In the next over from Warne, Lara stretched out, his head on top of the impact, almost sniffing the ball and hammered it through the covers in magnificent fashion. Five more runs for victory. Lara's match-winning performance of 153 not out against Australia in Bridgetown, Barbados in 1999 has been rated by Wisden as the second-best batting performance in the history of Test cricket, next only to the 270 runs scored by Sir Donald Bradman in …

Lara was over the moon. In fact, it had already been brought back from the brink of hopelessness earlier. Hence, with the end of the innings in sight, Steve Waugh decided to give his fast men a rest before the follow-on was imposed. Catch live and detailed score report of West Indies vs Australia 3rd Test 1999, Australia tour of West Indies 1998/99 only on ESPNcricinfo.com. Next three balls were dot balls, and McGrath was trying to keep Lara on that end so was bowling wide bouncers. The crowd erupted on their feet. The next highest score in the innings had been 38 by Adams.

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Seven runs later, tragedy struck Australia yet again. Chasing a tricky target of 216 against Australia in the first Test of a two-match series at Mohali, India was reeling at 126-8 on a two-paced pitch with the only recognized batsman at the crease being VVS Laxman. Two more runs were needed for a win.