List of international cricket centuries by Brian Lara

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]

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

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

Lara's first ODI century came more than two years after his debut match, when he scored 128 against Pakistan.[15] 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.[16] 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.[17] 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.[18] This is the second highest number of centuries scored by a single batsman for the West Indies, a record that Chris Gayle surpassed.[19]

Key

Test cricket centuries
Test centuries scored by Lara[20]
No.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.TestVenueH/ADateResultRef
1 277  Australia421/5 Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyAway2 January 1993Drawn[21]
2 167  England322/5 Bourda, GeorgetownHome17 March 1994Won[22]
3 375  England315/5 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John'sHome16 April 1994Drawn[23]
4 147  New Zealand312/2 Basin Reserve, WellingtonAway10 February 1995Won[24]
5 145  England334/6 Old Trafford, ManchesterAway27 July 1995Lost[25]
6 152  England325/6 Trent Bridge, NottinghamAway10 August 1995Drawn[26]
7 179  England426/6 The Oval, LondonAway25 August 1995Drawn[27]
8 132  Australia425/5 WACA Ground, PerthAway1 February 1997Won[28]
9 103  India414/5 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John'sHome4 April 1997Drawn[29]
10 115  Sri Lanka332/2 Arnos Vale Stadium, KingstownHome20 June 1997Drawn[30]
11 213  Australia422/4 Sabina Park, KingstonHome13 March 1999Won[31]
12 153*  Australia543/4 Kensington Oval, BridgetownHome26 March 1999Won[32]
13 100  Australia424/4 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John'sHome3 April 1999Lost[33]
14 112  England433/5 Old Trafford, ManchesterAway3 August 2000Drawn[34]
15 182  Australia413/5 Adelaide Oval, AdelaideAway15 December 2000Lost[35]
16 178  Sri Lanka411/3 Galle International Stadium, GalleAway13 November 2001Lost[36]
17 221  Sri Lanka413/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, ColomboAway29 November 2001Lost[37]
18 130  Sri Lanka433/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, ColomboAway29 November 2001Lost[37]
19 110  Australia431/4 Bourda, GeorgetownHome10 April 2003Lost[38]
20 122  Australia442/4 Queen's Park Oval, Port of SpainHome19 April 2003Lost[39]
21 209  Sri Lanka421/2 Beausejour Stadium, Gros IsletHome20 June 2003Drawn[40]
22 191  Zimbabwe412/2 Queens Sports Club, BulawayoAway12 November 2003Won[41]
23 202  South Africa421/4 Wanderers Stadium, JohannesburgAway12 December 2003Lost[42]
24 115  South Africa423/4 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape TownAway2 January 2004Drawn[43]
25 400*  England314/4 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John'sHome10 April 2004Drawn[44]
26 120  Bangladesh422/2 Sabina Park, KingstonHome4 June 2004Won[45]
27 196  South Africa412/4 Queen's Park Oval, Port of SpainHome8 April 2005Lost[46]
28 176  South Africa413/4 Kensington Oval, BridgetownHome21 April 2005Lost[47]
29 130  Pakistan411/2 Kensington Oval, BridgetownHome26 May 2005Won[48]
30 153  Pakistan422/2 Sabina Park, KingstonHome3 June 2005Lost[49]
31 226  Australia413/3 Adelaide Oval, AdelaideAway25 November 2005Lost[50]
32 120  India332/4 Beausejour Stadium, Gros IsletHome10 June 2006Drawn[51]
33 122  Pakistan431/3 Gaddafi Stadium, LahoreAway11 November 2006Lost[52]
34 216  Pakistan322/3 Multan Cricket Stadium, MultanAway19 November 2006Drawn[53]

ODI centuries
ODI centuries scored by Lara[54]
No.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.S/RVenueH/A/NDateResultRef
1 128*  Pakistan21102.40 Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, DurbanNeutral19 February 1993Won[55]
2 111*  South Africa2279.28 Springbok Park, BloemfonteinAway23 February 1993Won[56]
3 114  Pakistan1298.27 Sabina Park, KingstonHome23 March 1993Won[57]
4 153  Pakistan22106.99 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, SharjahNeutral5 November 1993Won[58]
5 139  Australia31113.00 Queen's Park Oval, Port of SpainHome12 March 1995Won[59]
6 169  Sri Lanka31131.00 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, SharjahNeutral16 October 1995Won[60]
7 111  South Africa31118.08 National Stadium, KarachiNeutral11 March 1996Won[61]
8 146*  New Zealand32108.95 Queen's Park Oval, Port of SpainHome30 March 1996Won[62]
9 104  New Zealand32100.97 Arnos Vale Stadium, KingstownHome6 April 1996Won[63]
10 102  Australia3289.47 The Gabba, BrisbaneAway5 January 1997Won[64]
11 103*  Pakistan3288.79 WACA Ground, PerthNeutral10 January 1997Won[65]
12 110  England32103.77 Kensington Oval, BridgetownHome29 March 1998Lost[66]
13 117  Bangladesh21188.70 Bangabandhu National Stadium, DhakaAway9 October 1999Won[67]
14 116*  Australia42109.43 Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyAway17 January 2001Lost (D/L)[68]
15 111  Kenya3192.50 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, ColomboNeutral17 September 2002Won[69]
16 116  South Africa3186.56 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape TownAway9 February 2003Won[70]
17 116  Sri Lanka31109.43 Kensington Oval, BridgetownHome8 June 2003Lost[71]
18 113  Zimbabwe31137.80 Queens Sports Club, BulawayoAway22 November 2003Won (D/L)[72]
19 156  Pakistan41113.04 Adelaide Oval, AdelaideNeutral28 January 2005Won[73]

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