Top 10 batsmen against spin bowling in the last four decades

#6 – Brian Lara

Lara’s biggest asset against the turning ball was a supple pair of wrists

Imagine Brian Lara in his pomp; the high back-lift, feet dancing down the track – all materializing into a perfect flow of the bat. It was all too common during the southpaw’s taming of Muralitharan in the 2001 series.

Though Sri Lanka whitewashed West Indies 3-0, they did not have any answer to his supreme artistry on their own pitches. Despite Caribbean conditions becoming more conducive to spin bowling in the latter part of his career, Lara continued to hold the fort.

If only he had played more than his 14 Tests in Asia, the ‘Prince of Trinidad’ might have captivated the subcontinent to an even greater extent.