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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.
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.
J D Carr topped the batting averages, scoring 1,543 runs @ 90.76, and with a top score of 261*.. Brian Lara posted the highest individual innings score in first class cricket (501*) playing for Warwickshire against Durham at Edgbaston, and also scored the largest number of runs throughout the season (2,066 @ 89.82).
In that season Lara set the world record for a first-class cricket score of 501 whilst playing for Warwickshire against Durham County Cricket Club; the team total of 810–4 declared in that match is also a club record.
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]
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.