Even if it is difficult to talk about one without referring to the other, we shall confine ourselves, for the purpose of this piece, to Brian Lara.
Blessed with an elegance that comes almost naturally to all left-handers, Lara’s appetite for big scores is perhaps unparalleled. At a time, when cricket has become a year-long game, how many can dream of piling up world’s highest Test score and the highest first-class score at the same time. That he achieved in a period of few weeks in 1994, when he hit 375 against England and then batting for Warwickshire tore the Durham attack for 501 runs.
Mahesh Manjrekar 
Laragesse 
