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On this day in 2004: Brian Lara makes record Test score of 400*

12 April 2024 0 comments

…history to score 400. By doing so, he became the first player to hold the individual Test innings record twice. Lara smashed a record 400 in Antigua (Rebecca Naden/PA) Lara…

Looking back at other close finishes in Test match history

28 February 2023 0 comments

…five but Lara was able to withstand the dual threat of Glenn McGrath, who claimed a five-for, and Shane Warne, wicketless in the fourth innings. Lara’s 153 not out got…

Former Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds dies in Queensland car crash

15 May 2022 0 comments

…there great man, I am (heartbroken emoji), loved him so much and our thoughts are with the family at this time.” West Indies great Brian Lara was among many from…

England reach World Cup final with convincing victory over South Africa

31 March 2022 0 comments

…duck. The dangerous Lizelle Lee followed shortly afterwards to leave South Africa eight for two, flicking the ball to the leg side again off Shrubsole. Lara Goodall and captain Sune…

Australia great Shane Warne remembered at moving service in Melbourne

30 March 2022 0 comments

…Merv Hughes, an “entertainer” by ex-England captain Nasser Hussain and simply “the king” by West Indies great Brian Lara. Another of Warne’s biggest opponents, India’s Sachin Tendulkar, was among the…

On this day in 2013: Sachin Tendulkar calls time on cricket career

10 October 2021 0 comments

…16, and his maiden century came the following year against England. In 2008 he became the highest run scorer in Test cricket, passing West Indies’ Brian Lara’s total of 11,053….

The world’s richest cricketers

13 February 2020 0 comments

…Cup in 2008. Rounding out the top five is Brian Lara of Trinidad, who has a net worth of $60 million. His records include highest individual score and second highest…

Young Gun: Strong work ethic reaps the rewards for ambitious Emilio Gay

18 July 2019 0 comments

…when I was younger, because I’ve got a lot of family out there. Dwayne Bravo, because I was very much an all-rounder back then, and then Brian Lara were my…

Brian Lara hospitalised with chest pain issues

25 June 2019 0 comments

West Indies great Brian Lara has been taken to hospital in Mumbai with complaints of chest pain. The former Windies skipper and veteran of 131 Test matches is in Indian…

MS Dhoni is the legendary chaser who deserves a World Cup swansong

14 March 2019 0 comments

…almost gunning it down before falling just 29 runs short. It was almost all too surreal and felt reminiscent of playing the classic Nineties video game Brian Lara Cricket, when…

Holder, the gentle giant destined to be a leader

14 February 2019 0 comments

…Dowrich, were mere confirmation of what other notables like Sir Viv Richards and Brian Lara had known already. As West Indies interim coach Richard Pybus notes: “The team kept their…

When an embarrassment for West Indies cricket was rescued by a one-off return to one of the region’s iconic venues

6 February 2019 0 comments

…wrapped in cling-film. There, four years later, was Brian Lara reaching his first world record Test score of 375, the final Test against England being halted for 20 minutes while…

Johnson column: Why limit naming things after cricketers to pavilions?

19 July 2018 0 comments

…asked to leave the Brian Lara Pavilion – but if you drive down a very nice road called the Brian Lara Boulevard, you can find a bronzed statue with a…

I see no reason why England can’t win this World Cup, says ex-England star who terrorised Brian Lara

18 July 2018 0 comments

…the West Indies en route. The Guyanan-born quick gave a young Brian Lara a particularly torrid time at the MCG as England thrashed Richie Richardson’s side by six wickets, with…

Hayter column: Remembering Mark Ramprakash’s Test career 20 years on from his best innings

15 March 2018 0 comments

…relief rang out before the ball was even half-way to the boundary. So impressive had been his effort that West Indies’ captain Brian Lara, the most gifted batsman of his…

Steve Smith’s brilliance is matched only by his ability to adapt

9 January 2018 0 comments

…mental resilience extending beyond all other modern cricketers. He may well feel sorry for the exquisite Brian Lara at having a batsman who has made a lot of his runs…

Ashes Cricket review: finally a cricket game strikes the right balance

9 January 2018 0 comments

…too easy, a la Brian Lara Cricket, and too difficult such as various EA Sports shots at the market. More and more aspects of the game are available to be…

Cook’s knock shows up Johnson and Pietersen’s comments and prove his steel

2 January 2018 0 comments

…quality of having a modest or low view of one’s importance. When told that he had overtaken Brian Lara to move to sixth on the list of all-time Test run-scorers…

Graeme Hick looks to finally show true Test best as Aussie batting coach

22 November 2017 0 comments

…405 for Worcestershire against Somerset. He was the first man to pass the 400-mark in English first-class cricket since 1895. Only Brian Lara, the West Indies great smashing that majestic…

When England were hit by a whirlwind of Curtly Ambrose rage

3 November 2017 1 comment

…Trinidad; tactics for which Brian Lara expressed shame during his recent MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey lecture at Lord’s. The 1991 tour ended 2-2 with England winning at Headingley, on…

Playing in the zone – when players reach their peak

26 October 2017 0 comments

…Harmison’s bowling figures in the West Indies’ second innings of the 2004 Jamaica Test. Brian Lara and his men were cleaned up for 47 and England won easily by 10…

Allegiances don’t always lie with your team as the thrills of watching Chris Gayle show

27 September 2017 0 comments

…the modern era, Brian Lara, Sachin Tendulkar and AB de Villiers have probably been the biggest draws. Going further back, many a fan will have a vivid memory of the…

Match winners show up in all shapes and sizes in cricket

13 September 2017 0 comments

…Brian Lara or Sachin Tendulkar ever reach level 14 on the Bleep Test? In an age where players are encouraged to be more broad-minded and to think out of the…

Planet Cricket: Black Caps slipping up in the one-day stakes despite Williamson’s invaluable leadership

21 June 2017 1 comment

…uncomfortable truth: New Zealand now appear as reliant on Williamson as the West Indies used to be upon Brian Lara. As the Champions Trophy showed, Williamson’s runs emphatically bring no…

Manthorp column: Proteas still can’t crack winning code

21 June 2017 0 comments

…Karachi in a World Cup quarter-final against the West Indies. Brian Lara scored a hundred and that was that. Next came the 1999 World Cup semi-final when the red mist…