Rampaging_Simian's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=Rampaging_Simian2001-10-04T14:43:26ZBrian Lara (person)http://everything2.com/user/Rampaging_Simian/writeups/Brian+LaraRampaging_Simianhttp://everything2.com/user/Rampaging_Simian2001-10-04T14:43:26Z2001-10-04T14:43:26ZGifted West Indian <a href="/title/cricket">cricket</a> player, currently holder of the two most prestigious <a href="/title/batting+records">batting records</a> in cricket - 375 in Test cricket and 501 (not out) in <a href="/title/first+class+cricket">first class cricket</a>. Arguably the most gifted of <a href="/title/contemporary+cricketers">contemporary cricketers</a>, his career has been marked by spans of extreme brilliance interspersed with periods of personal turmoil and antagonism towards team managers and coaches.
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His peers in talent and accomplishments can be named as <a href="/title/Steve+Waugh">Steve Waugh</a> (of Australia) and <a href="/title/Sachin+Tendulkar">Sachin Tendulkar</a> (of India).<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>