brian lara retiring? wrong decision? wrong time? any thoughts?

Question

i thought he shouldve waited another season

Answer 1

I don't think it's wrong decision. Because he is trying to improve West Indies's form from the very beginning of his carreer. But if all the other 10 player are good for nothing, then what can he do alone! Though he was playing extra-ordinary cricket, but critics were making him the scapegoat. You'll be astonished to here that he is the only batsman in history whose team lost four times after he scored double century! Three years ago, in Sri Lanka, Brian Lara scored more than 600 runs in three matches. You can't imagine the result. Sri Lanka 3 - West Indies 0! In last match there, Lara scored a century in 1st innigs, then a double in 2nd (Total 351), but his team rewarded him by losing 10 wickets!!
So i don't see any good future of the Carribean Prince in cricket. It was a good decision. His batting videos will be the greatest asset in cricket archive.

Answer 2

Considering the politics going on in the West Indies Cricket, I feel that he has taken the decision to retire at the correct time.

Answer 3

Same here buddy... I would have loved it if Lara would have retired at his peak. That would have made people remember him for his good days rather than his worst. I personally wanted loved to see him score a century at Lords before his retirement!
But I have heard that the selectors were going to drop him from the England tour. I guess thats why he decided to quit before the selectors make him to! Anyways, was a wonderful cricketer and I hope he has a wonderful future ahead! :)

Answer 4

The complete, complex details behind Brian Lara's decision to bring an end to his celebrated career before the time schedule he himself had set may never be suitably explained. Yet they are not difficult to surmise. As recently as the start of the World Cup, Lara had enthusiastically spoken of batting on to 40, even if only in Test cricket. A series in England, against opponents who were the recipients of his incredible record scores of 375 and 400 not out and much other misery besides, beckoned. Instead, he will now be following it from beyond the boundary.

The reasons can at least be partially gleaned from the circumstances of the exit of another phenomenal West Indian batsman and captain of the preceding generation. They are comparable, indeed almost identical. Sixteen years ago, aged 39, Viv Richards, whose influence on West Indies and world cricket was as impactful as Lara's, played the last of his 121 Test matches, against England at the Oval in London, a choice he had made known some months earlier.

He left the field after his final innings to a standing ovation. Situated, as the Oval is, in the heart of London's Caribbean community, the farewell was long and emotional, if not what it is bound to be for Lara today on hallowed West Indian turf that has been the scene of some of his most memorable deeds. But one final challenge attracted Richards. It was the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand six months later.

In a reversal of Lara's stated priorities, Richards was through with Test cricket but he repeatedly advertised his desire for one last shot at the game's premier limited-overs competition. Much to his displeasure, his wish was denied, almost certainly on the same grounds that Lara's has been. Richie Richardson had been appointed captain just after the tour of England and Jackie Hendriks, the then chairman of selectors, wrote to Richards explaining the reasons for omitting him. Perhaps Gordon Greenidge, Hendriks' present equivalent, or Ken Gordon, the president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), have done the same for Lara.



Viv Richards's wish to sign off in the 1992 World Cup was turned down, much to his ire as well as the West Indies supporters © Getty Images



Hendriks wrote: "We feel that the new captain should feel totally uninhibited and unhindered in bringing his personality and personal stamp on his team and, with the former captain on the team, this may be most difficult for him and the other players as loyalties could well be divided," he stated. Richards was unimpressed, as were the fans in Australia and West Indies. The former captain said he had heard "mutterings and whispers that some people in positions of responsibility in the team and on the West Indies board did not want me anyway".

"Sadly, there are members of the West Indies board I used to respect a lot but I do not now," he added. As the West Indies were eliminated from the World Cup in the first round, placards proclaiming "Bring back Viv!" and "Where is the Master Blaster?" appeared at grounds in Australia.

Back in the Caribbean, the issue was one of the many that contributed to Richardson being booed and heckled during the subsequent, inaugural home series against South Africa. It was the start of a turbulent time for Richardson whose tenure lasted four years. It included a period when he was advised to rest because of "acute fatique syndrome" and came to an abrupt end during the 1996 World Cup in India and Pakistan, inspite of the West Indies reaching the semi-final. He was 34 and never played for the West Indies again.

Four years ago, the failed World Cup campaign in South Africa finished off another captain, Carl Hooper. Like Richardson, he also called it quits, with Lara recalled to take his place for his second term in charge. Now Lara, as captain, is seen to have also paid for his team's lamentable performance in the World Cup, the first in the Caribbean, a historic event that was confidently expected to lift the gloom that has hung over West Indies cricket for so long.

Answer 5

We all love to see Lara Playing but its better to RETIRE WHEN PEOPLE SAYS "WHY ARE YOU RETIRING" RATHER THEN PEOPLE SAYS "WHEN ARE YOU RETIRING"

Answer 6

would it have something to do with west indies not coming to world cup finals

Answer 7

wrong decision