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Brian Charles Lara, TC, OCC (born 2 May 1969) is a Trinidadian former international cricketer, [1] [2] widely acknowledged as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. [3] [4] [5] He 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, [6] [7] and the record for the ...
Brian Lara, scored 501 not out against Durham breaking the first-class record for highest score. Durham won the toss and on an easy paced pitch chose to bat first. After both openers were dismissed inside the first 75 minutes, number three John Morris shared century partnerships with Stewart Hutton (61) and Phil Bainbridge (67).
Brian Lara is the only player to have managed the feat in Test cricket. Lara holds the record for the highest score in first-class cricket, having made 501 not out in 1994. Bill Ponsford is the only other player to have scored two quadruple centuries, doing so in 1923 and 1927 for the Victoria cricket team.
He was a wicket keeper/batsman who famously dropped Brian Lara on 18 while playing against Warwickshire at Edgbaston in 1994 off the bowling of Simon Brown. [3] Lara, who had earlier been bowled by an Anderson Cummins no-ball, went on to score 501 not out, the highest individual score in first-class cricket history. Scott's fumble cost 483 runs.
The highest individual score in first-class cricket is 501* scored by Brian Lara for Warwickshire in 1994. There have been ten other scores of 400 or more, including another by Lara and two by Bill Ponsford.
Lara was congratulated by Sobers, who was present on the ground to see his record broken. [86] In the end Lara scored an exceptional 798 runs at an average of 99.75. [87] Two months later Lara would go on to break the first-class batting record of 499 runs by scoring 501 not out against Durham at Edgbaston. [88] Brian Lara batting at Kensington ...
^ Brian Lara's 501* in 1994 is a current world record. Birmingham Bears. Birmingham Bears; Personnel ... with McCullum scoring 158 not out in this game.
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 ...