List of international cricket centuries by Brian Lara

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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]

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[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] and Kumar Sangakkara 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

Test cricket centuries

No.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.TestVenueH/ADateResult
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 421/5 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Away2 January 1993Drawn [22]
2Flag of England.svg  England 322/5 Bourda, Georgetown Home17 March 1994Won [23]
3Flag of England.svg  England 315/5 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's Home16 April 1994Drawn [24]
4Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 312/2 Basin Reserve, Wellington Away10 February 1995Won [25]
5Flag of England.svg  England 334/6 Old Trafford, Manchester Away27 July 1995Lost [26]
6Flag of England.svg  England 325/6 Trent Bridge, Nottingham Away10 August 1995Drawn [27]
7Flag of England.svg  England 426/6 The Oval, London Away25 August 1995Drawn [28]
8Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 425/5 WACA Ground, Perth Away1 February 1997Won [29]
9Flag of India.svg  India 414/5 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's Home4 April 1997Drawn [30]
10Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 332/2 Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown Home20 June 1997Drawn [31]
11Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 422/4 Sabina Park, Kingston Home13 March 1999Won [32]
12Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 543/4 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Home26 March 1999Won [33]
13Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 424/4 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's Home3 April 1999Lost [34]
14Flag of England.svg  England 433/5 Old Trafford, Manchester Away3 August 2000Drawn [35]
15Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 413/5 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Away15 December 2000Lost [36]
16Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 411/3 Galle International Stadium, Galle Away13 November 2001Lost [37]
17Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 413/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Away29 November 2001Lost [38]
18Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 433/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Away29 November 2001Lost [38]
19Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 431/4 Bourda, Georgetown Home10 April 2003Lost [39]
20Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 442/4 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Home19 April 2003Lost [40]
21Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 421/2 Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet Home20 June 2003Drawn [41]
22Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 412/2 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Away12 November 2003Won [42]
23Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 421/4 Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Away12 December 2003Lost [43]
24Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 423/4 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Away2 January 2004Drawn [44]
25Flag of England.svg  England 314/4 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's Home10 April 2004Drawn [45]
26Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 422/2 Sabina Park, Kingston Home4 June 2004Won [46]
27Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 412/4 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Home8 April 2005Lost [47]
28Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 413/4 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Home21 April 2005Lost [48]
29Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 411/2 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Home26 May 2005Won [49]
30Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 422/2 Sabina Park, Kingston Home3 June 2005Lost [50]
31Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 413/3 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Away25 November 2005Lost [51]
32Flag of India.svg  India 332/4 Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet Home10 June 2006Drawn [52]
33Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 431/3 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Away11 November 2006Lost [53]
34Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 322/3 Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Away19 November 2006Drawn [54]

ODI centuries

No.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.S.R.VenueH/A/NDateResult
1Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 21102.40 Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban Neutral19 February 1993Won [55]
2Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2279.28 Springbok Park, Bloemfontein Away23 February 1993Won [56]
3Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1298.27 Sabina Park, Kingston Home23 March 1993Won [57]
4Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 22106.99 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral5 November 1993Won [58]
5Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 31113.00 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Home12 March 1995Won [59]
6Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 31131.00 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral16 October 1995Won [60]
7Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 31118.08 National Stadium, Karachi Neutral11 March 1996Won [61]
8Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 32108.95 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Home30 March 1996Won [62]
9Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 32100.97 Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown Home6 April 1996Won [63]
10Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3289.47 The Gabba, Brisbane Away5 January 1997Won [64]
11Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 3288.79 WACA Ground, Perth Neutral10 January 1997Won [65]
12Flag of England.svg  England 32103.77 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Home29 March 1998Lost [66]
13Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 21188.70 Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Away9 October 1999Won [67]
14Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 42109.43 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Away17 January 2001Lost (D/L) [68]
15Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 3192.50 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Neutral17 September 2002Won [69]
16Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3186.56 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Away9 February 2003Won [70]
17Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 31109.43 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Home8 June 2003Lost [71]
18Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 31137.80 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Away22 November 2003Won [72]
19Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 41113.04 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Neutral28 January 2005Won [73]

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