NEWS NOW>>> Today, West Indies cricketer Brian Lara accomplished…
Thirty years ago, on April 18, 1994, at approximately 1:30 PM, young Brian Lara, a cricket player from Trinidad and Tobago who was rapidly becoming known for his left-handed batting prowess, was in the
crease at the Antigua Recreation Ground. England and the West Indies were engaged in a Test series. With a booming crack of his bat, Lara smashed Sir Garfield Sobers’ record of the most runs in a Test
match, which stood at 365 against Pakistan in Jamaica in 1958, when Chris Lewis bowled short. Lara reached 375 by playing the ball all the way to the legside boundary.
Sobers had maintained his record for 36 years up until that point. For a 24-year-old playing in just his 16th Test match, it was an incredible achievement, made all the more remarkable by the fact that
England appeared to be reviving. West Indies cricket supporters were present for all the excitement, even though the visitors had lost the previous three test matches. They had just emerged from an
encouraging victory in Barbados, adding some competition to the series.
England had enjoyed a rather good start. Despite losing the coin toss and being sent into field, they managed to take two early wickets, which left Lara and Jimmy Adams, a Jamaican batsman, as partners.
Even though Lara was not always a reliable player, she appeared composed and at ease from the outset, batting steadily and not taking any unwarranted chances. He and Adams led the West Indies to 274-3 by
the close of the first day, with Lara accounting for 164 of those runs.
By the end of Day 2, Lara had hit 320 not out, accompanied by Shivnarine Chanderpaul, a 19-year-old from Guyana making his Test series debut. Day 3 was April 18, the day he was going to create history.
With an effortless demeanor that concealed his unwavering resolve to surpass the record, Lara entered the field with unwavering focus and drive. The presence of Sobers in the grandstand added to the specialness of the occasion.
The cricket stadium was filled with an electrifying atmosphere as supporters anticipated the arrival of the moment and wished to be present to fully enjoy it. Although the Antigua Recreation Ground can only
hold roughly 10,000 spectators, hundreds of thousands more watched the match on television, not just in the Caribbean and England but also in other cricket-playing nations across the globe.
When Lara reached Sobers’ 365, onlookers began to sing and applaud. It appeared like a matter of course. After seeing the writing on the wall, England’s left-arm spin bowler Phil Tufnell attested to
having “a quick word” with the innings’ spinner, Chris Lewis: “[I] told him to make him do something to earn the runs — don’t just give him one off the hips so he can clip it.” When Chris attempted to bowl him
a bumper, he effortlessly ripped it away, causing the entire area to scream.
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