Brian Lara stats

Data through 21 April 2007Last updated 21 April 2007

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 9 February 2003 to 21 April 2007. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Between 2003 and 2007, Brian Lara appears in 17 Tests, 71 ODIs for West Indies in the Cricsheet data. In Tests Brian Lara scored 2,036 runs in 31 innings (average 67.87, strike rate 64.8), including 7 hundreds and 5 fifties. Against England in Tests, Brian Lara averaged 150.50 over 5 innings.

International matches

Tests 17 · ODIs 71

International runs

3,914

8 hundreds

Best batting average (Test)

67.87

31 innings

Highest score

400*

Test

Teams played for

West Indies 2003–2007 · 85ICC World XI 2005 · 3

BattingBowling

Brian Lara batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Test	17	31	1	2,036	400*	67.87	3,140	64.8	7	5	2	256	26
ODI	71	67	11	1,878	116	33.54	2,404	78.1	1	10	3	173	40

Runs per year

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Brian Lara: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2003	1,047
2004	927
2005	402
2006	1,183
2007	355

Year-by-year batting (9 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
2003	ODI	14	520	43.33	77.7	116	1	3
2003	Test	6	527	87.83	72.8	202	2	2
2004	ODI	12	325	36.11	80.2	59	0	2
2004	Test	5	602	150.50	70.2	400	1	2
2005	ODI	8	110	13.75	80.3	39	0	0
2005	Test	7	292	41.71	55.8	176	1	0
2006	ODI	23	568	31.56	73.5	87	0	3
2006	Test	13	615	47.31	59.4	216	3	1
2007	ODI	10	355	39.44	84.5	83	0	2

Brian Lara bowling record by format

Brian Lara has not bowled in the matches in the data.

Brian Lara against each team

vs Australia vs India vs South Africa vs England vs Zimbabwe vs Pakistan

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
England	Test	5	602	150.50	70.2	400	1	2
South Africa	Test	5	400	80.00	67.2	202	2	0
Pakistan	Test	3	399	133.00	68.4	216	2	1
Australia	Test	6	227	37.83	51.9	68	0	2
India	Test	8	211	26.38	48.0	120	1	0
Australia	ODI	12	395	35.91	81.8	87	0	4
South Africa	ODI	9	283	35.38	78.6	116	1	1
India	ODI	9	282	40.29	74.8	83	0	2
Zimbabwe	ODI	10	246	35.14	79.6	44	0	0
Pakistan	ODI	8	197	32.83	81.7	44	0	0
England	ODI	7	140	23.33	76.9	57	0	1
Bangladesh	ODI	3	99	33.00	90.0	46	0	0
Sri Lanka	ODI	5	94	23.50	45.2	64	0	1
New Zealand	ODI	3	69	23.00	73.4	37	0	0

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's	4	532	177.33	400
Kensington Oval	5	304	76.00	176
Multan Cricket Stadium	2	229	229.00	216
The Wanderers Stadium	2	207	103.50	202
Queens Sports Club	3	194	64.67	191
Daren Sammy Cricket Ground	3	184	61.33	120
Gaddafi Stadium	3	183	61.00	122
Kinrara Academy Oval	4	159	79.50	87
Queen's Park Oval	5	159	31.80	69
Kennington Oval	4	157	39.25	79

Batting and bowling by phase (limited overs)

T20 phases: overs 1–6, 7–15, 16–20. ODI phases: overs 1–10, 11–40, 41–50.
Format	Phase	Runs	Balls	SR	Outs	Bowl balls	Wkts	Econ
ODI	Powerplay	145	284	51.1	7	–	–	–
ODI	Middle	1527	1961	77.9	36	–	–	–
ODI	Death	206	159	129.6	13	–	–	–

How Brian Lara was dismissed

Caught46 (53%)
Lbw15 (17%)
Bowled14 (16%)
Run out6 (7%)
Caught and bowled3 (3%)
Stumped2 (2%)

Last 20 innings

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Brian Lara: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
28 Oct 2006	3
2 Nov 2006	9
5 Nov 2006	2
11 Nov 2006	61
11 Nov 2006	122
19 Nov 2006	216
7 Dec 2006	14
10 Dec 2006	0
13 Dec 2006	13
16 Dec 2006	44
27 Jan 2007	83
31 Jan 2007	3
13 Mar 2007	37
19 Mar 2007	44
27 Mar 2007	77
29 Mar 2007	37
1 Apr 2007	2
10 Apr 2007	21
19 Apr 2007	33
21 Apr 2007	18

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
21 Apr 2007	ODI	England	18	17	run out	Kensington Oval
19 Apr 2007	ODI	Bangladesh	33	27	caught	Kensington Oval
10 Apr 2007	ODI	South Africa	21	26	bowled	National Cricket Stadium
1 Apr 2007	ODI	Sri Lanka	2	4	stumped	Providence Stadium
29 Mar 2007	ODI	New Zealand	37	49	caught	Sir Vivian Richards Stadium
27 Mar 2007	ODI	Australia	77	83	lbw	Sir Vivian Richards Stadium
19 Mar 2007	ODI	Zimbabwe	44*	68	not out	Sabina Park
13 Mar 2007	ODI	Pakistan	37	56	caught	Sabina Park
31 Jan 2007	ODI	India	3	2	run out	Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited Sports Complex Ground
27 Jan 2007	ODI	India	83	88	caught	MA Chidambaram Stadium
16 Dec 2006	ODI	Pakistan	44	55	bowled	National Stadium, Karachi
13 Dec 2006	ODI	Pakistan	13*	20	not out	Multan Cricket Stadium
10 Dec 2006	ODI	Pakistan	0	1	lbw	Gaddafi Stadium
7 Dec 2006	ODI	Pakistan	14	29	run out	Iqbal Stadium
19 Nov 2006	Test	Pakistan	216	262	caught	Multan Cricket Stadium
11 Nov 2006	Test	Pakistan	122	215	lbw	Gaddafi Stadium
11 Nov 2006	Test	Pakistan	61	106	caught	Gaddafi Stadium
5 Nov 2006	ODI	Australia	2	18	caught	Brabourne Stadium
2 Nov 2006	ODI	South Africa	9	10	caught and bowled	Sawai Mansingh Stadium
28 Oct 2006	ODI	England	3	6	bowled	Narendra Modi Stadium

Frequently asked questions

How many runs has Brian Lara scored in Tests?

2,036 runs in 31 innings (17 matches) at an average of 67.87 and a strike rate of 64.8, in the data from 2003 to 2006.

How many runs has Brian Lara scored in ODIs?

1,878 runs in 67 innings (71 matches) at an average of 33.54 and a strike rate of 78.1, in the data from 2003 to 2007.

What is Brian Lara's highest score?

400* in Tests, the highest score in the data.

How many centuries has Brian Lara scored?

8 hundreds in the data: 7 in Tests, 1 in ODIs.

Source: computed by CricketWise from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (ODC-BY). Career totals cover only matches in the Cricsheet data. Definitions: methodology.