Brian Lara facts for kids
Lara in 2012
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Brian Charles Lara
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| Born | 2 May 1969 Santa Cruz, Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm leg break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 196) | 6 December 1990 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 27 November 2006 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 59) | 9 November 1990 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 21 April 2007 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1987–2008 | Trinidad and Tobago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Northern Transvaal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1998 | Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Southern Rocks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 4 February 2012
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Brian Charles Lara, TC, OCC (born May 2, 1969) is a famous former cricket player from Trinidad and Tobago. Many people think he is one of the greatest batsmen ever! He holds amazing cricket records. These include the highest score in a first-class cricket match (501 not out) and the highest score in an international Test match (400 not out). He earned the nicknames "The Prince of Port of Spain" or simply "The Prince".
Lara also held a record for 18 years for scoring the most runs in a single over of a Test match. He scored 28 runs off one over from Robin Peterson in 2003. This record was broken in 2022. As a captain, Lara led the West Indies team to win the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy. This was the first major trophy for the team since 1979.
Brian Lara was often ranked as a top Test batsman. His incredible score of 153 not out against Australia in 1999 was called the second-best batting performance in Test cricket history by Wisden. Only Sir Donald Bradman's 270 runs in 1937 were rated higher. Muttiah Muralitharan, a famous bowler, said Lara was the toughest batsman he ever faced.
Lara received the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World award in 1994 and 1995. He is also one of only three cricketers to win the BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year award. In 2012, he was added to the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. In 2013, he became an Honorary Life Member of the MCC.
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Early Life and Cricket Start
Brian Lara grew up with ten brothers and sisters. His father, Bunty, and older sister, Agnes Cyrus, took him to a local cricket clinic when he was just six years old. This helped him learn proper batting techniques early on.
Lara went to St. Joseph's Roman Catholic primary school. Later, he attended San Juan Secondary School. At 14, he moved to Fatima College, where he became a very promising young player under coach Harry Ramdass. That year, he scored 745 runs in the school league, averaging 126.16 runs per game. This led to him being chosen for the Trinidad and Tobago national under-16 team. By age 15, he played in his first West Indian under-19 tournament and represented the West Indies in Under-19 cricket.
Brian Lara's Cricket Journey
Starting His First-Class Career
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The year 1987 was a big one for Lara. In the West Indies Youth Championships, he scored 498 runs, breaking a record. He captained the Trinidad and Tobago team to victory, scoring 116 runs in the final match.
In January 1988, Lara played his first professional cricket match for Trinidad and Tobago. In his second match, he scored 92 runs against a strong Barbados team. Later that year, he captained the West Indies team in Australia for a youth World Cup. His score of 182 runs as captain of the West Indies Under-23s against the touring Indian team further boosted his reputation.
Lara was chosen for the full West Indies team, but he had to withdraw because his father passed away. In 1989, he captained a West Indies B Team in Zimbabwe and scored 145 runs.
In 1990, at just 20 years old, Lara became Trinidad and Tobago's youngest captain ever. He led them to win the one-day Geddes Grant Shield. Also in 1990, he made his Test debut for West Indies against Pakistan, scoring 44 and 5 runs. He had played his first One Day International (ODI) match a month earlier.
International Cricket Highlights
In January 1993, Lara scored an amazing 277 runs against Australia in Sydney. This was his first Test century, and it helped the West Indies win the series. Lara later named his daughter Sydney after this memorable score.
Lara holds several world records for high scores. He has the highest individual score in first-class cricket (501 not out for Warwickshire in 1994). He also has the highest score in Test cricket (400 not out for the West Indies against England in 2004). Lara's 501 runs were scored in just 427 balls. He hit 10 sixes and 62 fours!
He is the only player to have taken back the Test record score. He first scored 375 against England in 1994. This record was broken by Matthew Hayden in 2003, but Lara then scored 400 not out in 2004 to reclaim it. His 400 not out also made him the second player to score two Test triple-centuries. He has scored nine double-centuries in Test cricket, which is a huge achievement. As a captain, he scored five double-centuries, more than any other captain.
Lara captained the West Indies from 1998 to 1999. During this time, he scored 546 runs against Australia, including three centuries and one double century. In one match, he scored 153 not out to help West Indies win with only one wicket left. He was named Man of the Match for both games and Man of the Series.
In 2001, Lara was named Man of the Carlton Series in Australia. He scored 116 against Australia. That same year, Lara scored 688 runs in a three-match Test series against Sri Lanka. These amazing performances led Muttiah Muralitharan to say that Lara was the most dangerous batsman he had ever bowled to.
Lara became captain again in 2003. He scored 110 in his first Test match back in charge. In September 2004, West Indies won the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy under his leadership.
In March 2005, Lara chose not to play for the West Indies team due to a disagreement about his personal sponsorship. He returned to the team later and scored 196 runs. He also scored 176 in the next Test.
On April 26, 2006, Lara was made captain of the West Indies cricket team for the third time. In May 2006, he led the West Indies to win One-Day series against Zimbabwe and India.
