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Sep 8, 2018 · Lara donned the West Indies jersey in 131 Tests and scored 11953 runs at a breath-taking average of 52.89, accompanied by 34 centuries and 48 half-centuries. He also had 9 double-centuries under...
Top records are a selection of the records (from among those listed under the Test, ODI, T20I and Combined categories) in which the player is in the top ten. If the player has multiple entries in...
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 seemed to turn him into a confused and...
Apr 9, 2004 · Six months after losing his record for the highest Test score, Brian Lara faced England in Antigua. And rewrote history
Lara scored 34 centuries during his Test career, the highest number by a West Indian player. He is ranked sixth for the highest number of centuries in a career along with Mahela Jayawardene, Sunil Gavaskar and Younis Khan, behind Sachin Tendulkar, Jacques Kallis, Ricky Ponting, Kumar Sangakkara and Rahul Dravid. [16]
Apr 27, 2024 · Brian Lara 400* - Highest Score in Test Cricket History: Credit: Hindustan Times On April 12, 2004, Brian played one of the most extraordinary innings in cricket history by becoming the first ever batsman in the world to score 400 runs in a single Test innings.
Lara struck 277 runs against Australia in Sydney, his maiden Test century, the fourth-highest maiden Test century by any batsman, the highest individual score in all Tests between the two teams and the fourth-highest century ever recorded against Australia by any Test batsman.
Nov 9, 1990 · Only 10 players have been lucky enough to say they've held the record for the highest individual Test score in men's cricket; only Brian Lara has broken the record twice. In 1994, his 375 broke Garfield Sobers record which had stood for 36 years.
Having cracked 501* for Warwickshire, just weeks after authoring 375, Lara eclipsed Hanif Mohammad's 499 to own the highest first-class score in cricket history.
May 2, 2020 · 375 v England, Antigua, 1994: Garry Sobers' 365* from 1958 was the highest individual score in Tests for 36 years before Lara broke the record. His 538-ball effort in the fifth Test extended over 12 hours and included 45 boundaries.
