List of international cricket centuries by Brian Lara

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Brian Lara, who made the highest individual score and only quadruple century in Test cricket

Brian Lara is a former cricketer and captain of the West Indies cricket team. He was a skilled batsman, and was known for his ability to bat for long and high-scoring innings.[1] From his debut in international cricket in 1990 to his retirement in 2007, Lara scored 11,953 runs in Tests and 10,405 in One Day Internationals (ODI), accumulating a total of 53 centuries.[2] His accomplishments with the bat saw him chosen as the BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year in 1994,[3] as well as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1995.[4]

[5] Lara scored a Test century for the first time in his fifth Test match in 1993 against Australia.[6] His score of 277 in that match is the fourth-highest maiden century in Test history.[7] The 375 he made against England in 1994 was the highest individual Test score for nine years, until Matthew Hayden surpassed it in 2003.[8] Lara regained the world record in 2004 when he made an unbeaten 400, once again against England.[9] It is also the only quadruple century in Test cricket.[10] The unbeaten 153 he scored against Australia in 1999 was rated as the second-best Test innings of all time by the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2001.[11][12] He has scored more than 200 runs on nine occasions, the highest after Donald Bradman.[13][14] Alongside Sir Donald Bradman, Virender Sehwag and Chris Gayle, he is one of four batsmen who have scored triple centuries on two occasions.[15] Lara scored 34 centuries during his Test career, the highest number by a West Indian player. He is ranked sixth for the highest number of centuries in a career along with Mahela Jayawardene, Sunil Gavaskar and Younis Khan, behind Sachin Tendulkar, Jacques Kallis, Ricky Ponting, Kumar Sangakkara and Rahul Dravid.[16]

Lara's first ODI century came more than two years after his debut match, when he scored 128 against Pakistan.[17] His career best is 169 runs made against Sri Lanka in 1995. It is also the third highest individual score by a West Indian batsman.[18] The 117 he made against Bangladesh in 1999 is the fifth fastest century in ODI cricket. It was made in 45 balls at a strike rate of 188.70, reaching the boundary on eighteen occasions and clearing it on four.[19] During his career, he scored more than 150 runs on three occasions. By the time of his retirement, he had scored 19 centuries in ODI matches.[20] This is the second highest number of centuries scored by a single batsman for the West Indies, a record that Chris Gayle surpassed.[21]

Key[edit]

Test cricket centuries[edit]

