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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 ...
Brian Lara is the only player to have managed the feat in Test cricket. Lara holds the record for the highest score in first-class cricket, having made 501 not out in 1994. Bill Ponsford is the only other player to have scored two quadruple centuries, doing so in 1923 and 1927 for the Victoria cricket team.
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.
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]
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Within a year, the equivalent batting record of highest run-scorer had also changed hands: Sachin Tendulkar surpassed the tally of 11,953 runs by Brian Lara. [18] The record for most dismissals by a wicket-keeper is held by Mark Boucher of South Africa [19] while the record for most catches by a fielder is held by Rahul Dravid. [20]
The Caribbean Premier League chose the Brian Lara Cricket Academy as the host for the final matches of the 2017 tournament, the first high-profile matches at the ground. [2] Subsequent to this the Government of Trinidad and Tobago further purchased the rights to hold the CPL finals from 2018 through to 2020 at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy. [3]