Days after Brian Lara' book 'LARA The England Chronicles' hit the stores, the West Indies legend finds himself in the middle of a controversy, with former teammates Viv Richards and Carl Hooper demanding an apology from the 'Prince of Trinidad'. Lara, whose book claimed that Richards, as captain, used to 'make him cry every three weeks' and Hooper 'once a week', has been asked to explain his claims by a joint statement issued by Hooper and Richards. The statement also accuses Lara of 'grossly misinterpreting' the actual events and 'attempting to profit from such deceit'.
In an excerpt in his book, Lara claimed that Richards could be a hard task master and that his words could be rather terrifying for the players, albeit they were for the betterment of the West Indies cricket team. "I will say this: Viv used to make me cry every three weeks, but he would make Carl cry once a week. Viv's tone of voice is intimidating and if you're not strong enough, you can take that personally and be affected by it.
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"Me, I was never really affected by it. In a way I welcomed it, because I was so much under his arm that I knew abuse was coming and I was a strong personality. Carl? I know for a fact that Carl shied away from Viv Richards."
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