List of international cricket centuries by Brian Lara

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

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]

[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]

Test cricket centuries

No.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.TestVenueH/ADateResult
1 277† Australia4 21/5 Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyAway2 January 1993Drawn[22]
2 167† England3 22/5 Bourda, GeorgetownHome17 March 1994Won[23]
3 375† England3 15/5 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John'sHome16 April 1994Drawn[24]
4 147 New Zealand3 12/2 Basin Reserve, WellingtonAway10 February 1995Won[25]
5 145 England3 34/6 Old Trafford, ManchesterAway27 July 1995Lost[26]
6 152 England3 25/6 Trent Bridge, NottinghamAway10 August 1995Drawn[27]
7 179† England4 26/6 The Oval, LondonAway25 August 1995Drawn[28]
8 132 Australia4 25/5 WACA Ground, PerthAway1 February 1997Won[29]
9 103† India4 14/5 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John'sHome4 April 1997Drawn[30]
10 115 Sri Lanka3 32/2 Arnos Vale Stadium, KingstownHome20 June 1997Drawn[31]
11 213†‡ Australia4 22/4 Sabina Park, KingstonHome13 March 1999Won[32]
12 153*†‡ Australia5 43/4 Kensington Oval, BridgetownHome26 March 1999Won[33]
13 100‡ Australia4 24/4 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John'sHome3 April 1999Lost[34]
14 112 England4 33/5 Old Trafford, ManchesterAway3 August 2000Drawn[35]
15 182 Australia4 13/5 Adelaide Oval, AdelaideAway15 December 2000Lost[36]
16 178 Sri Lanka4 11/3 Galle International Stadium, GalleAway13 November 2001Lost[37]
17 221† Sri Lanka4 13/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, ColomboAway29 November 2001Lost[38]
18 130† Sri Lanka4 33/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, ColomboAway29 November 2001Lost[38]
19 110‡ Australia4 31/4 Bourda, GeorgetownHome10 April 2003Lost[39]
20 122‡ Australia4 42/4 Queen's Park Oval, Port of SpainHome19 April 2003Lost[40]
21 209†‡ Sri Lanka4 21/2 Beausejour Stadium, Gros IsletHome20 June 2003Drawn[41]
22 191†‡ Zimbabwe4 12/2 Queens Sports Club, BulawayoAway12 November 2003Won[42]
23 202‡ South Africa4 21/4 Wanderers Stadium, JohannesburgAway12 December 2003Lost[43]
24 115‡ South Africa4 23/4 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape TownAway2 January 2004Drawn[44]
25 400*†‡ England3 14/4 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John'sHome10 April 2004Drawn[45]
26 120‡ Bangladesh4 22/2 Sabina Park, KingstonHome4 June 2004Won[46]
27 196 South Africa4 12/4 Queen's Park Oval, Port of SpainHome8 April 2005Lost[47]
28 176 South Africa4 13/4 Kensington Oval, BridgetownHome21 April 2005Lost[48]
29 130 Pakistan4 11/2 Kensington Oval, BridgetownHome26 May 2005Won[49]
30 153 Pakistan4 22/2 Sabina Park, KingstonHome3 June 2005Lost[50]
31 226† Australia4 13/3 Adelaide Oval, AdelaideAway25 November 2005Lost[51]
32 120‡ India3 32/4 Beausejour Stadium, Gros IsletHome10 June 2006Drawn[52]
33 122‡ Pakistan4 31/3 Gaddafi Stadium, LahoreAway11 November 2006Lost[53]
34 216‡ Pakistan3 22/3 Multan Cricket Stadium, MultanAway19 November 2006Drawn[54]

ODI centuries

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