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Who will break Brian Lara's record for the highest score (400) in Tests?

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I had a dream last night that Khurram Manzoor broke Brian Lara's test record of 400!:)) Who is the most likely batsman to break it, if any? I can't think of anyone at present.
 
:))) What a dream Khurram Manzor breaking Lara's record!

Didn't Gavaskar say Virat Kohli will score a 400 in tests for sure! :yk

TBH the way Warner plays if he gets a juicy flat track, some poor bowling, and plays long he sure has a chance.
 
I doubt anyone can, but if I had to choose one player, it would be a guy who ironically isn't even a regular in his side's Test team.

Rohit Sharma. Not trolling, serious.
 
Question should be whether teams/captains want to do it because 400 itself remains a hated knock, it broke the West Indies internally. Ridley Jacobs partnered Lara during that 400 and he himself hates Lara for being selfish enough to pursue this personal milestone at the expense of WI batting 2 and a half days.

Over the years, quite a few double/triple centurions seemed set to go on forever but either sacrificed their wicket for quick runs or were victims to sporting declarations from their captains.
 
Seeing current t20 leagues, I dont think so any player will go on to break this record.
 
Can't see it being someone from England, Australia, South Africa or New Zealand. Not because their batsmen lack the ability but because a captain from these sides won't allow a batsman to bat so long - they'll be accused of putting personal milestones above that of the team if they do.

If it is broken it will probably be an Asian batsman who does it, not sure who though.
 
Younis Khan will want to go out with a bang and teach the PCB a lesson...
 
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Steve Smith
 
I dunno if anyone can play that long these days but on a flat enough track, against average neough bowling, I think Smith is probably the most likely. Possibly Root, and then Kohli third.

I always felt Amla had the patience, skill and class to play such an innings and that 311 was special. People tend to forget it because there was 3 other centuries but his innings ground England to dust, against a peak Anderson, Broad and Swann. Oneo f the best innings I've seen live.
 
None because no captain will allow a batsman to break this useless record. Warner might have a slight chance though and that too only due to his crazy SR in Australia.
 
Honestly the only ones capable are probably David Warner and Steve Smith, maybe a healthy and willing AB de Villiers. Never gonna happen though
 
an aggressive opener is the best bet. The captains will declare after the teams get to a good total, but an aggressive opener can score quickly while his partner hold up the other end and just keep giving him the strike to score the bulk of the runs. Some of Warner's 100s have been scored in that scenario. So he's the best bet.
Another one to look forward to is De Kock, SA will make him open in tests too hopefully. He can score big with a very good strike rate, he will be a great batsman and potentially can break this record.

Another scenario is that, if a team scores some 600 runs batting first, then the top order batsmen of team batting second might have a shot at getting that record because they'll be looking to get a lead of at least 50 to 100 runs, so 400 outta 650-700 can be scored by some world class batsmen.
From Pakistan I think Azhar is an obvious one who has the ability to do that. If Babar develops his temperament for test cricket, which I'm sure he will, he can have a shot in similar situation as well.
 
If a team really has no desire to win the match and they have a selfish batsman out in the middle then perhaps the record would be broken. Otherwise most teams keep team objectives above personal milestones.
 
Syed1 said:
If a team really has no desire to win the match and they have a selfish batsman out in the middle then perhaps the record would be broken. Otherwise most teams keep team objectives above personal milestones.
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Windies were already a **** side at the time of Lara 400, so they had no hope of beating England in that particular match at least.

If Ireland gets Test status, a lot of blokes will have a shot at breaking 400.

But that would still be a pretty big achievement. Scoring 400 even against Japan would not be easy due to fatigue alone.
 
Syed1 said:
If a team really has no desire to win the match and they have a selfish batsman out in the middle then perhaps the record would be broken. Otherwise most teams keep team objectives above personal milestones.
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Quite possible in the 2nd innings.

Suppose a team batting first scores 600+ then the team batting 2nd has no chance of winning the game but can take its time to score big and one of its batsman may eye the record.

