Garfield Robinson finds that even the greatest of batsmen can disagree over the benefits of going down the track

“Is it turning much?” the young Brian Lara asked his batting partner on his arrival in the middle. Told it wasn’t, the up-and-coming batting star promptly danced down the pitch, “bang!” Four. The following delivery he was down the pitch again, and again he smacked the ball to the boundary.
Having struck two out of two balls for four, the left-hander who was soon to become one of the game’s best ever batsmen saw no need to alter his...