Border Crossing
Cross Posted from Pencil (11/25/2005)
They said he was getting old. They were talking of the wrinkles on his face, the slowness of his feet, his eyesight and his sense of timing. He had scored only 106 runs in four outings. But the fact is, he was wrongly given out three times in this tour. Obviously, he cannot do anything about it.
He came back at them and how? With an unbeaten 202, just twelve runs shy of becoming Test Cricket's highest run getter. It would be nice to see Lara surpass Allan Border in what could be his last Test in Australia.
An old, slow and tired Lara, on his day, is still better than any other cricketer in the world. His retirement could mark the beginning of the end of long-innings players. For, all we have left, is a generation of cricketers that can wack the ball a few times before getting out.
There will be a certain deficiency of temperament that will become evident when a few retirements are announced. The more it is delayed, the higher the chances of Test Cricket to survive in this modern day world.
They said he was getting old. They were talking of the wrinkles on his face, the slowness of his feet, his eyesight and his sense of timing. He had scored only 106 runs in four outings. But the fact is, he was wrongly given out three times in this tour. Obviously, he cannot do anything about it.
He came back at them and how? With an unbeaten 202, just twelve runs shy of becoming Test Cricket's highest run getter. It would be nice to see Lara surpass Allan Border in what could be his last Test in Australia.
An old, slow and tired Lara, on his day, is still better than any other cricketer in the world. His retirement could mark the beginning of the end of long-innings players. For, all we have left, is a generation of cricketers that can wack the ball a few times before getting out.
There will be a certain deficiency of temperament that will become evident when a few retirements are announced. The more it is delayed, the higher the chances of Test Cricket to survive in this modern day world.
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