CRICKET WICKETPLAYER CAREER
Brian Lara
International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis
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430Internationals
22,358Career runs
53Centuries
4Wickets
Career records by format
Test
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 131
- Innings
- 232
- Runs
- 11,953
- Average
- 52.88
- Strike rate
- 60.51
- Highest score
- 400*
- Not outs
- 6
- 100s
- 34
- 50s
- 48
- Ducks
- 17
- 4s
- 1,559
- 6s
- 88
- Balls faced
- 19,753
Bowling
- Matches
- 131
- Innings
- 4
- Balls
- 60
- Maidens
- 1
- Runs conceded
- 28
- Wickets
- 0
- Average
- N/A
- Economy
- 2.80
- Strike rate
- N/A
- Best innings
- -
- Best match
- -
- 4 wickets
- 0
- 5 wickets
- 0
- 10 wickets
- 0
Fielding
- Matches
- 131
- Innings
- 241
- Catches
- 164
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 164
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 164
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.680
- Best innings
- 4 (4ct 0st)
ODI
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 299
- Innings
- 289
- Runs
- 10,405
- Average
- 40.48
- Strike rate
- 79.51
- Highest score
- 169
- Not outs
- 32
- 100s
- 19
- 50s
- 63
- Ducks
- 16
- 4s
- 1,042
- 6s
- 133
- Balls faced
- 13,086
Bowling
- Matches
- 299
- Innings
- 5
- Balls
- 49
- Maidens
- 0
- Runs conceded
- 61
- Wickets
- 4
- Average
- 15.25
- Economy
- 7.46
- Strike rate
- 12.25
- Best innings
- 2/5
- Best match
- 2/5
- 4 wickets
- 0
- 5 wickets
- 0
- 10 wickets
- —
Fielding
- Matches
- 299
- Innings
- 296
- Catches
- 120
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 120
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 120
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.405
- Best innings
- 3 (3ct 0st)
Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.
Explore this player’s available match data
426 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.
Recent available appearances
| Date | Match | Format | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-04-21 | West Indies v England | ODI | England won by 1 wickets |
| 2007-04-19 | West Indies v Bangladesh | ODI | West Indies won by 99 runs |
| 2007-04-10 | West Indies v South Africa | ODI | South Africa won by 67 runs |
| 2007-04-01 | West Indies v Sri Lanka | ODI | Sri Lanka won by 113 runs |
| 2007-03-29 | West Indies v New Zealand | ODI | New Zealand won by 7 wickets |
| 2007-03-27 | West Indies v Australia | ODI | Australia won by 103 runs |
| 2007-03-23 | West Indies v Ireland | ODI | West Indies won by 8 wickets |
| 2007-03-19 | West Indies v Zimbabwe | ODI | West Indies won by 6 wickets |
| 2007-03-13 | West Indies v Pakistan | ODI | West Indies won by 54 runs |
| 2007-01-31 | India v West Indies | ODI | India won by 160 runs |
| 2007-01-27 | India v West Indies | ODI | West Indies won by 3 wickets |
| 2007-01-21 | India v West Indies | ODI | India won by 14 runs |
THE SHAPE OF A CAREER
Available scorecardsPerformance by year
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
Exact yearly figures · 16 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 10 | 18 | 749 | 216 | 41.61 | 60.06 | 3 | 2 | 91 | 10 | 1,247 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2005 | 8 | 15 | 1,069 | 226 | 71.26 | 66.23 | 5 | 0 | 125 | 9 | 1,614 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2004 | 12 | 21 | 1,178 | 400 | 58.90 | 61.38 | 3 | 4 | 147 | 10 | 1,919 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2003 | 10 | 19 | 1,344 | 209 | 74.66 | 63.12 | 5 | 5 | 178 | 16 | 2,129 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2002 | 7 | 10 | 351 | 73 | 35.10 | 50.50 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 1 | 695 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2001 | 9 | 18 | 1,151 | 221 | 63.94 | 50.81 | 3 | 4 | 126 | 10 | 2,265 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2000 | 9 | 17 | 497 | 182 | 29.23 | 58.95 | 2 | 1 | 70 | 3 | 843 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1999 | 8 | 15 | 832 | 213 | 59.42 | 58.92 | 3 | 4 | 119 | 8 | 1,412 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1998 | 8 | 15 | 608 | 93 | 43.42 | 55.12 | 0 | 5 | 89 | 5 | 1,103 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1997 | 12 | 21 | 859 | 132 | 40.90 | 58.79 | 3 | 3 | 115 | 8 | 1,461 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 5.33 | N/A |
