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63-421: Honours and Achievements Video Games Brian Charles Lara , TC , OCC (born 2 May 1969) is a Trinidadian former international cricketer , widely acknowledged as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. He holds several cricketing records, including the record for the highest individual score in first-class cricket , with 501 not out for Warwickshire against Durham at Edgbaston in 1994,and
126-668: A Barbados attack containing Joel Garner and Malcolm Marshall , two greats of West Indies teams. Later in the same year, he captained the West Indies team in Australia for the Bicentennial Youth World Cup where the West Indies reached the semi-finals. Later that year, his innings of 182 as captain of the West Indies Under-23s against the touring Indian team further elevated his reputation. His first selection for
189-458: A dead rubber World Cup game against England. He was run out for 18 after a mix-up with Marlon Samuels; England won the game by 1 wicket. Before the end of this World Cup Glenn McGrath stated that Lara is the greatest batsman that he has ever bowled to. On 19 April 2007 Lara announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket, indicating that the West Indies vs England match on 21 April 2007 would be his last international appearance. He
252-427: A bat, get a hundred lead and bowl them out again.” Until the appearance of the 7-foot-1-inch (2.16 m) tall Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Irfan in 2010, Garner, former Australian pace bowler Bruce Reid and Irish fast bowler Boyd Rankin were the equal-tallest players ever to play international cricket. Geoff Boycott said of Joel Garner "They should cut Joel Garner off at the knees to make him bowl at
315-574: A breakthrough year for Lara, when in the West Indies Youth Championships he scored 498 runs breaking the record of 480 by Carl Hooper set the previous year. He captained the tournament-winning Trinidad and Tobago , who profited from a match-winning 116 from Lara. In January 1988, Lara made his first-class debut for Trinidad and Tobago in the Red Stripe Cup against Leeward Islands . In his second first-class match he made 92 against
378-686: A captain, he scored five double-centuries, which is the highest by any one who is in charge. In 1995 Lara in the Test match away series against England, scored 3 centuries in three consecutive Matches which earned him the Man of the Series award. The Test Series was eventually drawn 2–2. He also held the record for the highest total number of runs in a Test career, after overtaking Allan Border in an innings of 226 played at Adelaide Oval , Australia in November 2005. Lara captained
441-523: A half century in an eventual win for the MCC. After negotiations between Surrey and Lara for the 2010 Friends Provident t20 failed to come to anything, Lara declared that he still wanted to sign a contract to play Twenty20 cricket. Late in the year he joined Southern Rocks , a Zimbabwean side, to compete in the 2010–11 Stanbic Bank 20 Series . On his debut for the Rocks, and his first-ever Twenty20 match, he scored
504-466: A half-century, top-scoring for the Rocks with 65. He added 34 runs in his next two innings, but then left the competition, citing "commitments elsewhere". After expressing his interest to play in the 2011 fourth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), and despite not having played active cricket for four years, Brian Lara still managed to attract the highest reserve price of $ 400,000 ahead of
567-636: A month earlier against Pakistan, scoring 11. In January 1993, Lara scored 277 versus Australia in Sydney. This, his maiden Test century in his fifth Test, was the turning point of the series as West Indies won the final two Tests to win the series 2–1. Lara went on to name his daughter Sydney after scoring 277 at the SCG. Lara holds several world records for high scoring. He has the highest individual score in both first-class cricket (501 not out for Warwickshire against Durham in 1994) and Test cricket (400 not out for
630-784: A normal height". In October 2010 Garner was named interim manager of the West Indies for the tour of Sri Lanka . He was one of the new faces in the team including captain Daren Sammy . In the 2013 election he was the BCA candidate for vice-president of the West Indies Cricket Board , losing to Dave Cameron 's running mate, Emmanuel Nanthan of Dominica, 8–4. As of 2016 he continues as Barbados Cricket Association president, spearheads West Indies' drive in Masters Cricket, has served as
