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Brian Charles Lara may have left the cricket ground to the delight of bowlers but his name is still rated very highly by all cricket lovers. The reasons - endless!
Brian Lara is the only player in the world ever to have scored a hundred, a double century, a triple century, a quadruple century, and a quintuple century in the first class games. Not only this, Lara still holds the record for most runs in an over in test format when he scored 28 runs off an over by Robin Peterson of South Africa in 2003. Sir Donald Bradman, the legendary Australian batsman popularly known as the unstoppable run machine, rated Lara and Sachin Tendulkar (India) as two of the best he has ever seen in modern times, which is a great feat for this humble batsman.
The list of record associated with this stylish West Indian batsman goes on and on - he has the highest individual score in both first-class cricket and Test cricket (501 not out for Warwickshire against Durham in 1994 and 400 not out for the West Indies against England in 2004, respectively). Born on 2 May 1969, this left-handed batsman was even good with the ball with his right-arm leg-break deliveries.
Awarded the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World awards in 1994 and 1995, Brian Lara rewrote cricket record books with his never-say-die approach, unmatched talent, and determination. Popularly nicknamed as “The Prince of Port of Spain” or simply “The Prince”, Lara announced his retirement on 19 April 2007. When retired, Lara had played 131 tests and 299 one-day internationals and scored 11, 953 runs and 10, 405 runs, respectively.
September 15th, 2010 at 2:40 am
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