Lara is regarded as one of the best batsmen in the history of cricket. He also scored the most runs for the Windies in the Test. The 52-year-old scored 11,953 runs in 131 Test matches, the longest format of the game, thanks to 34 hundred, nine double centuries, and 48 fifty-plus scores. In red-ball cricket, Lara has a 400, a score that is a world record. Let us look at the best Brian Lara moments.
1. 153 Vs. Australia
The best performance of Lara's career is regarded as his undefeated 153-run innings against Australia in the fourth innings of the third Test match in Bridgetown. Australia scored a staggering total of 490 runs in the first innings, losing ten wickets in the process. In the second innings, the Windies were knocked out for 329. In the last innings, West Indies were handed a 308-run goal and were in trouble at 105/5 until Lara took control of the game. With the help of 19 fours and one six in his 153 runs off 256 balls, he led his team to a one-wicket victory over Australia.
2. Maiden Test Hundred – 277
The former West Indies captain had a talent for hitting huge blows, as evidenced by his first Test century. Lara's first Test century came in just his fifth match, at the Sydney Cricket Stadium, against the superior Australians (SCG). Australia declared after amassing 503 runs while batting first, losing nine wickets in the process. After losing their first two wickets, Lara and Sir Richie Richardson grabbed control of the Windies' innings and led them to 324/3. With the aid of 38 fours, Lara went on to score 277 runs in the game.
3. 115 Vs. South Africa
The master of Caribbean batting scored 115 in the Cape Town Test beyond all odds against a great South African bowling attack that included Shaun Pollock, Makhaya Ntini, and Jacques Kallis. Many people thought that South Africa would win the game by bowling out the opposition in one day after they batted first and scored 532 runs for the loss of ten wickets. Although West Indies scored 427 before being bowled out in the first innings, Lara and Gayle kept them in the game. The game was a draw in the end.
4. 375 Vs. England
In 1994, Brian Lara wrote history at St. John's Ground when he recorded the highest individual score ever in the game's longest format. Lara broke Sir Garfield Sobers' record by scoring 375 runs against England. Until Lara's achievement, Sobers' undefeated 365 against Pakistan in 1958 held the record for the greatest individual Test score. Lara hit 45 boundaries throughout his 375-run innings. The game was a draw in the end. For the following ten years, Lara's record stood until Matthew Hayden outdid it with a 380-run knock against Zimbabwe.
5. Quadruple Century In Test
Lara regained his position as the West Indies legend by achieving the first quadruple century in red-ball cricket, just six months after Hayden broke his record for the highest individual score in Test cricket with a scorching 380. Lara's 400 was the first in cricket history when he scored it against England at St. John's ground. His knock contained four sixes and 43 fours. West Indies and England's game concluded in a tie.
6. ODI: 169 Vs. Sri Lanka
Lara scored 169 runs off 129 balls, blasting 15 fours and four sixes in an all-out assault on Sri Lanka's attack. Shivnarine Chanderpaul (62 off 45), the only other player to make a significant contribution with a strike rate above 80, was the only other West Indian batsman to surpass 30 about those stats. Lara was on track to break the records for the highest Test and first-class scores in the previous 18 months.
7. ODI: 146 Vs. New Zealand
In the third ODI of a five-match series against the Black Caps, Lara wrote another classic while playing on his field at Queen's Park Oval. Lara helped himself to 146* runs off 134 deliveries, propelling the West Indies to victory in a difficult chase of 220. That was the ninth century of a career in ODIs that was becoming better with each contest.
8. Test: 213 Vs. Australia
Lara changed the course of the game over the course of 344 deliveries and eight hours at the crease by smashing 29 fours and three sixes on his route to a stunning 213. Lara's performance saw him put his attacking instincts on hold early, needing 140 balls to get his fifty, but after he had established himself, he turned the tables on Australia's all-star attack, smashing four consecutive fours at one point.
9. Test: 221 Vs. Sri Lanka
Lara scored 221 in the first innings, hitting 25 fours in a 354-ball stay, for a total of 390. Except the final six wickets, it was a performance that put the West Indies on track for a large total. Amazingly, Lara wasn't finished there. In the second inning, he improved once more, scoring an outstanding 130 runs for a total of 262.
10. Test: 226 Vs. Australia
At the Adelaide Oval, he hit an incredible 226 off 298 in his farewell Test on Australian soil, where he originally made his name known. Amazingly, despite being batting at No. 4, he quickly reached his double-century on the first play of the game.