On December 16, 2006, he became the first West Indies player to pass 10,000 runs in One Day Internationals. He was one of only two players at the time to reach this milestone in both Test and ODI cricket. On April 10, 2007, Lara said he would retire from one-day cricket after the 2007 Cricket World Cup. A few days later, he announced he would retire from all international cricket after the tournament.
Lara played his final international game on April 21, 2007, against England. He was run out for 18 runs. Before the end of this World Cup, Glenn McGrath, a famous bowler, said that Lara was the greatest batsman he had ever bowled to.
Retirement from Cricket
| Lara's International Match Results | ||||||
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| Matches | Won | Lost | Drawn | Tied | No result | |
| Test | 131 | 32 | 63 | 36 | 0 | – |
| ODI | 299 | 139 | 144 | – | 3 | 13 |
On April 19, 2007, Lara announced he was retiring from all international cricket. His last international match was on April 21, 2007. After his final game, he asked the fans, "Did I entertain?" and received a huge cheer. He then took a "lap of honour," shaking hands with many fans. Lara has shown interest in staying involved in the sport.
In July 2007, Lara signed with the Indian Cricket League. He was the former captain of the Mumbai Champs. He also played for his home team, Trinidad and Tobago, in early 2008. He scored a match-winning hundred against Guyana.
Lara suffered a fractured arm in January 2009, which kept him out of the ICL season. However, he still wanted to play Twenty20 cricket. In June 2010, he played for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Pakistan, scoring 37 runs.
In 2012, Lara became a brand ambassador for the Bangladesh Premier League team Chittagong Kings. In 2014, he played for the MCC team in a special match at Lord's, scoring a half-century.
Return to Cricket in 2010
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Lara still wanted to play Twenty20 cricket. In late 2010, he joined Southern Rocks, a team in Zimbabwe. In his first Twenty20 match, he scored 65 runs. He played two more games before leaving due to "commitments elsewhere."
In 2011, Lara expressed interest in playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Even though he hadn't played active cricket for four years, he had the highest reserve price at the IPL auction. However, no team bought him. In July 2014, he played in the Bicentenary Celebration match at Lord's.
Coaching Career
In December 2021, Brian Lara was appointed as the Batting Coach and Strategic Advisor for the Sunrisers Hyderabad team in the Indian Premier League for the 2022 season.
Personal Life
Brian Lara's father passed away in 1989, and his mother passed away in 2002.
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Lara has two daughters with Trinidadian journalist and model Leasel Rovedas.
Awards and Recognition
In 2009, Lara was made an honorary Member of the Order of Australia for his contributions to West Indian and Australian cricket.
He received the highest award of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) in July 2008. Lara also received an honorary doctorate from the University of Sheffield in 2007. In September 2009, he became an honorary lifetime member of the Royal St. Kitts Golf Club.
On October 29, 2011, Lara received an honorary doctorate of laws from the University of the West Indies, St Augustine. On September 14, 2012, he was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
The Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad and Tobago, which opened in 2017, was named in his honor. In July 2019, Lara received another honorary doctorate from the D Y Patil International University in India.
Giving Back
Lara started the Pearl and Bunty Lara Foundation, a charity named after his parents. It helps with health and social care issues. He is also an Ambassador for Sport for Trinidad and Tobago, promoting his country around the world.
He has played in charity football matches like Soccer Aid in 2008 and 2010. Lara was also a talented football player when he was young. He often played with friends like Dwight Yorke and Shaka Hislop, who later played for the Trinidad and Tobago national football team in the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Amazing Cricket Records
- Lara scored 277 runs against Australia in Sydney. This was his first Test century and one of the highest scores ever against Australia.
- He was the first person to score seven centuries in eight first-class games. This included his record 375 against England and 501 not out against Durham.
- After Matthew Hayden broke his Test record of 375 runs in 2003, Lara took it back by scoring 400 not out in 2004 against England. This made him the only player to break the world record twice.
- He holds the record for the highest individual Test score as a captain (400*).
- He was the fastest batsman to score 10,000 and 11,000 Test runs, based on the number of innings played.
- He scored 34 Test centuries, which is one of the highest numbers in cricket history.
- He has the most centuries for a West Indian player.
- Nine of his centuries were double-centuries (200 runs or more).
- Two of them were triple-centuries (300 runs or more).
- He scored centuries against all Test-playing nations.
- He was the sixth batsman to score a century in just one session of play.
- Lara scored a very high percentage of his team's runs in some matches. For example, in a 2001 series against Sri Lanka, he scored 688 runs, which was 42% of his team's total.
- He holds the world record for scoring the most runs in a single over (28 runs) in Test cricket.
- He scored the ninth-fastest Test century, reaching 100 runs in just 77 balls.
- With 164 catches, he is one of the top non-wicketkeepers for catches.
- In 1994, he won the BBC Sports Personality World Sport Star of the Year award. In 1995, he was named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year.
- Wisden ranked three of Lara's innings in their top 15 best Test performances ever. His 153 not out in Bridgetown in 1999 was considered the second-greatest Test innings ever played.
- He was voted as the second-scariest batsman to face by international bowlers.
See also
In Spanish: Brian Lara para niños
- Brian Lara Cricket series of video games
- Brian Lara Cricket Academy
