Brain Lara .          

BRAIN CHARLS LARA  was born 2 May 1969  in Cantaro, Santa Cruz, Trinidad, West Indies.who is a forrmer west indian cricket player . lara has several times topped the test batting rankings & he is the current world record holder for the highest individual innings  score

          .Having started playing cricket at the age of six, it is no surprise that the Prince of Port-of-Spain would become one of the greatest batsmen of all time.

Brain Charles Lara thrilled the world with his expansive left handed batting and scored runs with ease and grace. His batting stance was almost as good to look at as his stroke play: he would have his bat raised high in the air while he positioned his weight onto his bent front knee, while his eyes remained focused and level at all times.

              1987 was a breakthrough year for Lara, when in the West Indies Youth Championships he scored 498 runs breaking the record of 480 by cal 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 tema against leewards islands  In his second first-class match he made 92 against a good attack  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 23 XI against the touring Indian team further elevated his reputation.

In 1990, at the age of 20, Lara became Trinidad and Tobago's youngest-ever captain,  in 1990 that he made his belated Test debut for West Indies against pakistan scoring 44 and 5. He had made his ODI debut 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 SCG.his record braking inngns was a brilliant one againts the england team 400 not out .

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	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
ODIs	299	289	32	10405	169	40.48	13086	79.51	19	63			120	0
First-class	261	440	13	22156	501*	51.88			65	88			320	0
List A	429	411	43	14602	169	39.67			27	86			177	0
Twenty20	3	3	0	99	65	33.00	86	115.11	0	1	11	1	0	0

               

On 26 April 2006 Lara was reappointed the captain of 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 the first player for the West Indies to pass 10,000 One Day International runsLara played his final international game on 21 April 2007 in ar 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 magrath stated that Lara is the greatest batsman that he has ever bowled to..

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 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..