693-503: A promising young player under cricket coach Harry Ramdass. Aged 14, he amassed 745 runs in the schoolboys' league, with an average of 126.16 per innings, which earned him selection for the Trinidad and Tobago national under-16 team. When he was 15 years old, he played in his first West Indian under-19 youth tournament and that same year, Lara represented West Indies in Under-19 cricket. 1987 was
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#1732869446071756-412: A stand of solidarity, when these players were dropped because of their sponsorship deals. The issue was resolved after the first Test of the series against the touring South African team . Lara returned to the team for the second Test (and scored a huge first innings score of 196), but in the process lost his captaincy indefinitely to the newly appointed Shivnarine Chanderpaul . In the next Test, against
819-533: A year later in 1995 for the Mega Drive and Amiga systems. Also known as Lara '96 , this game is a new version of Brian Lara Cricket on the Mega Drive with updated player names and statistics. It is the final game in the series to be developed by Audiogenic and was published by Codemasters in 1996. Released in 1999, this was the first 3D accelerated game in the series. It was the first fifth generation game in
882-545: A yorker that swung in the air and how to use a bouncer effectively. Garner first came to the attention of Somerset whilst playing for Littleborough in the Central Lancashire League. He replaced Sir Garry Sobers as the club's paid man for the 1976 season, continuing in the role for the 1977 and 1978 seasons. During his three-year stay at Littleborough he amassed over 1500 runs with the bat and took 334 wickets at 9.34 runs apiece. Joel Garner signed for Somerset for
945-504: Is a former West Indian cricketer , and a member of the highly regarded late 1970s and early 1980s West Indies cricket teams . Garner is the highest ranked One Day International bowler according to the ICC best-ever bowling ratings, and is 37th in Tests . Garner was a member of the West Indies teams that won their second world title in the 1979 Cricket World Cup as well as finishing as runners-up at
1008-547: Is a series of six cricket video games that are endorsed by the West Indian cricketer Brian Lara and published by Codemasters . As of 2007, there are six games in the Brian Lara Cricket series on eight video game systems, spanning thirteen years. Brian Lara Cricket is the first game in the series to be endorsed by Brian Lara . It was developed by Audiogenic and published by Codemasters in 1994 for DOS and then
1071-477: Is the best ever for any bowler who bowled at least 1000 balls. He is the all-time highest ranked ODI bowler. His 5 for 39 in the 1979 Cricket World Cup final against England remains the best ever performance by a bowler in a final; it included a spell of 5 wickets for 4 runs, and he was on a hat-trick twice. He was also the part of the West Indian team which was runner-up in 1983 ICC Cricket World Cup . In
1134-488: Is the only man to have reclaimed the Test record score, having scored 375 against England in 1994, a record that stood until Matthew Hayden 's 380 against Zimbabwe in 2003. His 400 not out also made him the second player (after Donald Bradman ) to score two Test triple-centuries, and the second (after Bill Ponsford ) to score two first-class quadruple-centuries. He has scored nine double-centuries in Test cricket, third after Bradman's twelve and Kumar Sangakkara 's eleven. As
1197-555: The 1983 Cricket World Cup . In conjunction with fellow fast bowlers Michael Holding , Andy Roberts , Colin Croft , and later Malcolm Marshall , Curtly Ambrose , and Courtney Walsh , the West Indies reached unprecedented heights in the Test and one-day cricket arenas, not losing a Test series in 15 years. In 2010, Garner was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame . Joel Garner
1260-572: The Amiga charts. A PC version followed a year later. In 1994 Audiogenic identified an opportunity to capitalise on the success of Brian Lara , who had broken two long-standing world records, and rebranded World Class Cricket game as Brian Lara Cricket , initially for the DOS but also later for the Amiga . A year later Audiogenic licensed Brian Lara Cricket for the Sega Mega Drive to Codemasters . It
1323-464: The C64 computer system. The game sold well and received high ratings, and so Audiogenic followed it up with Graham Gooch's All Star Cricket in 1987. The game that was to become Graham Gooch World Class Cricket was scheduled to be released for the Amiga and Atari ST in 1991, but development was delayed to ensure quality. When it did eventually appear in 1993 it was a huge success, reaching No.1 in
