Brian Charles Lara is a former Trinidadian international cricket player. He is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. He topped the Test batting rankings on several occasions and 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, which is the only quintuple hundred in first-class cricket history.
Lara also holds the record for the highest individual score in a Test innings after scoring 400 not out against England at Antigua in 2004. He is the only batsman to have ever scored a century, a double century, a triple century, a quadruple century and a quintuple century in first class games over the course of a senior career. Lara also shares the test record of scoring the highest number of runs in a single over in a Test match, when he scored 28 runs off an over by Robin Peterson of South Africa in 2003 (matched in 2013 by Australia's George Bailey).
Brian Lara is popularly nicknamed as "The Prince of Port of Spain" or simply "The Prince". He has the dubious distinction of playing in the second highest number of test matches (63) in which his team was on the losing side, just behind Shivnarine Chanderpaul (68).
Name: Brian Charles Lara
Birth Date: 2 May 1969
Nickname: Princey
Country: West Indies
Batting-Style: Left-handed
Bowling Style: Right-arm leg break
Role: Batsman
Jersey No: 9
ODI Career
- Matches : 229
- Runs Scored : 10405
- Best Run : 169
- 100s/50s : 19/63
- Balls Bowled : 49
- Best Bowling : 2/5
- Wickets : 4
- Catches/stumpings : 120
Test Career
- Matches : 131
- Runs Scored : 11953
- Best Run : 400*
- 100s/50s : 34/48
- Balls Bowled : 60
- Best Bowling : -
- Wickets : 0
- Catches/stumpings : 164
Lara also holds the record for the highest individual score in a Test innings after scoring 400 not out against England at Antigua in 2004. He is the only batsman to have ever scored a century, a double century, a triple century, a quadruple century and a quintuple century in first class games over the course of a senior career. Lara also shares the test record of scoring the highest number of runs in a single over in a Test match, when he scored 28 runs off an over by Robin Peterson of South Africa in 2003 (matched in 2013 by Australia's George Bailey).
Brian Lara is popularly nicknamed as "The Prince of Port of Spain" or simply "The Prince". He has the dubious distinction of playing in the second highest number of test matches (63) in which his team was on the losing side, just behind Shivnarine Chanderpaul (68).
Name: Brian Charles Lara
Birth Date: 2 May 1969
Nickname: Princey
Country: West Indies
Batting-Style: Left-handed
Bowling Style: Right-arm leg break
Role: Batsman
Jersey No: 9
ODI Career
- Matches : 229
- Runs Scored : 10405
- Best Run : 169
- 100s/50s : 19/63
- Balls Bowled : 49
- Best Bowling : 2/5
- Wickets : 4
- Catches/stumpings : 120
Test Career
- Matches : 131
- Runs Scored : 11953
- Best Run : 400*
- 100s/50s : 34/48
- Balls Bowled : 60
- Best Bowling : -
- Wickets : 0
- Catches/stumpings : 164
