Brian Lara

Brian Lara is a Trinidadian cricketer celebrated for prolific batting and record individual scores in Test and first-class cricket.

375 (Brian Lara score): Brian Lara’s 375-run innings against England in 1994, then the highest individual Test score. This Antigua innings first gave Lara the Test batting record.
Batting (cricket): The act of scoring runs and defending the wicket as a batter in cricket. Lara’s records came through sustained control of this central skill.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul: A Guyanese cricketer who became a leading West Indies batter and Lara’s teammate. Chanderpaul shared the long task of sustaining West Indies batting during Lara’s era.
West Indies cricket team: The international cricket team representing a group of Caribbean nations and territories. Lara’s achievements belonged to a team whose fortunes shifted during his career.
501 not out (Brian Lara score): Brian Lara’s 501 not out for Warwickshire against Durham in 1994, the highest individual score in first-class cricket. This first-class innings remains his most extraordinary scoring feat.
Cricket batting technique: The coordinated stance, footwork, balance, and stroke-making used to bat in cricket. Lara combined decisive footwork with a wide range of attacking strokes.
Curtly Ambrose: A towering Antiguan fast bowler who led the West Indies attack during the 1980s and 1990s. Ambrose’s bowling represented the powerful team tradition Lara joined.
Test cricket: The longest international format of cricket, played over up to five days between national teams. His 400 not out set the format’s highest individual score.
400 not out (Brian Lara score): Brian Lara’s unbeaten 400 against England in 2004, the highest individual score in Test cricket. He reclaimed the Test record with this innings in Antigua.
Backlift (cricket): The movement by which a batter raises the bat before bringing it down to play a ball. His distinctive high backlift helped generate force and time his strokes.

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