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#17328694460711386-688: The D Y Patil International University of India. Lara has established the Pearl and Bunty Lara Foundation, which is a charitable organisation in memory of his parents that aims to address health and social care issues. He is an Ambassador for Sport of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, and travels on a diplomatic passport to promote his country throughout the world. On 7 September 2008 he took part in Soccer Aid 2008, and on 6 June 2010 in Soccer Aid 2010, playing for
1449-648: The Marylebone Cricket Club match against a touring Pakistan team, scoring 37 from 32 balls. In 2012, Lara became involved with the Bangladesh Premier League team Chittagong Kings as their brand ambassador. On the occasion of bicentennial anniversary of Lord's ground he played for the team of MCC, under the leadership of Sachin Tendulkar against the Rest of World XI in a 50 over game. He went on to score
1512-780: The PlayStation 2 console, released on 21 July to coincide with the start of the 2005 Ashes series. The game received high ratings. Off the back of this success, Codemasters has developed Brian Lara International Cricket 2007 which was released in March 2007, to coincide with the Cricket World Cup . Brian Lara Pressure Play followed in August for the PSP , reaching No.1 in its first week on release. With Brian Lara's retirement from professional cricket in 2007 Codemasters moved away from using Lara in
1575-514: The 2022 season of the Indian Premier League . Lara's father died in 1989 of a heart attack. His mother died in 2002 of cancer. Lara has two daughters with Trinidadian journalist and model Leasel Rovedas. Lara has dated former British lingerie model Lynnsey Ward. In 2009, Lara was made an honorary Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for services to West Indian and Australian cricket. Lara
1638-726: The 270 runs scored by Sir Donald Bradman in The Ashes Test match of 1937. Muttiah Muralitharan has hailed Lara as his toughest opponent among all batsmen in the world. Lara was awarded the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World awards in 1994 and 1995 and is also one of only three cricketers to receive the BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year , the other two being Sir Garfield Sobers and Shane Warne . Brian Lara
1701-476: The English County Championship . In Barbados , his club team was YMPC . During his time playing for Barbados, he was captain in 1986. He revealed his tactics to Derek Pringle as “It’s quite simple. Me and Macko [ Malcolm Marshall ] open the bowling and nip out the top order. We have a rest and the other bowlers come on and keep it tight. Then me and Macko come on and blast out the tail. We have
1764-573: The IPL players' auction in early January 2011; however, no franchise bought him. In July 2014, he played for the MCC side in the Bicentenary Celebration match at Lord's . On 18 November 2016, Brian Lara signed with Newcastle C&S D5's side The Bennett Hotel Centurions. In December 2021 Brian Lara was appointed as Batting Coach and Strategic Advisor of the Sunrisers Hyderabad team for
1827-736: The Man of the Match award for both matches and was also named Man of the Series. The Wisden 100 rates Lara's 153 not out against Australia in Bridgetown in 1998–99 as the second-best innings ever after Sir Donald Bradman's 270 against England in Melbourne in 1936–37. In 2001 Lara was named the Man of the Carlton Series in Australia with an average of 46.50, the highest average by a West Indian in that series, scoring two half centuries and one century, 116 against Australia. That same year Lara amassed 688 runs in
1890-475: The Rest of the World vs a team of England celebrities and ex-pros. Lara was also a talented football player in his youth and often played with his close friends Dwight Yorke , Shaka Hislop and Russell Latapy while growing up together in Trinidad. Yorke, Hislop and Latapy would go on to play for Trinidad and Tobago at the 2006 FIFA World Cup . Brian Lara Cricket (series) Honours and Achievements Video Games Brian Lara Cricket
1953-422: The West Indies against England in 2004). Lara amassed his world record 501 in 474 minutes off only 427 balls. He hit 308 in boundaries (10 sixes and 62 fours). His partners were Roger Twose (115 partnership – 2nd wicket), Trevor Penney (314 – 3rd), Paul Smith (51 – 4th) and Keith Piper (322 unbroken – 5th). Earlier in that season Lara scored six centuries in seven innings while playing for Warwickshire. He
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2016-610: The West Indies cricket team for the third time. This followed the resignation of Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who had been captain for thirteen months—in which the West Indies won just one of the 14 Test matches they had competed. In May 2006, Lara led the West Indies to successful One-Day series victories against Zimbabwe and India. Lara's team played Australia in the finals of the DLF Cup and the ICC Champions Trophy where they finished runners up in both finals. On 16 December 2006 he became
