West Indies legend Brian Lara shared his thoughts on the comparisons between two all-time great spinners, Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan and the late Australian wizard Shane Warne. Lara expressed that Warne “is the best,” even though Muralitharan put him under “more pressure.” Lara made these comments on the ‘Stick to Cricket’ podcast hosted by former England cricketers Phil Tuffnell, David Lloyd, Alastair Cook, and Michael Vaughan. Discussing whether Warne or Muralitharan was better, Lara said, “Shane Warne is the best. He is the best. And you know, I would walk out to bat against Murali, and I am confused. You know, I got that 688 runs in three matches (during the 2001-02 tour to Sri Lanka and the first half an hour of Murali bowling), I would be confused.” Lara explained how he would play a sweep shot down to deep backward square for a single, then play another sweep shot, and suddenly, due to the other players not reading Murali, the bowler would adjust, and the pressure would come off. “But Murali gave me more pressure than Shane,” Lara continued. The West Indies icon further elaborated that while batting against Warne, he would middle the ball well, but Warne had the ability to produce a ‘magical delivery or a spell.’ Lara stated, “That is why I rate him higher, because I think he was mentally stronger. And obviously with his bowling attack and the pitches that he bowled on, which favoured the McGraths and McDermotts, for him to pick up that amount of wickets, very, very special. I think his strength was his mental thing.” Muralitharan ended his career as the highest wicket-taker in Tests, with 800 wickets at an average of 22.72, and his best figures were 9/5. His career also included 77 five-wicket hauls and 22 ten-wicket hauls. Warne was the second-highest Test wicket-taker, with 708 scalps in 145 matches at an average of 25.41, with 37 five-wicket hauls and 10 ten-fors.