YK had a good chance in the 1st Test against Sl in 2009 when he made 313 - SL made 650+ in the first innings so it was never a matter of being "selfish" since we were not gonna win that match anyway.
 
West Indies batted first in the match. Didn't Lara, being the captain, declare till after lunch on the 3rd day of play?
 
Don't think it will ever be broken but the batsmen most likely to break it are Smith,Azhar and Warner in Aus.
 
The easiest place to break the record is in Aus because the wickets aid fast scoring due to the flat and pacy nature of the wickets, evident by Hayden's 380 against Zimbabwe in the early to mid 2000s.

If I had to put my money on it, it would be Warner in Aus because he is capable of doing it in 4 -5 sessions against a very mediocre test bowling attack like SL, WI, Ireland or Bangladesh.

During Pakistan's tour of Aus, I remember he scored a ton in the first session of Day 1, so if he can maintain that for another 3 -4 sessions against a lesser bowling attack it is certainly not beyond his reach if he's in great nick.
 
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No team player will play a selfish innings like that which was played by Lara.

There is a reason why Tendulkar or Ponting is rated ahead of Lara by all the experts, they played for the team and took the attack to the opposition, sometimes not bothering to go for personal high score.. whereas Lara was more interested in his own batting.
 
axis said:
No team player will play a selfish innings like that which was played by Lara.

There is a reason why Tendulkar or Ponting is rated ahead of Lara by all the experts, they played for the team and took the attack to the opposition, sometimes not bothering to go for personal high score.. whereas Lara was more interested in his own batting.
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Irony was murdered, resurrected and then suicided in this post :yk
 
Lara was a selfish guy.

He should learn a thing or two from Australian Michael Clarke, who had a great chance to get a 400 but decided to declare when he was batting at 329 and gave his bowlers 2 and half days to win the match.

That record would have been broken long back had Clarke got 400. There was no stopping for him for that record except himself.

Give me Clarke over Lara. Clarke is a bigger match-winner than Lara.
 
Hafeez could do it some day, score 400, when Brazil get test status.
 
May be by another selfish gun batsman, but he has to be captain as well. All these factors have to come in play.
 
Either a selfish captain or a freak like Sehwag can break the record in this era. We don't have either.
 
Hasan123 said:
I don't think it will be broken
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I don't think it will be broken for the simple reason that once a batsman is 300+ not out, his team is likely in a great position to win the game and the team will declare. Lara's innings actually reduced the chances of the WI team of winning the Test to nil as it did not leave enough time to get England out.

I don't think another batsman will be given the opportunity to play a similar selfish innings.
 
Ab Fan said:
Lara was a selfish guy.

He should learn a thing or two from Australian Michael Clarke, who had a great chance to get a 400 but decided to declare when he was batting at 329 and gave his bowlers 2 and half days to win the match.

That record would have been broken long back had Clarke got 400. There was no stopping for him for that record except himself.

Give me Clarke over Lara. Clarke is a bigger match-winner than Lara.
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Conveniently ignored the special number 329 ? Something to do with equaling Bradman ? Mark Taylor did it too.

A truly unselfish act was when Sehwag refused a single at 199 (against SL in 2008) in order to protect the number 11 batsman from facing Mendis.
 
axis said:
Can you name any teammate blaming Tendulkar or Ponting for selfishness... there have been many such allegations against Lara both in WI and Warwickshire.
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Ridley Jacobs accused Lara of being a selfish player in 2005.
 


Late hanif Mohammad and Lara can do again only but
Hanif Saab no longer living legend while Prince retired but in England he hits 501 not out (domestic) beating Hanif's 499 run out
 
mark Taylor Greater than all


What mark Taylor did in Pakistan was great he was on 333 not out knowing 334 was BRADMAN'S best test score he declared aus test innings.Great respect to Don.
 
This is one of those useless records.

And going by today's trend, teams play for results more often than not. Philosophy has changed. Hence can't see someone batting for so long even if he can.
 
freelance_cricketer said:
Question should be whether teams/captains want to do it because 400 itself remains a hated knock, it broke the West Indies internally. Ridley Jacobs partnered Lara during that 400 and he himself hates Lara for being selfish enough to pursue this personal milestone at the expense of WI batting 2 and a half days.

