Former Pakistan batsman Basit Ali rates the West Indies captain above Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting.
Now only Sachin Tendulkar - with 35 hundreds - is ahead of Lara in Test cricket.
Former Australian captain Steve Waugh feels both West Indies' Brian Lara and India's Sachin Tendulkar are on equal terms because they played in different conditions and under different sort of pressures.
The West Indies captain said Sachin Tendulkar's absence would deprive the younger players in his team a chance to learn from the Indian batting genius.
A blistering century against Pakistan in the first Test in Barbados has propelled Brian Lara to the top of the ICC Test batting rankings.
Trinidad & Tobago might have notched up a convincing 25-run win over Brisbane Heat on Sunday, but captain, Denesh Ramdin is not satisfied with the performance of his batsmen.
"We shouldn't be in this position, it's a perfect batting track," said the left-hander.\n
West Indies captain Chris Gayle found Brian Lara's shadow in rookie Darren Bravo and felt the youngster did a good job in his debut match against India.
"When a captain or a coach says something like this, obviously there is a bit of confidence and you've to back yourself up.'
The West Indies to a laboured five-wicket win over Zimbabwe in the first ODI.
An ICC statement said Lara will remain under observation but is expected to lead West Indies against hosts England in the final at the Oval on Saturday.
Brian Lara scored his 30th test hundred as West Indies reached 275 for four in their first innings reply against Pakistan.
And while the miraculous turn-of-events was taking place at a packed EdenGardens in Kolkata, one cricketing legend was over the moon at a television studio in neighbouring Pakistan.
The two captains were involved in a war of words on the second day of the fourth Test.\n\n
West Indies batting legend, Brain Lara is reportedly in talks with English county side Surrey as he mulls coming out of retirement to play in this season's new county Twenty20 competition.
The left-hander scored an unbeaten 159 as West Indies reached 281 for six on the first day of the second Test against South Africa.\n
In the backdrop of Ricky Ponting's comments, Rajneesh Gupta throws up with interesting statistical insights on Tendulkar and Lara's showing against Australia when Ponting was the captain.
The duo put on a 172-run run stand in a score of 184 for 2 at close on day 2 of the second Test against England.
Brian Lara has told his team to play "intelligent cricket" in Champions Trophy final against Australia.
Brian Lara faces a probe for criticising selection policies and pitch conditions during the Test series against India
Ending much speculation, Brian Lara finally touched down in India as the most high-profile recruit of the Indian Cricket League.
'Man, what a player!' 'The ease in which he batted brought out a kind of awe in us.'
He will lead West Indies in their seven-match ODI series against Zimbabwe starting on Saturday.
The West Indian captain's 115 helped his side reach 427 in reply to South Africa's 532, a deficit of 105.
India batsman Sachin Tendulkar became the highest Test-run scorer in Mohali on Friday when he passed his target of 15 runs in the first innings of his side's second Test match against Australia. Tendulkar scored three runs after tea to move on to 16, giving him a career record of 11,955 runs to surpass the previous mark of former West Indies captain Brian Lara.
Bichel is a top class performer in a top class team, the Windies captain said.
The recalled West Indies cricket captain says he has no regrets about giving up the role in 2000, but felt he could not turn it down again.
Former England batsman Graham Thorpe believes Virender Sehwag's innings of 319 was more destructive than the two record-breaking knocks by Brian Lara.
The ace off-spinner said he is looking forward to bowling to the Caribbean batsmen, particularly Lara, in Thursday's Champions Trophy tie.
Lara's position as captain now appears much more secure than Waugh's
West Indies' captain Brian Lara says his team will go all out for victory when they take on Sri Lanka in the final qualifying match of the Champions Trophy.
West Indies captain Brian Lara is one of seven senior players who will not be selected for the home series because of a sponsorship dispute.
Seven senior players will not be selected for the home series against South Africa and Pakistan because of a sponsorship dispute.\n
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