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Brian Lara Biography

Brian Lara is one of the most popular and richest Cricket Player who was born on May 2, 1969 in Santa Cruz, San Juan-Laventille Regional Corporation, Trinidad and Tobago. A dominant cricketer who has twice been named the top cricketer of the World. He set a record for Tests by scoring a 400 not-out in 2004.

He was joined by He joined Richie Benaud in the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2012. in the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2012.

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-23s against the touring Indian team further elevated his reputation.

There are two children: Sydney and Tyla and his model Leasel Rovedas.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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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.

Brian Lara Net Worth

Brian Lara is one of the richest Cricket Player from Trinidad and Tobago. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Brian Lara's net worth $60 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He made his debut in international cricket with his country, the West Indies in 1990.

He was admitted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame on September 14 2012. He set a record for first-class cricket with an unbeaten 501 mark in 1994.

Brian Charles Lara, TC, OCC, AM (born 2 May 1969) is a Trinidadian former international cricketer, widely acknowledged 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. 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. Lara also shares the test record of scoring 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).

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 January 1993, Lara scored 277 versus Australia in Sydney. This, his maiden Test century in his fifth Test, was the turning point 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.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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His father died in 1989 of a heart attack and his mother died in 2002 of cancer.

Lara is the father of a daughter 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. In late 2010, Lara and Rovedas welcomed another daughter, Tyla.

Who is Brian Lara Dating?

According to our records, Brian Lara married to Leasel Rovedas. As of December 1, 2023, Brian Lara’s is not dating anyone.

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.

Facts & Trivia

Brian Ranked on the list of most popular Cricket Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Trinidad and Tobago. Brian Lara celebrates birthday on May 2 of every year.

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.

Is Brian Lara the greatest cricketer in the world?

How long did Brian Lara take to score 400?

Lara finished his innings two minutes shy of 13 hours for the record. His uneaten 400 included 43 fours and four sixes.

Did Brian Lara play IPL?

Brian Lara Sunrisers Hyderabad Coach IPL: Brian Lara, the biggest batsman of West Indies cricket and who scored more than 22,000 runs in international cricket, has joined Sunrisers Hyderabad this time in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Who dropped Brian Lara 501?

He had a few near-misses – Lara was bowled off a no-ball on 12 and then was dropped by wicketkeeper Chris Scott on 18 (Scott apparently said: “Oh dear, he’ll probably go on and get a hundred”).

Who is better Kohli or Lara?

Kohli is the fastest to 4,000 runs as captain in Tests. He took 65 innings, beating Lara (71). Kohli is the first captain to make 200 runs in a Test match for the tenth time. Lara and Ponting have seven each.

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