In his list of best players he has ever seen, Brian Lara names, There is no doubt that Brian Lara is one of the greatest players in the history of cricket, despite his outstanding record in the sport, but he feels that his former West Indies teammate Carl Hooper is the best player he has ever seen when it comes to raw talent.
It would be fair to say that not even Tendulkar or myself could come close to a player of Carl’s talent as written in his book as cited by ESPNcricinfo; on the contrary, I would say that he was the finest player I have ever seen.
As far as Lara is concerned, Hooper is a more gifted player than he is and even more so than Sachin Tendulkar from the Indian team.
It is his record that he holds the record for the most runs scored in a Test (400) and in First Class Cricket (501), while Tendulkar is best known as the all-time leading run-scorer in both Tests (15,921) and ODIs (18,426) during his playing career.
If you separate Carl’s career from his time playing to his time captaining, his numbers are very different. As a captain, he averaged near 50, which showed a certain kind of maturity. Unfortunately, he was only able to realize his full potential as a captain.
The player also picked two players, one from England and one from India, which he thinks have a chance of breaking his record for 400 runs in a Test innings.
It would be fair to say that there were a number of players during my time who challenged or at least went beyond the 300 mark, such as Virender Sehwag, Chris Gayle, Inzamam-ul-Haq and Sanath Jayasuriya. They were pretty much aggressive players,” Lara said to The Daily Mail.
Is there any aggressive player playing today? Even more so in the England team with Zak Crawley and Harry Brook. Maybe in the Indian team with Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill. If they find the right situation, either one of them may break the record in this series,” he concluded.
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