My thoughts on…Brian Lara’s retirement
A long time ago, a young man from Trinidad decided to ty his hand at cricketing. And try he did. Eventually he made quite a name for himself, earning many awards, accolades, and undoubtedly women. And for a while, all seemed well. Then came Cricket World Cup 2007, where his home team sucked beyond mortal comprehension performed poorly, failing an entire region. He and his teamates are now demonized, where they were once beloved. That’s when he decided enough was enough. So Brian Charles Lara offically announced his retirement from cricket. Initially he announced he would retire from Test cricket, but I guess this wasn’t enough to appease the wrath of his fellow West Indians. So he threw in the towel fully. I can’t understand why he’d want to end his career on 299 matches. Why not round it out at 300? I guess he couldn’t wait.
I wonder what’s going to happen to the West Indies team. Lara was the superstar of the team, drawing crowds and cheers. But now that he’s announced his retirement, and given the massive failure of the Windies, will anyone watch them play now? Surely you’ll have your die hard fans, but the majority of west Indians would rather tune in to championship curling than watch the Windies play. Their fault anyway. Incompetence breeds indifference. Still, despite his failures, he was undeniably a great batsman, and the sport won’t be the same without him. Goodbye Brian. The flight to Cancun should be leaving shortly.
Flight to Cancun?
i thought the dude sucked he embarrassed his country and he deserves to be beheaded:P….jk/s but he does suck though i’m sure glad he isn’t from JA
maybe the team will realixe now that cricket is ateam sport and not ah individual one, so dem ould get duh acts together and play as such. de team did thriving before Lara and will thrive afta he
Your last few posts are good Leon.
I have no problem with Lara, every career has its ups and downs, I say ‘congrats to him and enjoy his retirement.’
No one man makes a team, and should monopolize the accolades when it does well, or the denigration when it fails.
It’s easy to lick sixes from the comfort of our arm-chairs, how many of us would face down an Aussi with a 90 MPH fastball?
Cricket sucks.
Walk good lara..It was a bit of a surprise but all things come to an end at some point
Lara was a likkle snake in the grass and totally selfish …don’t believe me ask Chanderpaul, Ricardo Powell, Marlon Samuels Courtney walsh, just to name a few they have all felt his bitter venom… great bats man but hey good riddance