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Brian Lara:
Brian Charles Lara, TC, OCC, AM (born 2 May 1969, in Santa Cruz, Trinidad and Tobago) is a former West Indian international cricket player. He is generally regarded 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. The BBC radio commentary on the final day of the innings (6 June 1994), by Dave Roberts, was being broadcast around the world live via the BBC World Service network, and in the UK on BBC Radios 1, 2 & 4 as well as the majority of BBC Local radio stations. That evening, as Lara neared the all-time batting record, a huge surge of fans crowded to enter the ground.
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 hundred, 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 holds the test record of scoring most 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.
Lara's match-winning performance of 153 not out against Australia in Bridgetown, Barbados in 1999 has been rated by Wisden as the second best batting performance in the history of Test cricket, next only to the 270 runs scored by Sir Donald Bradman in The Ashes Test match of 1937. Muttiah Muralitharan, rated as the greatest Test match bowler ever by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, and the highest wicket-taker in both Test cricket and in One Day Internationals (ODIs), has hailed Lara as his toughest opponent among all batsmen in the world. Lara was awarded the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World awards in 1994 and 1995 and is also one of only three cricketers to receive the prestigious BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year, the other two being Sir Garfield Sobers and Shane Warne.Brian Lara is popularly nicknamed as "The Prince of Port of Spain" or simply "The Prince". On 27 November 2009 he was appointed honorary member of the Order of Australia.On 14 September 2012 Brian Lara was inducted to the ICC's Hall of Fame at the awards ceremony held in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Brian Lara has the dubious distinction of playing in second most test matches(63) in which his team was on losing side,just behind Shivnarine Chanderpaul.
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| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Brian Charles Lara | |||
| Born | May 2, 1969 Santa Cruz, Trinidad |
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| Nickname | Prince | |||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | |||
| Batting style | Left-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm leg-break | |||
| Role | Higher middle order batsman | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | West Indies | |||
| 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 | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1987–2008 | Trinidad and Tobago | |||
| 1992–1993 | Transvaal | |||
| 1994–1998 | Warwickshire | |||
| 2010 | Southern Rocks | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Test | ODI | FC | LA |
| Matches | 131 | 299 | 261 | 429 |
| Runs scored | 11,953 | 10,405 | 22,156 | 14,602 |
| Batting average | 52.88 | 40.48 | 51.88 | 39.67 |
| 100s/50s | 34/48 | 19/63 | 65/88 | 27/86 |
| Top score | 400* | 169 | 501* | 169 |
| Balls bowled | 60 | 49 | 514 | 130 |
| Wickets | – | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Bowling average | – | 15.25 | 104.00 | 29.80 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| Best bowling | – | 2/5 | 1/1 | 2/5 |
| Catches/stumpings | 164/– | 120/– | 320/– | 177/– |
Personal life Brian Lara:
Lara has dated former Durham County Cricket Club receptionist and British lingerie model Lynnsey Ward.[46] During the West Indies tour to Australia in late 2000, Lara was accompanied by Ward.
Lara is the father of 2 girls one called Sydney (born 1996) whom he fathered with Trinidadian journalist and model Leasel Rovedas. Sydney was named as a tribute to one of Lara's favourite grounds, the Sydney Cricket Ground, where Lara scored his first Test century- the highly acclaimed 277 in the 1992–93 season. His 2nd daughter Tyla was also with Leasel Rovedas she was born in 2010.
His father died in 1989 of a heart attack and his mother died in 2002 of cancer.
Lara has dated former Durham County Cricket Club receptionist and British lingerie model Lynnsey Ward.[46] During the West Indies tour to Australia in late 2000, Lara was accompanied by Ward.
Lara is the father of 2 girls one called Sydney (born 1996) whom he fathered with Trinidadian journalist and model Leasel Rovedas. Sydney was named as a tribute to one of Lara's favourite grounds, the Sydney Cricket Ground, where Lara scored his first Test century- the highly acclaimed 277 in the 1992–93 season. His 2nd daughter Tyla was also with Leasel Rovedas she was born in 2010.
His father died in 1989 of a heart attack and his mother died in 2002 of cancer.
In 2009, Lara was made an honorary Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for services to West Indian and Australian cricket.
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