List of international cricket centuries by Brian Lara explained

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]

Key

Test cricket centuries

No. Score Against Pos.Inn.Test Venue H/A Date Result
1 277 4 2 1/5Away Drawn[22]
2 167 3 2 2/5Home Won[23]
3 375 3 1 5/5Home Drawn[24]
4 147 3 1 2/2Away Won[25]
5 145 3 3 4/6Away Lost[26]
6 152 3 2 5/6Away Drawn[27]
7 179 42 6/6Away Drawn[28]
8 132 42 5/5Away Won[29]
9 103 41 4/5Home Drawn[30]
10 115 33 2/2Home Drawn[31]
11 213 4 2 2/4Home Won[32]
12 153* 54 3/4Home Won[33]
13 100 42 4/4Home Lost[34]
14 112 43 3/5Away Drawn[35]
15 182 41 3/5Away Lost[36]
16 178 41 1/3Away Lost[37]
17 221 41 3/3Away Lost[38]
18 130 4 3 3/3 Away Lost
19 110 4 3 1/4Home Lost[39]
20 122 44 2/4Home Lost[40]
21 209 42 1/2Home Drawn[41]
22 191 41 2/2Away Won[42]
23 202 42 1/4Away Lost[43]
24 115 42 3/4Away Drawn[44]
25 400* 31 4/4Home Drawn[45]
26 120 42 2/2Home Won[46]
27 196 41 2/4Home Lost[47]
28 176 41 3/4Home Lost[48]
29 130 41 1/2Home Won[49]
30 153 42 2/2Home Lost[50]
31 226 41 3/3Away Lost[51]
32 120 33 2/4Home Drawn[52]
33 122 43 1/3Away Lost[53]
34 216 32 2/3Away Drawn[54]

ODI centuries

No. Score Against Pos.Inn.S.R.Venue H/A/N Date Result
1 128* 21 102.40 Neutral Won[55]
2 111* 22 79.28Away Won[56]
3 114 12 98.27Home Won[57]
4 153 2 2 106.99Neutral Won[58]
5 139 31 113.00Home Won[59]
6 169 31 131.00Neutral Won[60]
7 111 31 118.08Neutral Won[61]
8 146* 32 108.95Home Won[62]
9 104 32 100.97Home Won[63]
10 102 32 89.47Away Won[64]
11 103* 32 88.79Neutral Won[65]
12 110 32 103.77Home Lost[66]
13 117 21 188.70Away Won[67]
14 116* 42 109.43Away Lost (D/L)[68]
15 111 31 92.50Neutral Won[69]
16 116 31 86.56Away Won[70]
17 116 31 109.43Home Lost[71]
18 113 31 137.80Away Won[72]
19 156 41 113.04Neutral Won[73]

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Notes and References

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