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West Indies looking for a lot of Lara runs in Australia

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The West Indies team that arrived in Brisbane yesterday will have a strong emphasis on youth and a heavy reliance on an out-of-sorts veteran. "I think it's more experience we're probably lacking," said their coach Bennett King. "Eleven of the players are 25 and under. There's only two that are over 30." Brian Lara, the oldest at 36, is back in the squad after the endorsement deal dispute and looking for the 315 Test runs he needs to pass Allan Border's world record of 11,174, but his form is not encouraging: in the Super Series he scored 0, 5, 0, 5 and 36. "Hopefully he's saving them all up for Australia," King said. "He's one innings away from being the class player we all know he is."

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