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Personal information
Full name	Brian Charles Lara
Born	2 May 1969 (age 41) Santa Cruz, Trinidad(1969-05-02)
Nickname	The Prince of Port-of-Spain The Prince of Trinidad The 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/–
Source: cricinfo.com, 4 February 2008

The Hon Brian Charles Lara, TC, OCC, AM (born 2 May 1969, in Santa Cruz, Trinidad and Tobago) is a West Indian international cricket player. He topped the Test batting rankings on several occasions and holds several cricketing records, holds 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 (June 6, 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 grounds. 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 November 27, 2009 he was appointed honorary member of the Order of Australia.

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Early First-class career-

1987 was a breakthrough year for Lara, when in the West Indies Youth Championships he scored 498 runs breaking the record of 480 by Carl Hooper set the previous year. He captained the tournament winning Trinidad and Tobago, who profited from a match winning 116 from Lara.

In January 1988, Lara made his first-class debut for Trinidad and Tobago in the Red Stripe Cup against Leeward Islands. In his second first-class match he made 92 against a Barbados attack containing Joel Garner and Malcolm Marshall, two greats of West Indies teams. Later in the same year, he captained the West Indies team in Australia for the Bicentennial Youth World Cup where the West Indies reached the semi-finals. Later that year, his innings of 182 as captain of the West Indies under 23 XI against the touring Indian team further elevated his reputation.

His first selection for the full West Indies team followed in due course, but unfortunately coincided with the death of his father and Lara withdrew from the team. In 1989, he captained a West Indies B Team in Zimbabwe and scored 145.

In 1990, at the age of 20, Lara became Trinidad and Tobago's youngest ever captain, leading them that season to victory in the one-day Geddes Grant Shield. It was also in 1990 that he made his belated Test debut for West Indies against Pakistan, scoring 44 and 5. He had made his ODI debut a month earlier against Pakistan, scoring 11. In the 1992 World Cup Lara did well averaging 47.57 with a highest score of 88 retired hurt.

 International career-

Brian Lara batting against India at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados.

 

In January 1993, Lara scored 277 versus Australia in Sydney. This, his maiden Test century in his fifth Test, was the turning point inning of the series as West Indies won the final two Tests to win the series 2-1.Lara went on to name his daughter Sydney after scoring 277 at SCG.
He was greatly influenced by Trinidadian Lester Armogan. Lara was devastated with "Uncle Les's" death, but has been able to rebound. He knows "Uncle Les" is watching.

Lara holds several world records for high scoring. He has the highest individual score in both first-class cricket (501 not out for Warwickshire against Durham in 1994) and Test cricket (400 not out for the West Indies against England in 2004). Lara amassed his world record 501 in 474 minutes off only 427 balls. He hit 308 in boundaries (10 sixes and 62 fours). His partners were Roger Twose (115 partnership - 2nd wicket), Trevor Penney (314 - 3rd), Paul Smith (51 - 4th) and Keith Piper (322 unbroken - 5th). Earlier in that season Lara scored six centuries in seven innings while playing for Warwickshire.

He is the only man to have reclaimed the Test record score, having scored 375 against England in 1994, a record that stood until Matthew Hayden's 380 against Zimbabwe in 2003. His 400 not out also made him the second player after Donald Bradman to score two Test triple-centuries, and the second after Bill Ponsford to score two first-class quadruple-centuries. He has scored nine double centuries in Test cricket, second only to Bradman's twelve. In 1995 Lara in the Test match away series against England, scored 3 hundreds in Three consecutive Matches which earned him the Man of the Series award. The Test Series was eventually drawn 2-2. He also held the record for the highest total number of runs in a Test career, after overtaking Allan Border in an innings of 226 played at Adelaide Oval, Australia in November 2005. This would be later broken by Sachin Tendulkar of India on 17 October 2008 whilst playing against Australia at Mohali in the 2nd Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2008.
 
