Brian Lara is just a great player lately he has been in a major slump. Just because he is slumping doesn’t mean that he is not good player. Every player goes through a slump at some point in their life. Beside that Australia is not a bad team they have very strong team with one of the top bowling attack in the world. That’s why they just managed to tie the recored for most consective test victories and lately I haven’t seen anybody play well against their bowling attack. As far as is he as good as Sachin I think so. Sachin have been in great form lately and playing very well but like every great player I see Lara coming out of his slump soon and performing well. So I think we should stop comparing the two players right now and wait till the end of their career’s to see who’s better and who’s not