2079-439: The West Indies from 1998 to 1999, when West Indies suffered their first whitewash at the hands of South Africa . Following this they played Australia in a four-Test series which was drawn 2–2, with Lara scoring 546 runs including three centuries and one double hundred. In the second Test at Kingston he scored 213 while in the third Test he scored 153* in the second innings as West Indies chased down 311 with one wicket left. He won
2142-478: The West Indies team to win the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy , the first time the team won any major ICC trophy since winning the 1979 Cricket World Cup . Lara topped the Test batting rankings on several occasions, and his match-winning performance of 153 not out against Australia in Bridgetown , Barbados in 1999 was rated by Wisden the second-best batting performance in the history of Test cricket, next only to
2205-531: The fans. Lara stated this would be his last appearance in international cricket, he has also indicated his interest in retaining some involvement in the sport. On 23 July 2007 Lara agreed to sign for the Indian Cricket League . He is the former captain of the Mumbai Champs. He volunteered to play for his home team Trinidad and Tobago during the start of 2008 domestic season, after not playing for them for
2268-409: The final few games where his form and fitness had returned. In the following Australian tour of the West Indies, Garner took 31 wickets in the test matches. He described himself as "probably the most happiest man on the team. Dropped from the side the previous season, called washed-up even by friends I hoped hadn't meant it, plagued by recurring injuries to knees and shoulder, I still bowled 208 overs in
2331-549: The first league match with India, he, along with Sir Andy Roberts , set the highest ever 10th wicket partnership in World Cup history (71), but chasing 262, West Indies were reduced to 157-9 but Garner and Roberts added 71 runs to make 228 and West Indies lost by 34 runs. Garner played for Barbados in the West Indies, for South Australia in the Sheffield Shield and alongside Viv Richards and Ian Botham for Somerset in
2394-472: The first player for the West Indies to pass 10,000 One Day International runs, and, along with Sachin Tendulkar , one of only two players, at the time, to do so in both forms of the game. On 10 April 2007 Lara confirmed his retirement from one-day cricket post the 2007 Cricket World Cup . A few days later he announced that he would in fact be retiring from all international cricket after the tournament. Lara played his final international game on 21 April 2007 in
2457-558: The full West Indies team followed in due course, but unfortunately coincided with the death of his father and Lara withdrew from the team. In 1989, he captained a West Indies B Team in Zimbabwe and scored 145. In 1990, at the age of 20, Lara became Trinidad and Tobago's youngest-ever captain, leading them that season to victory in the one-day Geddes Grant Shield . It was also in 1990 that he made his belated Test debut for West Indies against Pakistan , scoring 44 and 5. He had made his ODI debut
2520-427: The local Harvard Coaching Clinic at the age of six for weekly coaching sessions on Sundays. As a result, Lara had a very early education in correct batting technique. Lara's first school was St. Joseph's Roman Catholic primary. He then went to San Juan Secondary School, which is located on Moreau Road, Lower Santa Cruz. A year later, at fourteen years old, he moved on to Fatima College where he started his development as
2583-491: The most effective bowlers of all time. He made his test debut against Pakistan in 1977 and took 25 wickets in his debut series. Garner took seven five wicket bags in test cricket but never took ten wickets in a test match. As he shared the bowling duties with Michael Holding , Andy Roberts , Colin Croft , and later Malcolm Marshall , competition to take wickets was plentiful. At 6 feet 8 inches (an inch taller than Jason Holder , who stands at 6 feet 7 inches), he was, at
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2646-454: The player to attempt to hit the ball in any direction. In India, it was released as Yuvraj Singh International Cricket 2007 . It was also the second game in the Ricky Ponting international series. Brian Lara Pressure Play is a PSP -only version of the game, released in 2007. In 1985, Michael McLean at Audiogenic , a subsidiary of Supersoft wrote Graham Gooch's Test Cricket for