Lara captained the West Indies from 1998 to 1999, when West Indies suffered their first whitewash at the hands of South Africa. Following this they played Australia in a four Test series which was drawn 2-2, with Lara scoring 546 runs including three centuries and one double hundred. In the second Test at Kingston he scored 213 while in the third Test he scored 153* in the second innings as West Indies chased down 311 with one wicket left. He won the Man of the Match award for both matches and was also named Man of the Series.

In 2001 Lara was named the Man of the Carlton Series in Australia with an average of 46.50, the highest average by a West Indian in that series, scoring two half centuries and one century, 116 against Australia. That same year Lara amassed 688 runs in the three match away Test series against Sri Lanka making three centuries, and one fifty - including the double century and a century in the first and second innings of the 3rd Test Match at the Sinhalese Sports Ground, equating to 42% of the team's runs in that series. These extraordinary performances led Muttiah Muralitharan to state that Lara was the most dangerous batsman he had ever faced.


Lara was reappointed as captain against the touring Australians in 2003, and struck 110 in his first Test match back in charge, showing a return to stellar performance. Later that season, under his captaincy, West Indies won the two match Test series against Sri Lanka 1-0 with Lara making a double century in the First Test. In September 2004, West Indies won the ICC Champions Trophy in England under his captaincy.

In March 2005, Lara declined selection for the West Indies team because of a dispute over his personal Cable & Wireless sponsorship deal, which clashed with the Cricket Board's main sponsor, Digicel. Six other players were involved in this dispute, including stars Chris Gayle, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Dwayne Bravo. Lara said he declined selection in a stand of solidarity, when these players were dropped because of their sponsorship deals. The issue was resolved after the first Test of the series against the touring South African team.

Lara returned to the team for the second Test (and scored a huge first innings score of 196), but in the process lost his captaincy indefinitely to the newly-appointed Shivnarine Chanderpaul. In the next Test, against the same opponents, he scored a 176 in the first innings. After a one day series against South Africa, he scored his first Test century against the visiting Pakistanis in the first Test at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados which the West Indies eventually won.

On 26 April 2006 Lara was reappointed the captain of the West Indies cricket team for the third time. This followed the resignation of Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who had been captain for thirteen months - in which the West Indies won just one of the 14 Test matches they had competed. In May 2006, Lara led the West Indies to successful One-Day series victories against Zimbabwe and India. Lara's team played Australia in the finals of the DLF Cup and the ICC Champions Trophy where they finished runners up in both finals.

On 16 December 2006 he became the first player for the West Indies to pass 10,000 One Day International runs. along with Sachin Tendulkar one of only two players, at the time, to do so in both forms of the game. On 10 April 2007 Lara confirmed his retirement from one day cricket post the 2007 Cricket World Cup. A few days later he announced that he would in fact be retiring from all international cricket after the tournament.


Lara played his final international game on 21 April 2007 in a dead rubber World Cup game against England. He was run out for 18 after a mix up with Marlon Samuels; England won the game by 1 run. Before the end of this World Cup Glenn McGrath stated that Lara is the greatest batsman that he has ever bowled to.

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Lara among elite group for IPL auction-

MUMBAI, India CMC — Former champion batsman Brian Lara is set to make a return to competitive cricket after a near four-year break, after attracting the top bracket price ahead of next month's auction for the Indian Premier League.

The 41-year-old, who abruptly quit international cricket following the Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean in 2007, is one of 21 players who have been selected in the elite class of players.

Lara is joined by big-hitting West Indies opener Chris Gayle in the top tier, but are the only two West Indians making the grade.

"I would like to see myself as someone who can make a contribution even if I'm not in the final XI," Lara was quoted as saying.

"I would like to get involved in a holistic way and not just as a player."

Lara gave his strongest signal of a return to competitive cricket when he turned out for Masvingo Rocks in the Stanbic T20 Series in Zimbabwe last month.

With his star appeal, the left-hander is now expected to be one of the hottest commodities at the IPL auction which takes place in Bangalore on January 8-9.

