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[Jeet]

Quite glad Gayle didn't break Lara's record. Gayle isn't in Lara's league and it would've devalued the highest score in Test history.

None the less a fabulous innings.

[Alvaro]

Can't say I agree Jeet, 400 is 400. And Lara scored his on even more of a road in Antigua. To say that someone cannot break a record because they are not in the league as someone else is elitist and makes no real sense. Records are made to be broken.

[johnnyw]

Its unfair to say that Jeet. Gayle has just shown the world that he is up there with the worlds leading batsmen and anyone that can bat for that long deserves to break test records

[Jeet]

Can't say I agree Jeet, 400 is 400. And Lara scored his on even more of a road in Antigua. To say that someone cannot break a record because they are not in the league as someone else is elitist and makes no real sense. Records are made to be broken.

I may not have put it properly, but for example Hayden's 380 was less memorable than Lara's 400. Both pitches where roads, but England still had a decent bowling attack Harmo, Jones, Hoggard had tormented the Windies in the previous 3 Tests. Records should belong to the best players, not the lower tier players.

[Jeet]

Its unfair to say that Jeet. Gayle has just shown the world that he is up there with the worlds leading batsmen and anyone that can bat for that long deserves to break test records

There's a reason why Gayle averages 43 and Lara averaged 53. Lara was miles better than Gayle.

[Alvaro]

England had one G. Batty. He couldn't turn it in Galle.

[johnnyw]

Averages mean nothing

[Alvaro]

And Lara's 153* to beat Australia at Bridgetown by himself was infinitely more memorable

[Alvaro]

To be fair, Lara was heaps better than Gayle.

[Jeet]

Averages mean nothing

Consistency makes you a great player, I'd rather someone score 5 scores of a 100, rather than another go out and flog 500 in one dig.

England had one G. Batty. He couldn't turn it in Galle.

I'm sure the 3 seamers plus Freddie would bowled better than Prasad and Thusara...

[Tumo]

I may not have put it properly, but for example Hayden's 380 was less memorable than Lara's 400. Both pitches where roads, but England still had a decent bowling attack Harmo, Jones, Hoggard had tormented the Windies in the previous 3 Tests. Records should belong to the best players, not the lower tier players.

That's crap mate and you know it. Anybody that breaks a record like that is certainly not a lower tier player, and Gayle is prime example of that. A man who takes apart a bowler that completely dumbfounded the so called 'best batting line-up in the world' of the Indians is worthy of breaking the record. I mean I don't know if you noticed but the WI line-up folded like a pack of cards after Gayle's departure. Who's to say they wouldn't have done that if he'd got out for 33? They could have been staring at 250 all out. But thanks to Gayle's magnificent innings (and not his first triple ton, which shows that it isn't a fluke, and that he is most certainly NOT a lower tier player), they are 500+ runs to the good. Point made I think.

[johnnyw]

Gayle is also only 1 of 4 batsmen to score 300+ twice

[19reading87]

Gayle is also only 1 of 4 batsmen to score 300+ twice

Bradman, lara and shewag?

[johnnyw]

Sehwag

[19reading87]

That's what i said lol