Brian Lara

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Brian Lara is a legendary West Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in history, famed for his record-breaking high scores in Test and first-class cricket.

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instanceOf cricketer
human
awardReceived BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year NERFINISHED
Order of Australia (honorary) NERFINISHED
Trinity Cross NERFINISHED
Wisden Cricketer of the Year NERFINISHED
battingStyle left-handed
bowlingStyle right-arm leg break
captained West Indies cricket team NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Trinidad and Tobago NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1969-05-02
familyName Lara NERFINISHED
fullName Brian Charles Lara NERFINISHED
givenName Brian
holdsRecord highestIndividualScoreInFirstClassCricket
highestIndividualScoreInTestInnings
isConsideredOneOf greatest batsmen of all time
memberOfSportsTeam West Indies cricket team NERFINISHED
nickname The Prince NERFINISHED
The Prince of Port of Spain NERFINISHED
odiBattingAverage 40.48
odiCapNumberForWestIndies 65
odiCenturies 19
odiDebut 1990-11-09
odiDebutAgainst Pakistan NERFINISHED
odiDebutFor West Indies NERFINISHED
odiMatchesPlayed 299
odiRunsScored 10405
placeOfBirth Santa Cruz, Trinidad and Tobago NERFINISHED
playedFor Mumbai Champs NERFINISHED
Southern Rocks NERFINISHED
Trinidad and Tobago cricket team NERFINISHED
Warwickshire County Cricket Club NERFINISHED
recordSetAgainst Durham NERFINISHED
England NERFINISHED
recordSetAtVenue Antigua Recreation Ground, St John’s NERFINISHED
Edgbaston, Birmingham NERFINISHED
recordSetForTeam Warwickshire NERFINISHED
recordSetOnDate 1994-06-06
2004-04-12
recordValue 400 not out
501 not out
retiredFromODICricket 2007-04-21
retiredFromTestCricket 2006-11-27
role top-order batsman
sexOrGender male
sport cricket
testBattingAverage 52.88
testCapNumberForWestIndies 199
testCaptaincyPeriod 1998–1999
2003–2006
testCenturies 34
testDebut 1990-12-06
testDebutAgainst Pakistan NERFINISHED
testDebutFor West Indies NERFINISHED
testMatchesPlayed 131
testRunsScored 11953
wasRankedNumberOneInTestBattingBy ICC NERFINISHED

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