Trinidad PM praises record-setting West Indies captain
Tuesday, April 13, 2004
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (AFP): Trinidad and
Tobago's Prime Minister Patrick Manning hailed West Indies captain Brian Lara,
who Monday became the first batsman to score 400 runs.
"It is difficult to find superlatives to describe a man who has broken two
world records within a decade. By setting the new record Lara has taken the
entire Caribbean a quantum leap forward in the world of cricket," Manning said
in a statement. "The tremendous achievement
of scoring 400 runs not out in a test match proved that the people of Trinidad
and Tobago and the Caribbean were capable of greatness," he said.
"It is symbolic of what the Caribbean is capable of achieving when we harness
our strength and preserve with grit and determination in pursuit of
excellence." Celebrations were taking place
Monday night in Santa Cruz, Lara's home town in North Trinidad.
Lara has previously held the record for an individual Test score with 375 runs
-- reached against England on the same Antigua ground 10 years ago. Australian
batsman Matthew Hayden broke that with a score of 380 against Zimbabwe in
Perth last October.
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