Full Name | Brian Charles Lara |
Nickname(s) | THE PRINCE OF PORT-OF-SPAIN |
Date of birth | May 2nd 1969 |
Place of birth | Trinidad and Tobago |
Sun Sign | Taurus |
School and College | Fatima College |
Family | Dad : Bunty Lara(his father,who died in 1988) Mom : mother Pearl Lara Brother : 10 brothers and sisters |
Residence | His home is in Santa Cruz, in the hills north of Port-of-Spain |
Batting Style | Left Hand Bat |
Bowling Style | Occasional Leg Break Googly |
Cricket Gurus | Colin Cowdrey, then Roy Fredericks and finally Gus Logie |
ODI Debut | West Indies v Pakistan at Karachi,1st ODI, 1990/91 |
Test Debut | West Indies v Pakistan at Lahore, 3rd Test, 1990/91 |
Memorable matches | 375 vs.England, Antigua, 1994 , 501 not out(first-class record for Warwickshire against Durham in the English county Cricket Championship), 153 Not Out in Barbados against Australia 1999 |
Major Teams | West Indies, Trinidad & Tobago, Warwickshire, Queen’s Park Cricket Club |
Assets | His ability to find the gaps is his big asset |
Cricketing heroes | The late Roy Fredericks and Sir Vivian Richards |
Bowlers he finds difficult to face | Wasim Akram |
Other sports admired | Football |
Hobbies | playing golf , playing with daughter and reading(John Grisham novels) |
Favorite color | Gray and Burgundy |
Favorite music | Alternative and R&B. |
Favorite film | Movie- Shawshank Redemption |
Favorite TV show | Sex in the City |
Favorite restarunt/ hoiday place /hotel | Chinese and Italian restaurants |
Other intersting facts | Test Match Statistics : Man of the Match:8 times ODI Statistics : Man of the Match:28 times |
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