He will bring with him a sterling career that yielded 11,953 Test runs and 10,405 runs in One-Day Internationals.

Indians Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh and Anil Kumble have all attracted the highest reserve as price as well, along with retired Australian Test and ODI star Adam Gilchrist and stylish Sri Lankan batsman Mahela Jayawardene.

West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard, who will turn out for last season's defeated finalists Mumbai Indians, will not be involved in the auction as he was one of only 12 players retained by the respective franchises earlier this month.

Brian Lara, the former West Indian captain who two months ago ended a three-year break from competitive cricket, has said he wants to make an entrance in the Indian Premier League. Lara played in Zimbabwe's Twenty20 competition this October, and says he wants to be match-fit to get into the IPL's 2011 season. 

Lara told ESPNcricinfo that the league in Zimbabwe was not the toughest. "If I was to give myself a chance to play in the IPL, then I need to start now," he said. "I tried negotiating with Surrey in May and that fell through. I am not going to say that I am ready for the IPL. The option is around the corner, and I have put my name in the hat. But I need to play cricket regularly from now till then to get fit and capable of doing justice to the game and to my form in such a highly competitive league." 

Ideally, Lara said, his role in the lucrative competition would be similar to that of Shane Warne or Stephen Fleming, whose jobs with their franchises are described as being that of captain-coaches or 'mentors'. "I see myself in that light as well. I don't want to be fighting with the youngsters for a game ... left out today, playing tomorrow. I would like to see myself as someone who can make a contribution even if I am not in the final XI. I would like to get involved in a holistic way and not just as a player." 

West Indies are currently No. 8 in the ICC Test and ODI rankings, but while Lara was optimistic about the future of West Indies cricket, he rung a cautionary note."There is still an abundance of talent. I believe that we still have some of the best youngsters in the world. You look at young Kemar Roach as a fast bowler; you look at Adrian Barath making a hundred in his debut Test at the Gabba. Darren Bravo, Dwayne Bravo's brother … these are very, very good players. 

"What I am worried about is those three-four years from teenage life to early twenties. What happens? Do they grab hold of international cricket? They can't do that by themselves. There's got to be a supporting team behind them to make sure that they elevate themselves very quickly to that level." 

Lara felt the reason for West Indies' recent struggles did not lie with the players. "I see ordinary Australians get on the scene and in three or four years they are top-class players," he said. "I see [that] in the West Indies, really special young players get out there and struggle, [and] can't find their way. Something must be wrong with our system." 

The West Indies players and the administration have been at loggerheads in the recent past. The most recent controversy to dog the team was Chris Gayle's removal as captain after he, along with Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo, opted out of a central contract with the West Indies Cricket Board. While Lara did not comment on the players' decision, he said that Gayle's 333 in the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle was a positive sign. "I think it is very important. Obviously he lost the captaincy, but I believe the way he handled it ... getting a triple-hundred and putting the team in a position to possibly win a Test match in Sri Lanka. That's very good. It showed maturity, and that's what I like." 

Allrounder Darren Sammy has been appointed captain and Lara believed that while their was no doubting Sammy's commitment, the 26-year old would need the support of all the senior members in his side to succeed in his role. "As a player, first of all, he is very committed, a guy who will give you 100%. He can have the towel in his hand, 12th man for the entire series, and you would see him very buoyant out there supporting the guys. That's what I love about him as a player. 

"A leader is as good as his troops. Young Sammy will need all the support, especially from the older players; the guys who have been captains at some point in time. He will need their support because the team can be easily derailed if everyone is not in there with one common goal. So it is a good sign, but I just hope that it is not short-lived because we have had those occasions before." 

While looking to the future, Lara also pointed to lessons that needed to be learned from the past, conceding that West Indian teams of the recent past lacked pride. "Yeah, there was pride lacking. It's not just something that you pick up and buy in a shop," he said. "It's something that has to be instilled into you. You just don't pick up family values, unless your parents teach you and let you know exactly what they expect. And I believe that some of the younger players did not have that." 

