LARA'S PLACE IN HISTORY
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April 12, 2004

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The First batsman in the history of the game to score a Quadruple Century

One of only two batsmen to ever score a Triple Century - the other being Don Bradman.

The only Batsman to ever hold the World Record twice - between Apr 1994 to Oct 2003 and from Apr 2004 to...........................................

LARA's TRIPLE AND DOUBLE CENTURIES:
400* - West Indies v England, 4th Test Match, St. John's (Antigua), Apr 2004
375 - West Indies v England, 5th Test, St. John's (Antigua), Apr 1994
277 - Australia v West Indies, 3rd Test, Sydney, Jan 1993
221 - Sri Lanka v West Indies, 3rd Test Match, Colombo (SSC), Nov 2001
213 - West Indies v Australia, 2nd Test, Kingston (Jamaica), Mar 1999
209 - West Indies v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Castries (St. Lucia), Jun 2003
202 - South Africa v West Indies, 1st Test Match, Johannesburg (Wanderers), Dec 2003


RUNS - 9657
AVERAGE - 53.65

400	300	200	100	50
1	2	7	25	43

BRIAN LARA'S CENTURIES AGAINST ENGLAND
400* 4th Test, Antigua, 2004
112 3rd Test, Old Trafford, 2000
179 6th Test, the Oval, 1995
152 5th Test, Nottingham, 1995
145 4th Test, Old Trafford, 1995
375 5th Test, Antigua, 1993-94
167 2nd Test, Georgetown, 1993-94


LEADING TEST CENTURY-MAKERS
S M Gavaskar (India) 34
S R Tendulkar (India) 33
S R Waugh (Aus) 32
D G Bradman (Aus) 29
A R Border (Aus) 27
G S Sobers (W Indies) 26
B C Lara (W Indies) 25
G S Chappell (Aus) 24
I V A Richards (W Indies) 24
Javed Miandad (Pak) 23


LEADING DOUBLE CENTURY-MAKERS
D G Bradman (Aus) 12
W R Hammond (Eng) 7
B C Lara (W Indies) 7
Javed Miandad (Pak) 6


TEST CAREER BATTING - Most Runs

Name	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	C	St	Team
AR Border	156	265	44	11174	205	50.56	27	63	156	-	AUS
SR Waugh	168	260	46	10927	200	51.06	32	50	112	-	AUS
SM Gavaskar	125	214	16	10122	236*	51.12	34	45	108	-	IND
BC Lara	106	187	6	9657	400*	53.35	25	43	137	-	WI
SR Tendulkar	113	183	19	9469	241*	57.73	33	37	72	-	IND