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Brian Lara Test record against South Africa

1992-04-18 – 2005-04-29 · Available official international scorecards

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The record at a glance

This study covers 18 Test matches against South Africa with recorded batting or bowling figures: 35 batting innings and 0 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
Batting351,7153549.0053.71
Bowling000N/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. A hyphen means unrecorded; N/A means a zero denominator.

Batting milestones in this sample: 4 centuries and 9 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 3,193.

CAREER BY FORMAT

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

Test · Runs by year
  1. 199281 runs
  2. 1998191 runs
  3. 1999119 runs
  4. 2001400 runs
  5. 2003290 runs
  6. 2004241 runs
  7. 2005393 runs
Exact yearly figures · 7 seasons
Test archive totals by year
YearMatBat innsRunsHSAvgSR100s50s4s6sBFBowl innsWktsBowl avgEconBowl SR
20053539319678.6066.382050159200N/AN/AN/A
20042424111560.2551.601135246700N/AN/AN/A
20032429020272.5060.661145247800N/AN/AN/A
20015104009140.0043.010348593000N/AN/AN/A
1999241196829.7545.940120125900N/AN/AN/A
1998361917931.8357.530231233200N/AN/AN/A
199212816440.5060.000114013500N/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
Home91787451.4152.7400N/A
Away91884146.7254.7500N/A
SCORECARD MILESTONES

Career timeline

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

  1. First available scorecard

    Test v South Africa · Kensington Oval

  2. Highest recorded innings · 202 runs

    Test v South Africa · The Wanderers Stadium

  3. Latest available scorecard

    Test v South Africa · Antigua Recreation Ground

Recent recorded innings

Scorecards supporting this opposition study
DateVenueInningsRunsBallsWicketsConceded
2005-04-29Antigua Recreation Ground2429--
2005-04-21Kensington Oval31346--
2005-04-21Kensington Oval1176224--
2005-04-08Queen's Park Oval347--
2005-04-08Queen's Park Oval1196286--
2004-01-16SuperSport Park3613--
2004-01-16SuperSport Park23478--
2004-01-02Newlands486138--
2004-01-02Newlands2115238--
2003-12-26Kingsmead31171--
2003-12-26Kingsmead172111--
2003-12-12The Wanderers Stadium4522--
2003-12-12The Wanderers Stadium2202274--
2001-04-19Sabina Park31450--
2001-04-19Sabina Park181156--
2001-04-06Antigua Recreation Ground491199--
2001-04-06Antigua Recreation Ground21942--
2001-03-29Kensington Oval4859--
2001-03-29Kensington Oval283186--
2001-03-17Queen's Park Oval4011--

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