Outside of his participation in Zimbabwe's T20 League, Lara's only association with Twenty20 cricket came in the form of a one-year stint with the now defunct Indian Cricket League. "Well, when the ICL first came to me, it was not a rebel league. It had the likes of Tony Greig and Kapil Dev [associated with it]. That was a league that was trying to bring the game forward," said Lara, who turned out for Mumbai Champs for one season. 

"I put my name in ink, which was obviously a mistake at the end of it. But I have no regrets. That's gone. I played one season and I asked them to excuse me, because obviously after having such a long career, you don't want to be playing ICL cricket and considered a rebel and banned from all levels of cricket."

Man of the Match Awards-

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Man of the Match Awards – Brian Lara
	Runs	Against	City/Country	Venue	Result	Year
[1]	277	Australia	Sydney, Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	Match Drawn	1993
[2]	167	England	Georgetown, Guyana	Bourda	West Indies won by an innings and 44 runs	1993
[3]	375	England	St John's, Antigua	Antigua Recreation Ground	Match Drawn	1993
[4]	179	England	London, England	Kennington Oval	Match Drawn	1995
[5]	104	India	St John’s, Antigua	Antigua Recreation Ground	Match Drawn	1997
[6]	213	Australia	Kingston, Jamaica	Sabina Park	West Indies won by 10 wickets	1999
[7]	8/153*	Australia	Bridgetown, Barbados	Kensington Oval	West Indies won by 1 wicket	1999
[8]	221/130	Sri Lanka	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Sinhalese Sport Club Ground	Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets	2001
[9]	209	Sri Lanka	Gros Islet, Saint Lucia	Beausejour Stadium	Match Drawn	2003
[10]	191/1	Zimbabwe	Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	Queens Sports Club	West Indies won by 128 runs	2003
[11]	400*	England	St John’s, Antigua	Antigua Recreation Ground	Match Drawn	2004
[12]	226/17	Australia	Adelaide, Australia	Adelaide Oval	Australia won by 7 wickets	2005

  One-Day International Cricket Of Brian Lara-

Man of the Match Awards – Brian Lara
	Runs	Against	City/Country	Venue	Result	Year
[1]	54	Pakistan	Karachi, Pakistan	National Stadium	West Indies won by 24 runs	1991
[2]	69	Australia	Brisbane, Australia	Brisbane Cricket Ground	West Indies won by 12 runs	1992
[3]	88	Pakistan	Melbourne, Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	West Indies won by 10 wickets	1992
[4]	72	Zimbabwe	Brisbane, Australia	Brisbane Cricket Ground	West Indies won by 75 runs	1992
[5]	86	South Africa	Port of Spain, Trinidad	Queens Park Oval	West Indies won by 10 wickets	1992
[6]	128	Pakistan	Durban, South Africa	Kingsmead	West Indies won by 124 runs	1993
[7]	111*	South Africa	Bloemfontein, South Africa	Springbok Park	West Indies won by 9 wickets	1993
[8]	114	Pakistan	Kingston, Jamaica	Sabina Park	West Indies won by 4 wickets	1993
[9]	95*	Pakistan	Port of Spain, Trinidad	Queens Park Oval	West Indies won by 5 wickets	1993
[10]	153	Pakistan	Sharjah, UAE	Sharjah C.A. Stadium	West Indies won by 6 wickets	1993
[11]	82	Sri Lanka	Kolkata, India	Eden Gardens	West Indies won by 7 wickets	1993
[12]	55*	New Zealand	Auckland, New Zealand	Eden Park	West Indies won by 25 runs	1995
[13]	72	New Zealand	Wellington, New Zealand	Basin Reserve	West Indies won by 41 runs	1995
[14]	139	Australia	Port of Spain, Trinidad	Queens Park Oval	West Indies won by 133 runs	1995
[15]	169	Sri Lanka	Sharjah, UAE	Sharjah C. A. Stadium	West Indies won by 4 runs	1995
[16]	111	South Africa	Karachi, Pakistan	National Stadium	West Indies won by 19 runs	1996
[17]	146*	New Zealand	Port of Spain, Trinidad	Queens Park Oval	West Indies won by 7 wickets	1996
[18]	103*	Pakistan	Perth, Australia	W.A.C.A Grounds	West Indies won by 5 wickets	1997
[19]	90	Australia	Perth, Australia	W.A.C.A Grounds	West Indies won by 4 wickets	1997
[20]	88	Pakistan	Sharjah, UAE	Sharjah C.A. Stadium	West Indies won by 43 runs	1997
[21]	51	England	Kingstown, Saint Vincent	Arnos Vale Ground	West Indies won by 4 wickets	1998
[22]	60	India	Singapore	Kallang Ground	West Indies won by 42 runs	1999
[23]	117	Bangladesh	Dhaka, Bangladesh	Bangabandhu National Stadium	West Indies won by 109 runs	1999
[24]	116*	Australia	Sydney, Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	Australia won by 28 runs	2001
[25]	83*	Zimbabwe	Perth, Australia	W.A.C.A Grounds	West Indies won by 44 runs	2001
[26]	59*	New Zealand	Gros Islet, Saint Lucia	Beausejour Stadium	West Indies won by 7 wickets	2002
[27]	103*	Kenya	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	West Indies won by 29 runs	2002
[28]	116	South Africa	Cape Town, South Africa	Newlands	West Indies won by 3 runs	2003
[29]	80	Australia	Port of Spain, Trinidad	Queens Park Oval	West Indies won by 39 runs	2003
[30]	156	Pakistan	Adelaide, Australia	Adelaide Oval	West Indies won by 58 runs	2005

