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

• * – Remained not out

• – Captain in that match

• – Man of the match

• (D/L) – Result was determined by the Duckworth–Lewis method

Test cricket centuries

Test centuries scored by Lara[20]

No.	Score	Against	Pos.	Inn.	Test	Venue	H/A	Date	Result	Ref
1	277	Australia	4	2	1/5	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	Away	2 January 1993	Drawn	[21]
2	167	England	3	2	2/5	Bourda, Georgetown	Home	17 March 1994	Won	[22]
3	375	England	3	1	5/5	Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's	Home	16 April 1994	Drawn	[23]
4	147	New Zealand	3	1	2/2	Basin Reserve, Wellington	Away	10 February 1995	Won	[24]
5	145	England	3	3	4/6	Old Trafford, Manchester	Away	27 July 1995	Lost	[25]
6	152	England	3	2	5/6	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Away	10 August 1995	Drawn	[26]
7	179	England	4	2	6/6	The Oval, London	Away	25 August 1995	Drawn	[27]
8	132	Australia	4	2	5/5	WACA Ground, Perth	Away	1 February 1997	Won	[28]
9	103	India	4	1	4/5	Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's	Home	4 April 1997	Drawn	[29]
10	115	Sri Lanka	3	3	2/2	Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown	Home	20 June 1997	Drawn	[30]
11	213	Australia	4	2	2/4	Sabina Park, Kingston	Home	13 March 1999	Won	[31]
12	153*	Australia	5	4	3/4	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	Home	26 March 1999	Won	[32]
13	100	Australia	4	2	4/4	Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's	Home	3 April 1999	Lost	[33]
14	112	England	4	3	3/5	Old Trafford, Manchester	Away	3 August 2000	Drawn	[34]
15	182	Australia	4	1	3/5	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	Away	15 December 2000	Lost	[35]
16	178	Sri Lanka	4	1	1/3	Galle International Stadium, Galle	Away	13 November 2001	Lost	[36]
17	221	Sri Lanka	4	1	3/3	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo	Away	29 November 2001	Lost	[37]
18	130	Sri Lanka	4	3	3/3	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo	Away	29 November 2001	Lost	[37]
19	110	Australia	4	3	1/4	Bourda, Georgetown	Home	10 April 2003	Lost	[38]
20	122	Australia	4	4	2/4	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain	Home	19 April 2003	Lost	[39]
21	209	Sri Lanka	4	2	1/2	Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet	Home	20 June 2003	Drawn	[40]
22	191	Zimbabwe	4	1	2/2	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo	Away	12 November 2003	Won	[41]
23	202	South Africa	4	2	1/4	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	Away	12 December 2003	Lost	[42]
24	115	South Africa	4	2	3/4	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town	Away	2 January 2004	Drawn	[43]
25	400*	England	3	1	4/4	Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's	Home	10 April 2004	Drawn	[44]
26	120	Bangladesh	4	2	2/2	Sabina Park, Kingston	Home	4 June 2004	Won	[45]
27	196	South Africa	4	1	2/4	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain	Home	8 April 2005	Lost	[46]
28	176	South Africa	4	1	3/4	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	Home	21 April 2005	Lost	[47]
29	130	Pakistan	4	1	1/2	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	Home	26 May 2005	Won	[48]
30	153	Pakistan	4	2	2/2	Sabina Park, Kingston	Home	3 June 2005	Lost	[49]
31	226	Australia	4	1	3/3	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	Away	25 November 2005	Lost	[50]
32	120	India	3	3	2/4	Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet	Home	10 June 2006	Drawn	[51]
33	122	Pakistan	4	3	1/3	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	Away	11 November 2006	Lost	[52]
34	216	Pakistan	3	2	2/3	Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan	Away	19 November 2006	Drawn	[53]

ODI centuries

ODI centuries scored by Lara[54]

No.	Score	Against	Pos.	Inn.	S/R	Venue	H/A/N	Date	Result	Ref
1	128*	Pakistan	2	1	102.40	Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban	Neutral	19 February 1993	Won	[55]
2	111*	South Africa	2	2	79.28	Springbok Park, Bloemfontein	Away	23 February 1993	Won	[56]
3	114	Pakistan	1	2	98.27	Sabina Park, Kingston	Home	23 March 1993	Won	[57]
4	153	Pakistan	2	2	106.99	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah	Neutral	5 November 1993	Won	[58]
5	139	Australia	3	1	113.00	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain	Home	12 March 1995	Won	[59]
6	169	Sri Lanka	3	1	131.00	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah	Neutral	16 October 1995	Won	[60]
7	111	South Africa	3	1	118.08	National Stadium, Karachi	Neutral	11 March 1996	Won	[61]
8	146*	New Zealand	3	2	108.95	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain	Home	30 March 1996	Won	[62]
9	104	New Zealand	3	2	100.97	Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown	Home	6 April 1996	Won	[63]
10	102	Australia	3	2	89.47	The Gabba, Brisbane	Away	5 January 1997	Won	[64]
11	103*	Pakistan	3	2	88.79	WACA Ground, Perth	Neutral	10 January 1997	Won	[65]
12	110	England	3	2	103.77	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	Home	29 March 1998	Lost	[66]
13	117	Bangladesh	2	1	188.70	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka	Away	9 October 1999	Won	[67]
14	116*	Australia	4	2	109.43	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	Away	17 January 2001	Lost (D/L)	[68]
15	111	Kenya	3	1	92.50	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo	Neutral	17 September 2002	Won	[69]
16	116	South Africa	3	1	86.56	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town	Away	9 February 2003	Won	[70]
17	116	Sri Lanka	3	1	109.43	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	Home	8 June 2003	Lost	[71]
18	113	Zimbabwe	3	1	137.80	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo	Away	22 November 2003	Won (D/L)	[72]
19	156	Pakistan	4	1	113.04	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	Neutral	28 January 2005	Won	[73]

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External links

• Player profile of Lara at Cricinfo