South Africa all-rounder Wiaan Mulder has revealed he recently spoke with Brian Lara, and the West Indies great indicated he would have preferred him to try and break his world record during the recent Test match against Zimbabwe.
South African captain Wiaan Mulder said respect for Brian Lara convinced him to declare 33 runs short of the former West Indies star's world Test record against Zimbabwe at Queens Sports Club on Monday.
Mulder was unbeaten on 367 when he declared during the lunch interval with South Africa on 626 for five.
West Indies are winless in their last 16 Tests in Australia, having last won a Test against the Aussies down under in the 2000-01 season.
Former New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori replaced West Indies batting great Brian Lara as head coach at Sunrisers Hyderabad, the Indian Premier League (IPL) side said on Monday.
The elegant left-hander still holds the record and interestingly, according to former South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn, South Africa stopped a legendary cricketer from breaking West Indies great Brian Lara's Test record of 400 not out
The gates were unveiled to mark Indian great Tendulkar's 50th birthday and 30 years since West Indies legend Lara's 277 at the stadium -- the first of his 34 Test centuries.
West Indies cricket legend Brian Lara has fond memories of the southwestern Zimbabwe city of Bulawayo where he scored 191 in a Test innings 20 years ago.
Cricket great Brian Lara has been appointed head coach of Sunrisers Hyderabad for the next Indian Premier League season, the team said Saturday.
Glamorgan's Sam Northeast reached 410 not out against Leicestershire in the English County Championship on Saturday -- the ninth-highest first-class score of all time.
Pakistan captain Babar Azam stood firm amid a batting collapse to compile his seventh Test hundred on Sunday, leading his side's fightback against hosts Sri Lanka on the second day of the opening Test in Galle.
West Indies legend Brian Lara congratulated India Stand-in Test skipper Jasprit Bumrah for breaking his record for most runs scored in a single over in Tests during the rescheduled fifth Test against England.
Bangladesh are set to embark on a month-long tour in the West Indies this month to test their skills in all three formats against the home side, once an undisputed powerhouse of the game.
Former West Indies captain Brian Lara has tipped England to win the Champions Trophy beginning next week.
Legendary batsman Brian Lara believes Test cricket should scrap draws in order to add to the excitement of the game's longest format.
Australia's cricketers have lost their "fear factor" and could be heading towards a West Indies-style decline, batting great Brian Lara warns.
Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar celebrates his 43rd birthday today. One of the greatest of all time, Tendulkar was also one of the more humble cricketing superstars, with the pressure and adulation from nearly a billion supporters barely ever affecting him. He has also had a great time of it in Bangladesh during his playing days, notching his 100th international century in the country.
Brian Lara, West Indies batting legend, has branded hosts India as favourites in the upcoming ICC World Twenty20 Championship in 2016.
VVS Laxman's batting feat against Australia in Kolkata in 2001 has been voted the greatest Test performance of the last 50 years by a 25-member panel of cricketers, writers, broadcasters, historians and statisticians assembled by the Cricket Monthly.