2709-424: The previous game, it was shipped during the 2007 Cricket World Cup . The game was available for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 consoles, as well as for Windows . This version includes many graphical as well as gameplay improvements. The Xbox 360 version is the first console port in the series to be in high definition widescreen . Gameplay improvements include analogue direction control when batting, this allows
2772-676: The previous two years. He made his comeback a memorable one with a match winning hundred over Guyana, followed by a dismissive undefeated half-century in the second innings, scored at over two runs per ball. In the third-round game (Trinidad and Tobago got a bye in the second round). Lara suffered a fractured arm against the Leeward Islands in St Maarten on 19 January, which kept him out of the ICL season. He nevertheless affirmed his commitment to returning to Twenty20 cricket, and on 27 June 2010 appeared for
2835-490: The record for the highest individual score in an international Test innings, after scoring 400 not out at Antigua during the 4th test against England in 2004. Lara also held, for 18 years, the record of scoring the highest number of runs in a single over of a Test match when he scored 28 runs off an over by Robin Peterson of South Africa in 2003, until his record was overtaken by Jasprit Bumrah in 2022.As captain, Lara led
2898-454: The same opponents, he scored a 176 in the first innings. After a one-day series against South Africa, he scored his first Test century against the visiting Pakistanis in the first Test at Kensington Oval , Bridgetown , Barbados which the West Indies eventually won. For his performances in 2005, he was named in the World Test XI by ICC. On 26 April 2006 Lara was reappointed the captain of
2961-493: The series, developed and shipped by Codemasters for the Sony PlayStation and Windows platforms with commentary provided by Geoffrey Boycott and Jonathan Agnew . This game was also branded as Shane Warne Cricket '99 in Australia and New Zealand. Developed by Swordfish Studios for Codemasters , Brian Lara International Cricket 2005 is a 6th generation console game for the PlayStation 2 , Xbox and Windows . It
3024-497: The start of the 1977 season. Brian Rose , who captained Garner at Somerset thought that when Garner bowled, his bounce was "always too steep to drive, often to even play forward". He took 338 First Class wickets at an average of 18.10 during his time at Somerset and was considered the best fast bowler to play for the county. Garner said of Somerset “The people are relaxed and I found people friendlier here. They never hassled you, you could go about your business and I just fit in”. He
3087-408: The tests". However, it was in limited overs cricket that Garner put his height to use with devastating effect: in 98 matches he took 146 wickets. He had the ability to unleash a devastating yorker, as well as generate more bounce. As of January 2020, he is one of only two players with more than 100 ODI wickets at an average of under 20 runs per wicket , while his economy rate of 3.09 runs per over
3150-476: The three match away Test series against Sri Lanka making three centuries, and one fifty—including the double-century and a century in the first and second innings of the 3rd Test match at the Sinhalese Sports Ground, equating to 42% of the team's runs in that series. These extraordinary performances led Muttiah Muralitharan to state that Lara was the most dangerous batsman he had ever bowled to. Lara
3213-502: The time, the tallest fast bowler to play test cricket. Garner was dropped for the final test of the Indian tour of the West Indies in 1983 and again for the West Indies tour of India later that year. Battling injuries, he spent the time building his fitness and returned for the 1983-84 one day series in Australia . Garner missed six one day games due to a knee injury but was able to return for
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#17328694460713276-640: The title. The next cricket game released by the publisher was Ashes Cricket 2009 in August 2009, which continues with the same playing style as the Brian Lara series of cricket games. Codemasters has released the latest International Cricket 2010 on in June 2010 as a sequel to the Ashes Cricket 2009 . The Cricket series is moving on after Brian Lara's retirement and re-branding of the video games series. Joel Garner Joel Garner (born 16 December 1952)
3339-584: Was appointed honorary member of the Order of Australia on 27 November 2009, and in September 2012 he was inducted to the ICC's Hall of Fame as a 2012–13 season inductee. In 2013, Lara received Honorary Life Membership of the MCC becoming the 31st West Indian to receive the honor. Brian Lara is popularly nicknamed as "The Prince of Port of Spain" or simply "The Prince". Brian is one of eleven siblings. His father Bunty and one of his older sisters Agnes Cyrus enrolled him in
