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
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.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.TestVenueH/ADateResult
1 277♠ Australia4 21/5 Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyAway2 January 1993Drawn[20]
2 167♠ England3 22/5 Bourda, GeorgetownHome17 March 1994Won[21]
3 375♠ England3 15/5 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John'sHome16 April 1994Drawn[22]
4147  New Zealand3 12/2 Basin Reserve, WellingtonAway10 February 1995Won[23]
5 145 England3 34/6 Old Trafford, ManchesterAway27 July 1995Lost[24]
6 152 England3 25/6 Trent Bridge, NottinghamAway10 August 1995Drawn[25]
7 179♠ England4 26/6 The Oval, LondonAway25 August 1995Drawn[26]
8 132 Australia4 25/5 WACA Ground, PerthAway1 February 1997Won[27]
9 103♠ India4 14/5 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John'sHome4 April 1997Drawn[28]
10 115 Sri Lanka3 32/2 Arnos Vale Stadium, KingstownHome20 June 1997Drawn[29]
11 213♠† Australia4 22/4 Sabina Park, KingstonHome13 March 1999Won[30]
12 153*♠† Australia5 43/4 Kensington Oval, BridgetownHome26 March 1999Won[31]
13 100† Australia4 24/4 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John'sHome3 April 1999Lost[32]
14 112 England4 33/5 Old Trafford, ManchesterAway3 August 2000Drawn[33]
15 182 Australia4 13/5 Adelaide Oval, AdelaideAway15 December 2000Lost[34]
16 178 Sri Lanka4 11/3 Galle International Stadium, GalleAway13 November 2001Lost[35]
17 221♠ Sri Lanka4 13/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, ColomboAway29 November 2001Lost[36]
18 130♠ Sri Lanka4 33/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, ColomboAway29 November 2001Lost[36]
19 110† Australia4 31/4 Bourda, GeorgetownHome10 April 2003Lost[37]
20 122† Australia4 42/4 Queen's Park Oval, Port of SpainHome19 April 2003Lost[38]
21 209♠† Sri Lanka4 21/2 Beausejour Stadium, Gros IsletHome20 June 2003Drawn[39]
22 191♠† Zimbabwe4 12/2 Queens Sports Club, BulawayoAway12 November 2003Won[40]
23 202† South Africa4 21/4 Wanderers Stadium, JohannesburgAway12 December 2003Lost[41]
24 115† South Africa4 23/4 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape TownAway2 January 2004Drawn[42]
25 400*♠† England3 14/4 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John'sHome10 April 2004Drawn[43]
26 120† Bangladesh4 22/2 Sabina Park, KingstonHome4 June 2004Won[44]
27 196 South Africa4 12/4 Queen's Park Oval, Port of SpainHome8 April 2005Lost[45]
28 176 South Africa4 13/4 Kensington Oval, BridgetownHome21 April 2005Lost[46]
29 130 Pakistan4 11/2 Kensington Oval, BridgetownHome26 May 2005Won[47]
30 153 Pakistan4 22/2 Sabina Park, KingstonHome3 June 2005Lost[48]
31 226♠ Australia4 13/3 Adelaide Oval, AdelaideAway25 November 2005Lost[49]
32 120† India3 32/4 Beausejour Stadium, Gros IsletHome10 June 2006Drawn[50]
33 122† Pakistan4 31/3 Gaddafi Stadium, LahoreAway11 November 2006Lost[51]
34 216† Pakistan3 22/3 Multan Cricket Stadium, MultanAway19 November 2006Drawn[52]

ODI centuries
No.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.S.R.VenueH/A/NDateResult
1 128* Pakistan2 1102.40 Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, DurbanNeutral19 February 1993Won[53]
2 111*♠ South Africa2 279.28 Springbok Park, BloemfonteinAway23 February 1993Won[54]
3 114♠ Pakistan1 298.27 Sabina Park, KingstonHome23 March 1993Won[55]
4 153♠ Pakistan2 2106.99 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, SharjahNeutral5 November 1993Won[56]
5 139♠ Australia3 1113.00 Queen's Park Oval, Port of SpainHome12 March 1995Won[57]
6 169♠ Sri Lanka3 1131.00 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, SharjahNeutral16 October 1995Won[58]
7 111♠ South Africa3 1118.08 National Stadium, KarachiNeutral11 March 1996Won[59]
8 146*♠ New Zealand3 2108.95 Queen's Park Oval, Port of SpainHome30 March 1996Won[60]
9 104 New Zealand3 2100.97 Arnos Vale Stadium, KingstownHome6 April 1996Won[61]
10 102 Australia3 289.47 The Gabba, BrisbaneAway5 January 1997Won[62]
11 103*♠ Pakistan3 288.79 WACA Ground, PerthNeutral10 January 1997Won[63]
12 110† England3 2103.77 Kensington Oval, BridgetownHome29 March 1998Lost[64]
13 117♠† Bangladesh2 1188.70 Bangabandhu National Stadium, DhakaAway9 October 1999Won[65]
14 116*♠ Australia4 2109.43 Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyAway17 January 2001Lost[66]
15 111♠ Kenya3 192.50 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, ColomboNeutral17 September 2002Won[67]
16 116♠ South Africa3 186.56 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape TownAway9 February 2003Won[68]
17 116† Sri Lanka3 1109.43 Kensington Oval, BridgetownHome8 June 2003Lost[69]
18 113† Zimbabwe3 1137.80 Queens Sports Club, BulawayoAway22 November 2003Won[70]
19 156♠† Pakistan4 1113.04 Adelaide Oval, AdelaideNeutral28 January 2005Won[71]

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