The chronic strain of right hamstring muscle forced Brian Lara to withdraw from taking part in West Indies’ Zimbabwe tour. The injury has been affecting Brian Lara , the left handed Trinidadian .Earliest opportunity Lara wants to return in the team but from last ten months Lara is not in his form . There is lack of consistency due to his injury. .
Brian Lara is the holder of scoring record both test match(375) and first class cricket(501).Statistic may not show correct picture of performance of a cricketer but meaning of statistic is that it separates a few from the rest. Brian Lara is a natural cricketer and he is among that ‘few’. He has the capacity to alter the equation of a match.
When he is concentrating in cricket he is innovative and exiting.
This exciting cricketer has scored 6533 run in 80 test with average of 47.68. His highest run in test match is 375. He has 15 hundreds and 33 half century in test. In one day international he scored 7171 run in 190 matches with average of 42.43. Highest run 169. 14 Century and 46 half century are in his bag.
It is true that Lara is difficult , arrogant and night clubbing megastar. He is not disciplined as Sachin Tendulkar and Mark Wough.
Genius in Lara should never be condemned seeing him critically.