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Full name Brian Charles Lara
Born May 2, 1969, Cantaro, Santa Cruz, Trinidad
Current age 36 years 73 days
Major teams ICC World XI, West Indies, Northern Transvaal, Trinidad
& Tobago, Warwickshire
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak googly
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct
st
Tests 117 206 6 10818 400* 54.09 17835 60.65 30 46 1426 77 148 0
ODIs 256 249 26 9354 169 41.94 11765 79.50 19 57 935 110 106 0
First-class 241 405 11 20559 501* 52.18 59 84 298 0
List A 386 371 37 13551 169 40.57 27 80 163 0
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 117 60 28 0 - - - 2.79 - 0 0 0
ODIs 256 49 61 4 2/5 2/5 15.25 7.46 12.25 0 0 0
First-class 241 514 416 4 1/1 104.00 4.85 128.50 0 0
List A 386 130 149 5 2/5 2/5 29.80 6.87 26.00 0 0 0
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Test debut Pakistan v West Indies at Lahore - Dec 6-11, 1990
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Last Test West Indies v Pakistan at Kingston - Jun 3-7, 2005
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ODI debut Pakistan v West Indies at Karachi - Nov 9, 1990 scorecard
Last ODI West Indies v South Africa at Port of Spain - May 15, 2005
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First-class span 1987/88 - 2005
List A span 1987/88 - 2004/05
Notes : Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1995
No-one since Bradman has built massive scores as
often and as fast as Lara in his pomp. Even his stance was thrilling
- the bat raised high in the air, the weight poised on a bent front
knee, the eyes low and level. Then the guillotine would fall,
sending the ball flashing to the boundary. In the space of two
months in 1994, Lara's 375 and 501 not out broke world records for
the highest Test and first-class scores, but sudden fame turned him
into a confused and contradictory figure. During an inventive but
largely fruitless spell as captain of a fading team, Lara reiterated
his genius by single-handedly defying the 1998-99 Australian
tourists with a sequence of 213, 8, 153 not out and 100. For a
while, excess weight and hamstring problems hampered his
once-lightning footwork, and the torrent of runs became an
occasional spurt. But after Garry Sobers suggested a tweak to his
flourishing backlift, Lara returned to his best in Sri Lanka in
2001-02, with 221 and 130 in one Test and 688 runs - a record 42% of
West Indies' output - in the series, and reclaimed the captaincy the
following year. The task proved as hard second time round, leading a
side where he was far and away the best player and where discipline
was a constant worry. He led them to defeat for a second time in
South Africa, and then lost to England in the Caribbean, too. But
then, just when all hope seemed to have deserted West Indies
cricket, Lara responded to the prospect of a home series whitewash
with an astonishing unbeaten 400 in the final Test against England
in Antigua. In doing so, he became the first man to reclaim the
world Test batting record, a feat that ensured he would stand
alongside Shane Warne as the most charismatic cricketer of the
modern era. Then followed a spectacular low, when Bangladesh came
visiting and had West Indies in trouble in the one-day series and
the first Test, prompting Lara to threaten his resignation if his
batsmen did not lift their game. They responded in the following
game, and Lara captained the side in England, where the team was
beaten in every Test they played. Astonishingly, he then galvanised
his charges and led the one-day team to victory in the ICC Champions
Trophy to spark off hopes of a West Indies resurgence.
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