List of international cricket centuries by Brian Lara

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Brian Lara, who made the highest individual score and 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]

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 third 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 highest number of centuries scored by a single batsman for the West Indies, a record that Lara shares with Chris Gayle.[19]

Key

Symbol Meaning
* Remained not out
♠ Player of the match
† Captained the West Indies side
Test The number of the Test match played in that series
Pos. Position in the batting order
Inn. The innings of the match
S.R. Strike rate during the innings
H/A/N Venue was at home (West Indies), away or neutral
Lost The match was lost by the West Indies
Won The match was won by the West Indies
Drawn The match was drawn

Test cricket centuries

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

ODI centuries

No. Score Against Pos.Inn. S.R. Venue H/A/N Date Result
1 128*  Pakistan 2 1 102.40 Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban Neutral 19 February 1993 Won[53]
2 111*♠  South Africa 2 2 79.28 Springbok Park, Bloemfontein Away 23 February 1993 Won[54]
3 114♠  Pakistan 1 2 98.27 Sabina Park, Kingston Home 23 March 1993 Won[55]
4 153♠  Pakistan 2 2 106.99 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral 5 November 1993 Won[56]
5 139♠  Australia 3 1 113.00 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Home 12 March 1995 Won[57]
6 169♠  Sri Lanka 3 1 131.00 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral 16 October 1995 Won[58]
7 111♠  South Africa 3 1 118.08 National Stadium, Karachi Neutral 11 March 1996 Won[59]
8 146*♠  New Zealand 3 2 108.95 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Home 30 March 1996 Won[60]
9 104  New Zealand 3 2 100.97 Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown Home 6 April 1996 Won[61]
10 102  Australia 3 2 89.47 The Gabba, Brisbane Away 5 January 1997 Won[62]
11 103*♠  Pakistan 3 2 88.79 WACA Ground, Perth Neutral 10 January 1997 Won[63]
12 110†  England 3 2 103.77 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Home 29 March 1998 Lost[64]
13 117♠†  Bangladesh 2 1 188.70 Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Away 9 October 1999 Won[65]
14 116*♠  Australia 4 2 109.43 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Away 17 January 2001 Lost[66]
15 111♠  Kenya 3 1 92.50 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Neutral 17 September 2002 Won[67]
16 116♠  South Africa 3 1 86.56 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Away 9 February 2003 Won[68]
17 116†  Sri Lanka 3 1 109.43 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Home 8 June 2003 Lost[69]
18 113†  Zimbabwe 3 1 137.80 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Away 22 November 2003 Won[70]
19 156♠†  Pakistan 4 1 113.04 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Neutral 28 January 2005 Won[71]

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