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Brian Lara

West Indies · Batter · 57 years

Born: 2 May 1969
Batting: Left hand Bat
Bowling: Right Arm Leg Spin

Batting career

Format	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100	50	4s	6s
Test	66	120	2	6380	400	54.07	59.23	21	19	786	59
ODI	114	110	15	3508	156	36.93	79.71	4	20	329	61

Recent form

Match	Date	Format	Bat	Bowl
West Indies v EnglandICC World Cup	21 Apr 07	ODI	18 (17)	-
West Indies v BangladeshICC World Cup	19 Apr 07	ODI	33 (27)	-
West Indies v South AfricaICC World Cup	10 Apr 07	ODI	21 (26)	-
West Indies v Sri LankaICC World Cup	1 Apr 07	ODI	2 (4)	-
West Indies v New ZealandICC World Cup	29 Mar 07	ODI	37 (49)	-
West Indies v AustraliaICC World Cup	27 Mar 07	ODI	77 (83)	-
West Indies v ZimbabweICC World Cup	19 Mar 07	ODI	44* (68)	-
West Indies v PakistanICC World Cup	13 Mar 07	ODI	37 (56)	-
India v West IndiesWest Indies in India ODI Series	31 Jan 07	ODI	3 (2)	-
India v West IndiesWest Indies in India ODI Series	27 Jan 07	ODI	83 (88)	-

Deep stats (ODI)

From our ball-by-ball data. Formats available: Test, ODI.

Batting vs pace and spin

Split	Balls	Runs	Outs	SR	Avg	Dot %
pace	1419	940	34	66.24	27.65	59.3
spin	826	761	15	92.13	50.73	49

Batting by phase

Split	Balls	Runs	Outs	SR	Avg	Dot %
powerplay	284	145	7	51.06	20.71	72.2
middle	1961	1527	34	77.87	44.91	54.4
death	159	206	12	129.56	17.17	36.5

Batting vs left / right-arm

Split	Balls	Runs	Outs	SR	Avg	Dot %
left arm	422	372	11	88.15	33.82	51.9
right arm	1823	1329	38	72.9	34.97	56.3

Dismissals

caught31 (54.4%)
bowled9 (15.8%)
lbw6 (10.5%)
run out6 (10.5%)
caught and bowled3 (5.3%)
retired hurt1 (1.8%)
stumped1 (1.8%)

Best grounds (ODI batting)

Ground	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain	5	159	69	31.8	70.35
Sabina Park, Kingston	5	118	44	29.5	62.43
Kinrara Academy Oval	4	159	87	79.5	90.34
Newlands, Cape Town	3	119	116	39.67	69.19
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	3	115	64	57.5	66.09
Harare Sports Club	3	89	41	29.67	79.46
Brabourne Stadium	3	86	71	28.67	58.5
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera	3	32	24	16	103.23