Over the years, quite a few double/triple centurions seemed set to go on forever but either sacrificed their wicket for quick runs or were victims to sporting declarations from their captains.
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Pakistani batsmen can put themselves in that situation where such mammoth innings gets apprecited.
 
I suppose Shaw could score 400+ in this Test, if he keeps scoring at the current rate and India decides to bat for a bit more than 5 sessions :)
 
axis said:
A truly unselfish act was when Sehwag refused a single at 199 (against SL in 2008) in order to protect the number 11 batsman from facing Mendis.
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Yes another truly unselfish act was when Sachin Tendulkar threw an almighty tantrum in Multan after Dravid declared when he was batting on 194.

This is a thread for Tendulkar toadies to pat themselves on the back. I'm certain the opinions would be totally inverse had Tendulkar held this record.
 
Last Monetarist said:
Yes another truly unselfish act was when Sachin Tendulkar threw an almighty tantrum in Multan after Dravid declared when he was batting on 194.

This is a thread for Tendulkar toadies to pat themselves on the back. I'm certain the opinions would be totally inverse had Tendulkar held this record.
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Why will the opinions be different ? Lara was selfish not because of this innings, it was just a reflection of his nature.
 
Lara hated players from guyana ... chandrapaul and sarwan testified that.
His captaincy period earns lot of blame for demise of west indies cricket.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">778 minutes. <br>582 balls. <br>43 fours.<br>4 sixes. <br>4️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ not out!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OnThisDay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OnThisDay</a> in 2004, the great <a href="https://twitter.com/BrianLara?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BrianLara</a> made the highest individual score in Test history, against England in Antigua! <br><br>Will his record ever be broken? <a href="https://t.co/ET4Olrrg0m">pic.twitter.com/ET4Olrrg0m</a></p>— ICC (@ICC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ICC/status/1116645888800251904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2019</a></blockquote>
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The 400 may well be beaten but can never see the 501 beaten.

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Making 400(against a good team) in winning cause is very difficult, the only batsman in cricket history who had this ability was virender sehwag but he missed it.
So only a reincarnation of sehwag can do this i. e PRITHVI SHAW.
 
Warner had a legit chance. 10-12 more overs and he might have scored 400. Don't know why they declared, match will anyhow complete in 4 days.
 
Sparing a thought for Warner. A chance went missing. Lost respect for whoever declared, must be Paine.
 
Dont know how waiting for a further 10-15 overs could have changed the course of this match.

Just playing 127 overs in the first innings and declared.
 
Was getting ready to greet Warner for breaking my record: Brian Lara disappointed at Australia declaration

Right when David Warner was breaking one record after another in Adelaide vs Pakistan in the ongoing Day-night Test, little did he know that the current record holder of the most runs scored in a single Test innings - Brian Lara - was also present in the same city. Lara who had some commercial engagements during the early part of the day got excited hearing the news of Warner crossing 300 and later admitted that he was getting ready to leave for the Adelaide Oval in order to emulate one of the most iconic celebrations in cricket history.

Lara not once but twice broke the record for the highest Test score. But the first time he did it in 1994, scoring 375 vs England, he went passed then record-holder and West Indies legend Gary Sobers' Test-best of 365. As soon as Lara went past 365, Sobers walked out onto the Barbados ground and personally congratulated the former on the achievement. Lara admitted that he was thinking to return similar favour to Warner in Adelaide only to be stopped short by Australian captain Tim Paine's declaration which meant Warner stayed unbeaten at 335.

"I was hoping they might catch me and get me (out) there and that was one of the reasons I was hoping they might have let him go for it," Lara told News Corp.

"It would have been amazing to walk out there (as Sobers did). Records are made to be broken. It’s great when they are broken by attacking players. Entertainers. Being in Adelaide I would have got an opportunity to if not walk out at least meet him at this opportune time," said Lara.

The great batsman, however, conceded that he understood the logic behind Australia's declaration that they wanted to go for a win which was proved right as their bowlers left Pakistan reeling at 96/6 at stumps on Day 2.