3402-491: Was at Somerset in the most successful time in the county's history in winning five trophies. In the 1979 Gillette Cup final at Lords, Garner took six wickets for 29 runs to help defeat Northamptonshire and in the 1981 Benson & Hedges Cup final at Lords, Garner took five wickets for 14 runs to help defeat Surrey . Garner appeared in 58 test matches for the West Indies between 1977 and 1987 and took 259 wickets at an average of barely above 20, making him statistically one of
3465-521: Was born in Enterprise, Christ Church, Barbados. Enterprise was a "scattering of houses among fields of sugar cane". Garner was the older of two boys. When he and his brother were very young, his parents migrated to Canada and the United States and they were left in the care of their grandparents. Cricket was popular and Garner played it as a child. He first attended St Christopher's boys primary school which
3528-509: Was conferred with an honorary doctorate of laws by the University of the West Indies, St Augustine . On 14 September 2012 he was inducted to the ICC's Hall of Fame at the awards ceremony held in Colombo, Sri Lanka as a 2012–13 season inductee. The Brian Lara Stadium , in Trinidad and Tobago, opened in 2017, was named in his honour. On 4 July 2019 Lara was bestowed with an honorary doctorate by
3591-613: Was held in the local Anglican Church. He attended secondary school at Foundation Boys and played cricket for the school where he played as an all rounder. When selected for a school team coached by Seymour Nurse , He was told by Seymour Nurse "What's a big fellow like you doing batting or trying to bat? You're much too big to be a batsman...with your height, son, you should be bowling, fast". Seymour Nurse spent time coaching Garner on how to take full advantage of his height when bowling. He then attended coaching sessions organized by Charlie Griffith and Gary Sobers . Griffith taught Garner to bowl
3654-530: Was named both in the World Test XI and ODI XI by ICC. In March 2005, Lara declined selection for the West Indies team because of a dispute over his personal Cable & Wireless sponsorship deal, which clashed with the Cricket Board's main sponsor, Digicel . Six other players were involved in this dispute, including stars Chris Gayle , Ramnaresh Sarwan and Dwayne Bravo . Lara said he declined selection in
3717-633: Was one of four persons to receive the highest award of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) in July. Lara received an honorary doctorate from the University of Sheffield on Wednesday 10 January 2007. The ceremony took place at the Trinidad Hilton, Port of Spain , Trinidad and Tobago. In September 2009, Lara was inducted as an honorary lifetime member of the Royal St. Kitts Golf Club. On 29 October 2011 Lara
3780-555: Was reappointed as captain against the touring Australians in 2003, and struck 110 in his first Test match back in charge, showing a return to stellar performance. Later that season, under his captaincy, West Indies won the two match Test series against Sri Lanka 1–0 with Lara making a double-century in the First Test. In September 2004, West Indies won the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy in England under his captaincy. For his performances in 2004, he
3843-410: Was released to coincide with the 2005 Ashes series . BLIC 2005 builds on the 3D environment that was first introduced in Brian Lara Cricket '99 and enhances it with rendered crowds and detailed stadia. It was released in Australia as Ricky Ponting International Cricket 2005 . Off the success of BLIC2005 , Brian Lara International Cricket 2007 was developed. Using the same release date tactics as
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#17328694460713906-478: Was run out after a bad mixup with Marlon Samuels for 18, as England went on to win the match by one wicket. He announced before the 2007 Cricket World Cup that this would be his last appearance in One Day Internationals. After his last match, in the post-game presentation interview, he asked the fans, "Did I entertain?", to which he received a resounding cheer from the crowd, after which he went out and took his 'lap of honour' where he met and shook hands with many of
3969-449: Was successful and spent 10 weeks at No.1 in the UK video games chart during the summer of 1995. Brian Lara Cricket '96 was released the following year in 1996 also by Codemasters , and it too got to No.1 in the charts. In late 1996 Codemasters acquired the Audiogenic development and Brian Lara Cricket '99 for the PlayStation console was released in 1998. In 2005 Codemasters released Brian Lara International Cricket 2005 for
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