‘I have a number for you to call’: Lara lifts lid on classy Hayden act
Matthew Sullivan Brian Lara has revealed he rang the Australia n dressing room in the middle of the night to congratulate Matthew Hayden on breaking his record, only to take it back the following year.
Even on the rare occasions players come close, they are reluctant to even consider chasing the record and wiping the West Indies legend from the history books. Lara has held the record twice — he scored 375 against England as a youngster in 1994, which remained as Test cricket’s highest individual score until Hayden bludgeoned 380 against Zimbabwe at the WACA in 2003.The Overlap and Betfair’s Stick to Cricket show
“So, I called the dressing room. It was very noisy, very loud and I got to Matthew then congratulated him.” “One of my things was to try and be a good captain and leader, not to be strangled by the record, so I didn’t worry too much about it - but then came England again 10 years later …”
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