| 1996 | 5 | 9 | 226 | 74 | 25.11 | 53.30 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 424 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1995 | 12 | 20 | 1,222 | 179 | 67.88 | 73.61 | 4 | 6 | 192 | 1 | 1,660 | 2 | 0 | N/A | 1.60 | N/A |
| 1994 | 8 | 14 | 996 | 375 | 71.14 | 63.39 | 2 | 4 | 126 | 3 | 1,571 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1993 | 7 | 10 | 586 | 277 | 58.60 | 69.76 | 1 | 3 | 76 | 2 | 840 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 2.00 | N/A |
| 1992 | 3 | 6 | 195 | 64 | 32.50 | 48.14 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 405 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1990 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 44 | 24.50 | 46.22 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 106 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
ODI
Exact yearly figures · 18 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 11 | 11 | 386 | 83 | 38.60 | 87.13 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 443 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2006 | 26 | 26 | 660 | 87 | 31.42 | 76.30 | 0 | 4 | 69 | 14 | 865 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2005 | 11 | 11 | 381 | 156 | 34.63 | 86.78 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 7 | 439 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2004 | 18 | 18 | 484 | 59 | 32.26 | 82.03 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 5 | 590 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2003 | 19 | 19 | 805 | 116 | 47.35 | 81.64 | 3 | 3 | 75 | 16 | 986 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 15.00 | N/A |
| 2002 | 8 | 8 | 181 | 59 | 36.20 | 65.10 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 278 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2001 | 20 | 20 | 732 | 116 | 43.05 | 73.86 | 1 | 5 | 73 | 5 | 991 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2000 | 10 | 10 | 359 | 87 | 35.90 | 81.77 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 6 | 439 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1999 | 27 | 27 | 606 | 117 | 23.30 | 81.56 | 1 | 1 | 66 | 17 | 743 | 1 | 2 | 6.00 | 5.53 | 6.50 |
| 1998 | 8 | 8 | 386 | 110 | 55.14 | 88.12 | 1 | 3 | 47 | 5 | 438 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 12.00 | N/A |
| 1997 | 17 | 17 | 755 | 103 | 50.33 | 81.88 | 2 | 5 | 68 | 12 | 922 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1996 | 14 | 14 | 684 | 146 | 62.18 | 93.18 | 3 | 2 | 73 | 7 | 734 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1995 | 14 | 14 | 806 | 169 | 67.16 | 96.06 | 2 | 6 | 86 | 12 | 839 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1994 | 14 | 14 | 479 | 89 | 34.21 | 80.77 | 0 | 4 | 48 | 1 | 593 | 2 | 2 | 11.00 | 5.50 | 12.00 |
| 1993 | 30 | 30 | 1,349 | 153 | 49.96 | 72.33 | 4 | 7 | 154 | 4 | 1,865 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1992 | 21 | 21 | 794 | 88 | 41.78 | 67.86 | 0 | 9 | 79 | 4 | 1,170 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1991 | 11 | 11 | 263 | 54 | 23.90 | 62.17 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 423 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1990 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 11.00 | 55.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
ODI v Pakistan · Karachi
- First century in this archive · 277 runs
Test v Australia · Sydney
- Best recorded bowling · 2/5
ODI v England · Kingstown
- Highest recorded innings · 400* runs
Test v England · Antigua Recreation Ground
- Latest available scorecard
ODI v England · Kensington Oval, Bridgetown
Records against the opposition
Selected studies with at least ten batting or bowling innings. Each page includes sample sizes, yearly trends and the scorecards behind the figures.
TestAgainst Australia30 matches with recorded figuresTestAgainst England29 matches with recorded figuresTestAgainst South Africa18 matches with recorded figuresTestAgainst India17 matches with recorded figuresODIAgainst Pakistan48 matches with recorded figuresODIAgainst Australia47 matches with recorded figuresODIAgainst India40 matches with recorded figuresODIAgainst South Africa37 matches with recorded figures