Trinidad beat Barbados in a regional test. It looks like a simple ordinary news, and then you come to this “Brian Lara, who hailed it as one of the highlights of his long career”. Woah.. what..what??

He explains further: “On the international circuit, playing Australia and beating Australia is real cricket to me. On the regional scene playing Barbados in Barbados and beating them is what it’s all about.” Ok fine.

And then this: “You have to understand I am now aged 36,” said Lara, who contributed 54 and 47 with the bat. “Any sort of success on the playing field would be greeted with uncontrollable emotions because I’m not sure I’ll experience it again.”

Thats just sad.

I will be heartbroken when this legend, whom I have religiously followed since 91, walks off the field next year. He has been my inspiration - my personal hero. Whenever I read “Lara stuns XYZ” or “Lara leads the rampage” or the frequent “Lara rescues WI from 35/6″ or the most common “Lara Stands Alone” I couldn’t help but wonder if he is from Kryptonite.

He has one mountain which he hasn’t scaled yet - and that little T from India is sitting on the top of it with his 35 test centuries I just wish he conquers that before walking off. That would make it easier for record keepers and cricket stat books.

• Highest number of Runs in Test (11,000+)
• Highest number of Runs in single Test (400*)
• Highest number of Run in one over (28)
• Highest number of Triple Hundreds (2, counting 400*, its 3
• Highest First class record (501*)
• Fastest 9000,10000 and 11000 (all within 120 tests, while border took 156 tests)
• First to reach a quardruple century.
  and so on…

see? it make it easier to manage record books when almost all records are held by one superman.