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Record-breaker - Lara is the holder of 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.
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 has also scored the highest 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 (matched in 2013 by Australia's George Bailey and in 2020 by South Africa's Keshav Maharaj).
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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.
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Hailed by Muttiah Muralitharan as his toughest opponent.
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Awarded the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World awards in 1994 and 1995
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He is 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.
Real name: | Brian Charles Lara |
Brian Lara Height
| How tall is Brian Lara? | 173 cm / 5 ft 9 in | Weight | 75 kg / 165 lbs Comment
| Born: | 02 May 1969 Comment | How old is Brian Lara in 2024? / Age: | 54 years
| Where was Brian Lara born? | Santa Cruz, Trinidad and Tobago | Nicknames: | The Prince of Port of Spain, The Prince | Zodiac sign: | Taurus |
Brian Lara Net worth 2024 (estimated)
| How much is Brian Lara worth? | $60,000,000
| Nationality: | Trinidadian | Hair color: | Brown | Eyes color: | Brown |
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