetite for big, massive scores. ![]() Lara's wizardry and sheer style though would trump any batsman including the aforementioned troika. ![]() ![]() First thing's first, Lara will forever be remembered as one of the greatest batsmen of the modern era, bracketed alongside the elite company of Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting and Jacques Kallis. A hero, a magician, an entertainer, a match-winner, a saviour, a leader, a tragic romantic, Brian Charles Lara, like a masterful actor, slipped in and out of several roles with effortless ease. ![]()
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