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Brian Lara Test record against India

1994-11-18 – 2006-06-30 · Available official international scorecards

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The record at a glance

This study covers 17 Test matches against India with recorded batting or bowling figures: 29 batting innings and 1 bowling innings. Matches with no batting or bowling entry for this player are outside this sample.

Batting runs and dismissals; bowling runs conceded and wickets
DisciplineInningsRunsWickets / outsAverageStrike rate
Batting291,0022934.5552.73
Bowling1160N/AN/A

Batting average = runs ÷ dismissals; batting strike rate = runs per 100 balls. Bowling average = runs conceded ÷ wickets; bowling strike rate = legal balls per wicket. Rates require fully recorded inputs. — means unrecorded; N/A means a zero denominator.

Bowling economy: 5.33 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 18.

Batting milestones in this sample: 2 centuries and 6 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 1,900.

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

How the record developed

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Runs by seasonTest · annual total
391293196980Runs1994: 198 runs19819941997: 391 runs39119972002: 202 runs2022006: 211 runs2112006Season
Wickets by seasonTest · annual total
11000Wickets1997: 0 wickets01997Season
Exact yearly figures · 4 seasons
Test archive totals by year
YearMatBat innsRunsHSAvgSR100s50s4s6sBFBowl innsWktsBowl avgEconBowl SR
20064821112026.3747.951020344000N/AN/AN/A
2002572025528.8549.380219040900N/AN/AN/A
19975839110348.8760.151246365010N/A5.33N/A
1994361989133.0049.370217040100N/AN/AN/A

Home, away and neutral conditions

Setting follows the recorded host country. Unknown locations are retained as unknown; venue names alone are not guessed.

Opposition record by match setting
SettingMatchesBat innsRunsBat avgBat SRBowl innsWicketsBowl avg
Home101559339.5355.9910N/A
Away3619833.0049.3700N/A
Unknown4821126.3747.9500N/A
MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

  1. First available scorecard

    Test v India · Wankhede

  2. First century in this archive · 103 runs

    Test v India · St John's

  3. Highest recorded innings · 120 runs

    Test v India · Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet

  4. Latest available scorecard

    Test v India · Sabina Park, Kingston

Recent recorded innings

Scorecards supporting this opposition study
DateVenueInningsRunsBallsWicketsConceded
2006-06-30Sabina Park, Kingston41125
2006-06-30Sabina Park, Kingston22640
2006-06-22Warner Park, Basseterre31915
2006-06-22Warner Park, Basseterre11011
2006-06-10Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet3120307
2006-06-10Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet2714
2006-06-02Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's407
2006-06-02Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's21821
2002-05-18Kingston33545
2002-05-18Kingston1925
2002-05-10St John's2425
2002-05-02Bridgetown255123
2002-04-19Port of Spain447102
2002-04-19Port of Spain25278
2002-04-11Georgetown1011
1997-04-17Georgetown23016
1997-04-04St John's1103178
1997-03-27Bridgetown34567
1997-03-27Bridgetown11957
1997-03-14Port of Spain31957

This opposition study uses available scorecards in Cricket Wicket’s twelve-team publication scope. It is a dated archive analysis, not a claim of complete career coverage. Read the coverage and calculation method.