"It was a great innings. I can see that Australia winning the match was the major thing and the weather was a big factor but I would have loved to have seen Australia go for it. Being here I would have loved to see it. Even if they say 'hey David, you have got 12 overs, see if you could do it by tea time' ... it would have been great."

"They were justified by picking up six wickets last night and you can see today things are slower so the declaration came at the right time.

"But after passing Sir Donald Bradman I would have loved to see him race towards me. I was getting dressed to come back near the end of his innings. I was listening to commentators say whether he would have a go at Matthew Hayden’s 380 but I felt if he got to 381 he would have to have a go at my record," said Lara.

However, Lara said that Warner being the attacking player he is, will get more opportunities to break the 400-run barrier.

"I still think Warner may have time to do it in his career. I know he is not a spring chicken but as soon as you get that 300 you know how to get 400. He may get another shot at it.

"He is a very attacking player and that is the sort of player who can always set you up for a win. I know you need stabilizers but you also need one or two players like David Warner and Sir Vivian Richards who can take the game with their bats."
https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cr...lara-400-paine-declaration-1624178-2019-12-01
 
Abdullah719 said:
Was getting ready to greet Warner for breaking my record: Brian Lara disappointed at Australia declaration

Right when David Warner was breaking one record after another in Adelaide vs Pakistan in the ongoing Day-night Test, little did he know that the current record holder of the most runs scored in a single Test innings - Brian Lara - was also present in the same city. Lara who had some commercial engagements during the early part of the day got excited hearing the news of Warner crossing 300 and later admitted that he was getting ready to leave for the Adelaide Oval in order to emulate one of the most iconic celebrations in cricket history.

Lara not once but twice broke the record for the highest Test score. But the first time he did it in 1994, scoring 375 vs England, he went passed then record-holder and West Indies legend Gary Sobers' Test-best of 365. As soon as Lara went past 365, Sobers walked out onto the Barbados ground and personally congratulated the former on the achievement. Lara admitted that he was thinking to return similar favour to Warner in Adelaide only to be stopped short by Australian captain Tim Paine's declaration which meant Warner stayed unbeaten at 335.

"I was hoping they might catch me and get me (out) there and that was one of the reasons I was hoping they might have let him go for it," Lara told News Corp.

"It would have been amazing to walk out there (as Sobers did). Records are made to be broken. It’s great when they are broken by attacking players. Entertainers. Being in Adelaide I would have got an opportunity to if not walk out at least meet him at this opportune time," said Lara.

The great batsman, however, conceded that he understood the logic behind Australia's declaration that they wanted to go for a win which was proved right as their bowlers left Pakistan reeling at 96/6 at stumps on Day 2.

"It was a great innings. I can see that Australia winning the match was the major thing and the weather was a big factor but I would have loved to have seen Australia go for it. Being here I would have loved to see it. Even if they say 'hey David, you have got 12 overs, see if you could do it by tea time' ... it would have been great."

"They were justified by picking up six wickets last night and you can see today things are slower so the declaration came at the right time.

"But after passing Sir Donald Bradman I would have loved to see him race towards me. I was getting dressed to come back near the end of his innings. I was listening to commentators say whether he would have a go at Matthew Hayden’s 380 but I felt if he got to 381 he would have to have a go at my record," said Lara.

However, Lara said that Warner being the attacking player he is, will get more opportunities to break the 400-run barrier.

"I still think Warner may have time to do it in his career. I know he is not a spring chicken but as soon as you get that 300 you know how to get 400. He may get another shot at it.

"He is a very attacking player and that is the sort of player who can always set you up for a win. I know you need stabilizers but you also need one or two players like David Warner and Sir Vivian Richards who can take the game with their bats."
https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cr...lara-400-paine-declaration-1624178-2019-12-01
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Lara is a champion. I'm happy he still got the record :)
 
I don't think any team is selfish enough to let a player score 400.

Azhar Ali scored 302* and he had the opportunity to break it. But, Pakistan declared.

Same with David Warner and Michael Clarke.

It was good that Aussies declared because rain was always a threat.
 
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