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Brian Charles Lara, TC, OCC (born 2 May 1969) is a Trinidadian former international cricketer, [1] [2] widely acknowledged as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. [3] [4] [5] He holds several cricketing records, including the record for the highest individual score in first-class cricket, with 501 not out for Warwickshire against Durham at Edgbaston in 1994, [6] [7] and the record for the ...
Brian Lara is a former cricketer and captain of the West Indies cricket team. He was a skilled batsman , and was known for his ability to bat for long and high-scoring innings . [ 1 ] From his debut in international cricket in 1990 to his retirement in 2007, Lara scored 11,953 runs in Tests and 10,405 in One Day Internationals (ODI ...
The Brian Lara Cricket Academy was meant to be a component of a larger complex situated on 180 acres (0.73 km 2) of farm land in Tarouba, with a cost of TT$1.1 billion. It was designed by Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum , a US architectural firm.
Of the nine other Trinidadians to have captained the West Indies, Brian Lara has led the side the most times in Tests with 47 appearances. [3] Lara has captained the West Indies 125 times in ODIs, which is a West Indies record. [4] Lara has scored the most runs by a Trinidadian, and most runs by a West Indian overall, in Tests and ODIs.
West Indian captain Brian Lara, pictured here in 2012, scored the most runs in the Test series with 546 and was named man of the series. [3]The Australian cricket team toured the Caribbean from February to April 1999 to play four Tests and seven One Day Internationals (ODIs) against the West Indies.
Brian Lara: Seddon Park, Hamilton New Zealand by 9 wickets Test 1478: 26–30 December: Stephen Fleming: Brian Lara: Basin Reserve, Wellington New Zealand by an innings and 105 runs ODI series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI 1532: 2 January: Stephen Fleming: Brian Lara: Eden Park, Auckland New Zealand by 3 wickets ODI 1533: ...
Brian Lara is the 11th batsmen to hold the world record for the highest score in Test cricket and is the only person ever in Test cricket to regain the world record. [11] Brian Lara equaled Don Bradman's record of two treble centuries. Brian Lara also scored his 375 (then world record) total in Antigua against England 10 years previously.
The others are Brian Lara and Chris Gayle (both West Indies), and Virender Sehwag . A triple century (an individual score of 300 runs or more) in Test cricket has been scored on 32 occasions by 28 batsmen from eight of the twelve Test-cricket playing nations. [1] No player from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Ireland or Zimbabwe has scored 300. [1]