Saw Lara’s 501 run innings and also Hanif’s 499, played cricket from England

New Delhi. West Indies’ Brian Lara was considered a charismatic batsman of cricket. Once he/she was set on the pitch, he/she was famous for playing long innings. Apart from the highest individual score in Test cricket (400*), the record for the highest individual score in first class cricket (501*) is also registered in the name of this left-handed batsman. Lara, who ruled the hearts of fans with his/her free flow batting, played an innings of 375 runs in April 1994 against England in the St. John’s Test, breaking the record of 365 runs of West Indies’ Gary Sobers, but in October 2003, Australia’s Matthew Hayden broke Lara’s record by scoring 380 runs against Zimbabwe. Lara took the breaking of his/her record as a challenge and in April 2004, he/she again wrote this record in his/her name by scoring an unbeaten 400 runs against England in St. John’s.

In June 1994, Lara made the highest score in first class cricket and achieved the feat of scoring more than 500 runs for the first time. In the English county, he/she played an unbeaten innings of 501 runs for Warwickshire against Durham and broke the record of Pakistan’s Hanif Mohammad. In January 1959, while playing for Karachi, Hanif scored 499 runs against Bahawalpur and was run out while trying to complete 500 runs.

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Woolmer was a witness to the memorable innings of Lara and Hanif

Lara’s unbeaten 501 and hanif mohammed Hanif’s 499 run innings can be considered a ‘milestone’ in world cricket. In Hanif’s era, there was no facility of broadcasting the matches, so only the people present on the ground at that time were able to see this memorable innings. Famous coach and cricketer (late) Bob Woolmer was among those lucky people who got the opportunity to see both these innings on the field.

Born in Kanpur, played 19 Tests and 6 ODIs for England

Bob Andrew Woolmer was born in 1948 in Kanpur, India. Playing for England in international cricket, he/she scored 1059 runs with the help of 3 centuries in 19 Tests and 21 runs in 6 ODIs. After his/her career as a player ended, he/she became a coach. he/she died under suspicious circumstances in West Indies while coaching the Pakistan team during the World Cup 2007. The mystery of Woolmer’s death remains unsolved even after 17 years.

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Bob’s father worked in Pakistan in 1959
When Hanif played an innings of 499 runs in Karachi in 1959, Bob Woolmer’s father was serving in Pakistan. Bob, who was about 11 years old, reached the ground to see this innings. When Hanif missed out on scoring 500 runs by getting run out at a score of 499, little Bob was very sad. In this match played from 8 to 12 January, while batting first, Bahawalpur team was all out at 185 runs, in response to which Karachi declared the innings at 772 runs for 7 wickets. Hanif scored 499 runs while spending 635 minutes on the wicket and returned to the pavilion after getting run out. Under the burden of a huge lead of 587 runs, Bahawalpur’s second innings was reduced to 108 runs and Karachi won the match by a huge margin of an innings and 479 runs.

Woolmer was the coach of Warwickshire when Lara scored 501*

brian lara When Lara played an unbeaten innings of 501 runs against Durham in Birmingham, Woolmer was the coach of the Warwickshire team. As a coach, he/she enjoyed every shot of Lara. This match, which took place from 2 to 6 June in 1994, was a draw and two innings could not be completed. Batting first, Durham declared the first innings after scoring 556 runs for 8 wickets with the help of an unbeaten 204 runs by John Morris, in response to which Lara scored an unbeaten 501 runs with the help of 62 fours and 10 sixes in 427 balls. Apart from Lara, Keith Piper also played an unbeaten innings of 116 runs. Warwickshire declared the innings after scoring 810 runs for 4 wickets.

Unlucky bowler, dropped catches of three batsmen, all three had made the top score in the test

Lara was bowled on a no ball and his/her catch was also missed on 18 runs

In this match, luck was completely in Lara’s favour. When he/she was on 12 runs, he/she was bowled on a no ball. When he/she was on a personal score of 18 runs, Durham team’s wicketkeeper Chris Scott dropped his/her catch. On missing the catch, Scott said sadly – Oh, now he/she will score a century but Scott had anticipated less loss. Even after completing the century, Lara’s bat’s havoc continued and he/she stopped only after reaching the ‘Himalayan’ score of 501 runs.

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