STATISTICS

TEST MATCH BATTING RECORD :

The world knows Brian Lara for his batting . He is famous for his belligerency in batting . He is a an aggressive batsmen , he has all the shots in his armory , he is terrific player of spin bowling and can be lethal against the quickies as well . On his day he can shake the basis of the best in the business . His test career statistics are listed below :

	Mat	Innings	No.	Runs	HighS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	131	232	6	11953	400*	52.88	19753	60.51	34	48	1559	88	164	0

His Test Career is like a fairy tale . People from all over the world praise him because of some extraordinary batting and terrific defense . As it is a well known fact that in Test match Cricket your defense should be good , other wise it is very difficult to survive at this level without proper technique but brian lara not only survived at this level but made his mark as the king of the International scene that speaks highly of the abilities and talent of the man .

In his Test career he played handsome amount of matches , he played 131 matches , scored heaps runs and he is the highest runs getter in Test match Cricket with 11953 runs with the average of 52.88 and the strike rate of 60.51 . In test matches he scored 34 centuries and 48 half centuries .

He is a good gifted player with extra abilities then any other normal individuals and that shows when he is in full flow . He is a batsmen who can hit the bad ball and can smash even the good deliveries and this attribute of Brian Lara make him the best in the world . Even the best is hesitant to bowl against him on his day . He has scored 1559 boundaries and 88 sixes in Test Match Cricket . percentage of boundaries in his innings is very high . He has taken 164 catches in Test matches .

ODI STATISTICS :

	Mat	Innings	No.	Runs	HighS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
ODIs	299	289	32	10405	169	40.48	13086	79.51	19	63	1035	133	120	0

Brian Lara is a very good player of ODIS as well . He is a multi talented Cricketer and has the ability to show good defense in tight situations under pressure situations and can hit big shots when it comes to batting at the depth of the innings . It is witnessed that he hit some crucial boundaries in ODIS at critical stages .

Brian Lara played 299 One Day International Matches . He played 289 innings out of 299 matches . He scored almost 10,500 runs , 10405 to be precise . These are huge number of runs considering the batting order in recent matches and the amount of responsibility on his shoulders . His highest score in ODIS is 169 runs . In One day International Cricket his strike rate is 79.51 which is excellent and indicates his aggressiveness and positive intent towards Cricket . His main priority is to play positively no matter what the situation is , and that is one of the secret of his success . He is not a dasher or a slogger , he is a complete batsmen with wide range of shots . He blasted the biggest fast bowlers of the history like Wasim Akram , Waqar Younus , Allan Donald , Glen Mcgrath , Shane Warne and Muttiah Murlitharan etc . Many youngsters of International Cricket declares Brian Lara as the hardest batsmen to bowl against . When he is on song , he can tear apart even the World Champions . He has scored 19 centuries and 63 half centuries in ODIS , with a total of 1035 fours and 133 sixes , Normally there is huge percentage of boundaries in his innings . He is so talented that he doesn't like to run a lot during his innings and mainly prefer to hit boundaries .

He is a good fielder as well and has taken 120 catches in ODIS . His main priority is to contribute in every field whether it is batting , fielding or giving useful tips to the youngsters .