Warner on Saturday played a mesmerising knock of 335 not out before Tim Paine decided to declare innings at 589 for 3.
David Warner (Photo: AFP) (C) and Brian Lara. (Photo: IANS)
West Indies legendary batsman Brian Lara, who holds the record of highest run by an individual in an innings of a Test match, said that he would have loved to see Australia opener David Warner breaking his record of 400 runs.
Warner on Saturday played a mesmerising knock of 335 not out before Tim Paine decided to declare innings at 589 for 3.
“It was a great innings. I can see that Australia winning the match was the major thing and the weather was a big factor, but I would have loved to have seen Australia go for it. Being here I would have loved to see it. Even if they say ‘hey David, you have got 12 overs, see if you could do it by tea time’ … it would have been great,” Lara told News Corp as quoted by IANS.
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Lara was in Adelaide on Saturday for some commercial engagements when Warner shattered records by scoring his maiden triple ton.
“But after passing Sir Donald Bradman I would have loved to see him race towards me. I was getting dressed to come back near the end of his innings. I was listening to commentators say whether he would have a go at Matthew Hayden’s 380 but I felt if he got to 381 he would have to have a go at my record,” said the West Indies great.
With his maiden Test triple ton, which was also the fourth-fastest Test treble, Warner became the second-highest Australian runscorer by edging past Don Bradman and Mark Taylor’s career-best 334.
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