Brian Lara
Brian Charles Lara (born 2 May 1969 in Santa Cruz, Trinidad and Tobago) is a former Trinidadian cricketer who played in 130 Test matches for the West Indies from 1990 to 2006. A right-handed top order batter, he holds the world record for the highest individual score in both first-class and Test cricket.[1] He scored 501* for Warwickshire against Durham at Edgbaston in June 1994 to create a new first-class record, and then scored 400* for the West Indies against England at St John's in April 2004 for the Test record.[2]
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Lara batting for Warwickshire in 1994
Brian Lara batting for the West Indies against India at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados, in 2002
Lara during his lap of honour in his final international match, 2007 Cricket World Cup
Brian Lara bats during a warm-up for the Bicentenary Celebration match in 2014
Barack Obama and Lara during the US President's tour of Trinidad and Tobago in 2009. Obama had asked to meet Lara, whom he described as the "Michael Jordan of cricket".
Brian Lara's career performance graph
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References
- ↑ "Brian Lara". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ↑ "Most runs in an innings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
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