Brian Lara said while Kapil Dev and Jacques Kallis' love for the sport is well known, former Australian captain Ricky Ponting is among the best.
Captain Brian Lara said the entire team is behind Marlon Samuels in this hour of crisis.
'Man, what a player!' 'The ease in which he batted brought out a kind of awe in us.'
Former West Indies captain Brian Lara has described Shivnarine Chanderpaul as 'one of the giants of the Caribbean cricket' and expressed that the recently retired batsman should have been given a 'proper send-off' in international cricket.
'There is a little bit of home advantage and you got to use your matches at home. It's your facility but in Hyderabad, I think it's fair conditions. At the end of the day, better team on the day wins the game. I must say I congratulate the ground staff for producing good tracks, it's just each and every time, we came up short.'
The West Indies is ranked eighth in one-day as well as Test cricket.
West Indies recalled ace batsman Brian Lara for the two-Test series against Pakistan
Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria said captain Inzamam-ul-Haq's had helped him a lot during the thrashing by Brian Lara in the second Test.
The batting maestro scored his 34th Test hundred as the West Indies ended day 3 in the second Test against Pakistan on 509-5 in the first innings.
Following the four one-dayers, Sri Lanka and the West Indies will play two Test matches.
Brian Lara's countless fans heaved a huge sigh of relief after he declared on Tuesday evening "I am fine and will be back in my hotel room tomorrow" following hospitalisation in Mumbai due to chest pain.
The West Indies captain said he will take his place for this weekend's back-to-back games in Trinidad.
Legendary West Indian batsman Brian Lara reckons Delhi Capitals' pace spearhead Kagiso Rabada could be an anxious man right now given his poor form in the IPL.
West Indian captain Brian Lara admitted that Sachin Tendulkar's presence would have made a difference to the Indian team
The West Indies captain dismissed suggestions that his team chocked under pressure in the first ODI against India.\n
The two players were fined half their match fees for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct.
West Indies were 95 for one on the first day of the third Test against New Zealand in Napier
Terming Sachin Tendulkar's batting technique as the best in the world, legendary West Indian cricketer Brian Lara said if he had a son he would have asked him to learn from the videos of the Indian great to excel in the sport.
Reader Leslie Cornelius sent us this picture from Tobago.
The Prime Minister's XI won the match on the Duckworth Lewis system by six runs.
The left-hander is just 11 runs behind Allan Border's record of 11,174 after blasting an unbeaten double-century on the opening day of the third Test against Australia.
The Windies skipper dodged questions about his health, praised his team and predicted a brave new world for West Indies cricket.
Brian Lara has earned the distinction of being on the losing side for the most number of times in Tests
The ace leg spinner said he had been flooded with messages from all quarters and expressed gratitude to all.
"You don't sledge Lara because you don't want to wake him up," said the former England captain.
The West Indies selectors kept Brian Lara out of the ODI squad to preserve him for Tests against Pakistan
Glenn McGrath continued to lead the bowlers' list in the ICC Test rankings
Legendary West Indian batsman Brian Lara feels cricket is a "dying sport", which has got a fresh lease of life in Twenty20 -- a format that has revived the spectators' interest in the game.
West Indies captain Brian Lara stroked an unbeaten 116 to lead his side to a four-wicket win over Australia A.
The organisers said they were expecting Brian Lara, captain of Mumbai Champions, later this week.
"When a captain or a coach says something like this, obviously there is a bit of confidence and you've to back yourself up.'
Lara is just the fifth batsman to score 9,000 runs in Tests.
West Indies bludgeoned their way to an eight-wicket victory over South Africa in Tuesday's rain-affected Twenty20 international to sweep the three-match series.
The Aussie registered the highest score in Test history posting 380 runs against Zimbabwe.
The ace batsman will lead a 16-man squad for the four-Test series in starting at Lord's on July 22.\n\n
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