No. Score Against Pos. Inn. Test Venue H/A Date Result
1 277dagger  Australia 4 2 1/5 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Away 2 January 1993 Drawn[22]
2 167dagger  England 3 2 2/5 Bourda, Georgetown Home 17 March 1994 Won[23]
3 375dagger  England 3 1 5/5 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's Home 16 April 1994 Drawn[24]
4 147  New Zealand 3 1 2/2 Basin Reserve, Wellington Away 10 February 1995 Won[25]
5 145  England 3 3 4/6 Old Trafford, Manchester Away 27 July 1995 Lost[26]
6 152  England 3 2 5/6 Trent Bridge, Nottingham Away 10 August 1995 Drawn[27]
7 179dagger  England 4 2 6/6 The Oval, London Away 25 August 1995 Drawn[28]
8 132  Australia 4 2 5/5 WACA Ground, Perth Away 1 February 1997 Won[29]
9 103dagger  India 4 1 4/5 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's Home 4 April 1997 Drawn[30]
10 115  Sri Lanka 3 3 2/2 Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown Home 20 June 1997 Drawn[31]
11 213daggerdouble-dagger  Australia 4 2 2/4 Sabina Park, Kingston Home 13 March 1999 Won[32]
12 153*daggerdouble-dagger  Australia 5 4 3/4 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Home 26 March 1999 Won[33]
13 100double-dagger  Australia 4 2 4/4 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's Home 3 April 1999 Lost[34]
14 112  England 4 3 3/5 Old Trafford, Manchester Away 3 August 2000 Drawn[35]
15 182  Australia 4 1 3/5 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Away 15 December 2000 Lost[36]
16 178  Sri Lanka 4 1 1/3 Galle International Stadium, Galle Away 13 November 2001 Lost[37]
17 221dagger  Sri Lanka 4 1 3/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Away 29 November 2001 Lost[38]
18 130dagger  Sri Lanka 4 3 3/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Away 29 November 2001 Lost[38]
19 110double-dagger  Australia 4 3 1/4 Bourda, Georgetown Home 10 April 2003 Lost[39]
20 122double-dagger  Australia 4 4 2/4 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Home 19 April 2003 Lost[40]
21 209daggerdouble-dagger  Sri Lanka 4 2 1/2 Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet Home 20 June 2003 Drawn[41]
22 191daggerdouble-dagger  Zimbabwe 4 1 2/2 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Away 12 November 2003 Won[42]
23 202double-dagger  South Africa 4 2 1/4 Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Away 12 December 2003 Lost[43]
24 115double-dagger  South Africa 4 2 3/4 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Away 2 January 2004 Drawn[44]
25 400*daggerdouble-dagger  England 3 1 4/4 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's Home 10 April 2004 Drawn[45]
26 120double-dagger  Bangladesh 4 2 2/2 Sabina Park, Kingston Home 4 June 2004 Won[46]
27 196  South Africa 4 1 2/4 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Home 8 April 2005 Lost[47]
28 176  South Africa 4 1 3/4 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Home 21 April 2005 Lost[48]
29 130  Pakistan 4 1 1/2 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Home 26 May 2005 Won[49]
30 153  Pakistan 4 2 2/2 Sabina Park, Kingston Home 3 June 2005 Lost[50]
31 226dagger  Australia 4 1 3/3 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Away 25 November 2005 Lost[51]
32 120double-dagger  India 3 3 2/4 Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet Home 10 June 2006 Drawn[52]
33 122double-dagger  Pakistan 4 3 1/3 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Away 11 November 2006 Lost[53]
34 216double-dagger  Pakistan 3 2 2/3 Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Away 19 November 2006 Drawn[54]

ODI centuries[edit]

No. Score Against Pos. Inn. S.R. Venue H/A/N Date Result
1 128*  Pakistan 2 1 102.40 Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban Neutral 19 February 1993 Won[55]
2 111*dagger  South Africa 2 2 79.28 Springbok Park, Bloemfontein Away 23 February 1993 Won[56]
3 114dagger  Pakistan 1 2 98.27 Sabina Park, Kingston Home 23 March 1993 Won[57]
4 153dagger  Pakistan 2 2 106.99 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral 5 November 1993 Won[58]
5 139dagger  Australia 3 1 113.00 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Home 12 March 1995 Won[59]
6 169dagger  Sri Lanka 3 1 131.00 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral 16 October 1995 Won[60]
7 111dagger  South Africa 3 1 118.08 National Stadium, Karachi Neutral 11 March 1996 Won[61]
8 146*dagger  New Zealand 3 2 108.95 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Home 30 March 1996 Won[62]
9 104  New Zealand 3 2 100.97 Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown Home 6 April 1996 Won[63]
10 102  Australia 3 2 89.47 The Gabba, Brisbane Away 5 January 1997 Won[64]
11 103*dagger  Pakistan 3 2 88.79 WACA Ground, Perth Neutral 10 January 1997 Won[65]
12 110double-dagger  England 3 2 103.77 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Home 29 March 1998 Lost[66]
13 117daggerdouble-dagger  Bangladesh 2 1 188.70 Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Away 9 October 1999 Won[67]
14 116*dagger  Australia 4 2 109.43 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Away 17 January 2001 Lost[68]
15 111dagger  Kenya 3 1 92.50 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Neutral 17 September 2002 Won[69]
16 116dagger  South Africa 3 1 86.56 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Away 9 February 2003 Won[70]
17 116double-dagger  Sri Lanka 3 1 109.43 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Home 8 June 2003 Lost[71]
18 113double-dagger  Zimbabwe 3 1 137.80 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Away 22 November 2003 Won[72]
19 156daggerdouble-dagger  Pakistan 4 1 113.04 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Neutral 28 January 2005 Won[73]

References[edit]

General
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Specific
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