Lara needs 20 more runs
AFP, Birmingham
West Indies captain Brian Lara was left just 20 runs short of become only the fourth batsman in history to score 10,000 Test runs when he was out for 95 in the second Test against England at Edgbaston here Saturday.The 35-year-old left-hander started the third day on 74 needing 43 more runs for a score of 115 to join India great Sunil Gavaskar and Australia duo Allan Border and Steve Waugh as the only other batsmen to reach the landmark. But five runs short of what would have been his 27th Test century Lara was caught in the gully by Graham Thorpe off all-rounder Andrew Flintoff. But if Lara, on the ground where 10 years ago he scored a world record first-class score of 501 not out for Warwickshire against Durham, scores the twenty he needs in the second innings he will still be the fastest man to 10,000 Test runs having taken 14 matches and 19 innings fewer than Gavaskar.
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