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Lara’s Test record in danger
By Mark Tilley last year, at the end of February Add your comment below
A word on Younus Khan. The Pakistani captain stands on the verge of history going into the final day of the first Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka. In an incredibly high scoring game, Younus has contributed 306 runs to his side’s current score of 574-5 and needs another 95 to beat Brian Lara’s record score of 400 not out. The insanely flat pitch has helped but it’s a special effort to score that volume of runs and, record or not, Younus deserves as much acclaim as possible.
The statisticians will be having a field day whatever happens tomorrow in Karachi. Can Younus do it?
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3 Responses to “Lara’s Test record in danger”
February 24th, 2009 at 7.40 pm
February 24th, 2009 at 11.15 pm
He can, but that’ll be largely due to the pitch, won’t it? I mean, if two batsmen can score doubles in the first innings, the same two batsmen can break a fifty-year-old record and another batsman can score a triple (or even quadruple) in the same match, then something’s seriously wrong here. Of course it’s a good effort, but surely not Younis’ best.
February 25th, 2009 at 8.14 am
He couldn’t bowled for 313 by Dilhara Fernando
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