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Lauding Lord Lara

AFP, Melbourne
Australian opening batsman Matthew Hayden has praised West Indies skipper Brian Lara for taking the world Test record score to a new level.
In a 13-hour batting marathon against England on Antigua, Lara broke Hayden's world-record individual Test score of 380 and went on to raise an unbeaten 400 before the West Indies declared their first innings in the fourth Test on Monday.
Hayden's 380 against Zimbabwe in Perth last October had surpassed Lara's own 10-year-old record of 375 runs.
"I sort of had the expectation that he was going to break the record -he really had it in his sights," Hayden said here on Tuesday.
"And I think he's that kind of player as well who has incredible skill and ability to be able to bat a long period of time. He's truly taken it to a new level."
Hayden was quick to phone Lara and congratulate him after his peerless 400.
"I spoke to him this morning and (he said) it was a really fun experience and similar to the one we had in Perth," Hayden said.
"It was really noisy -- Antigua's a venue that basically turns into a hip
hop stage and you can imagine walking through the dressing room cutting a swathe of cigar smoke as all these guys are dancing around.
"They were having a lot of fun and so they should. It's a tremendous event and marks a recordbreaking performance...something which no-one has ever done
before.”
Hayden said he was mildly
disappointed about losing the
record but had enjoyed his time -albeit relatively brief -- as cricket's greatest run-maker.
"I guess you feel a little bit disappointed but at the same time I've enjoyed an incredible wave of euphoria for the better part of six months. It's been a lot of fun."
Hayden said that while "the
gauntlet's there", he does not expect to set a new world record again.
"I had no real expectations to break the record and nothing's really changed for me.
"I hadn't really had any expectations, firstly to get it and even to hold it, I had nothing in mind."
"I wanted to let him know how appreciative I was when he contacted me in Perth, and I thought it was only appropriate that I pass on my own best wishes to him and his family," he said.
"Breaking Brian's record against Zimbabwe was one of the most memorable days of my cricketing life, but records are made to be broken, and as a batsman, I guess they can fall at any time," Hayden said.
"I've been fortunate enough to be part of an incredibly successful Australian team and I see my role as not a record breaker, but as a valuable contributor to a winning team," he added.
Lara's milestone was hailed by another great batsman, Inza-mamul Haq.
The Pakistan captain, who scored 329 against New Zealand at Lahore two years ago said: "400? I would be happy getting half that much. Lara is a wonderful batsman to watch. I know records are meant to be broken but I can't see anyone
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else getting to 400 in my lifetime."
England skipper Michael Vaughan took time out at the end of the day's play to pay tribute to the record-breaking innings.
"We all set out to achieve greatness, but he is a gifted, gifted player," he said.
"He is one of the all-time great players, he has achieved something that has never been achieved before even with the amount of pressure he had on him before the start of this Test.
"He will go down as one of the greats of the game and it will take some player and some performance to beat his 400."