The world of sports has entered a new era, especially, Cricket. Records have been set, records have been broken, and new records are still being set. In this article, we will talk about a great cricketer who broke records and also set his records. His name is Brian Lara. Now, let us talk briefly about this man that was born on May 2, 1969, Cantaro, Santa Cruz.
When you take a look at Brian Lara Charles’ Test scores, you will undoubtedly realize that he is a batsman that is very hungry for runs. Let us talk about his playing days in 1994.
In 1994, he scored an impressive 375, making him break the record that has been set long ago by Gary Sober, his countryman. Many people claimed that his performance then was a fluke. To prove them wrong, he did something greater, which is, having an unbeaten 501 in the following season where he played for Warwickshire in a first-class match. In the year 2004, he set the record of becoming the first-ever batsman in history by scoring 400 against England, making him have the highest individual Test score record as he broke the record of Hayden who scored 380.
We can use the words “moody brilliance” to describe the approach of Brian Lara towards cricket. His innings was epitomized by the feet movement of quicksilver as he probably is the only batsman to have tackled Murali and scoring 600-odd runs when he engaged in the three-match series held in Sri Lanka. In some different occasions, it feels as if he is not good enough to be at the batting crease. It can even make one think that he no longer has an interest in his job. The overall Test average of 53 which Brian Lara had is not so different from the 51 he had against the Aussies. He also had only 41 against NZ.
The ODI record of Brian Lara, which he had more than 10,000 runs and the average being 41, was awesome, but in a way, the same was overshadowed by his awesome Test innings. So, incidentally, Brian Lara turns out to be the second batsman to score more than 10,000 runs in the two types of the game after Sachin Tendulkar.
Even when Brian Lara retired, his amazing cricket record is still alive. He is still reckoned as one of the cricketers who has more Test average than his first Class match.