Retirement-

Lara during his lap of honour, 2007 CWC.

 

On 19 April 2007 Lara announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket, indicating that the West Indies vs England match on 21 April 2007 would be his last international appearance. He was run out after a bad mixup with Marlon Samuels for 18, as England went on to win the match by one wicket.

He announced before the 2007 Cricket World Cup that this would be his last appearance in One Day Internationals. After his last match, in the post-game presentation interview, he asked the fans, "Did I entertain?", to which he received a resounding "Yes!" from the West Indies fans, after which he went out and took his 'lap of honor' where he met and shook hands with many of the fans. Lara stated this would be his last appearance in international cricket, he has also indicated his interest in retaining some involvement in the sport.

On 23 July 2007 Lara agreed to sign for the Indian Cricket League. He is currently the captain of the Mumbai Champs. He volunteered to play for his home team Trinidad during the start of 2008 domestic season. He had not played for Trinidad for the last two years. He made his comeback a memorable one with a match winning hundred over Guyana, followed by a dismissive undefeated half-century in the second innings, scored at over two runs per ball. In the third round game (Trinidad got a bye in the second round).

Lara suffered a fractured arm against the Leeward Islands in St Maarten on January 19, which kept him out of the ICL season. He nevertheless affirmed his commitment to returning to Twenty20 cricket, and on June 27, 2010 appeared for the Marylebone Cricket Club match against a touring Pakistan team, scoring 37 from 32 balls.

The Wisden 100 rates Lara's 153 not out against Australia in Bridgetown in 1998-99 as the second best innings ever after Sir Donald Bradman's 270 against England in Melbourne in 1936-37.

 2010 return-

After negotiations between Surrey and Lara for the 2010 Friends Provident t20 failed to come to anything,Twenty20 cricket. Late in the year he joined Southern Rocks, a Zimbabwean side, to compete in the 2010–11 Stanbic Bank 20 Series. 

On his debut for the Rocks, and his first-ever Twenty20 match, he scored a half-century, top-scoring for the Rocks with 65. Lara declared that he still wanted to sign a contract to play He added 34 runs in his next two innings, but then left the competition, citing "commitments elsewhere".

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