Brian Lara: ‘How cricket changed my life’ - Stumped, BBC World Service

Brian Lara discusses the highs and lows of his career, the future of Test cricket and the next global stars.

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One of the greatest cricketers of all time, West Indies batter Brian Lara joins Stumped from Lord's to look back on his career; the highs and lows, plus the future of Test cricket and how the sport could evolve. Lara still holds world records for the highest individual score in both first-class cricket and Test cricket.

Alison Mitchell, Jim Maxwell and Charu Sharma also discuss with Lara who could be the next global cricket stars and the West Indies legend pays tribute to England’s record breaking pace bowler James Anderson, who will retire after his 188th Test of his career. Anderson was the last English bowler to get Lara out.

00:00 Introduction
02:12 Brian Lara on James Anderson
04:10 Brian Lara on making history
07:30 Brian Lara on the West Indies
10:42 Brian Lara on the next T20 stars
11:56 Brian Lara on the future of Test cricket
16:30 Brian Lara on the highs and lows
19:10 Brian Lara on the spotlight and his family

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