Wishes pour in as legendary cricketer Brian Lara turns 49 today
"The Prince of cricket" - Brian Charles Lara, the former International cricketer turned 49 today.
He is acknowledged as one of the best cricketers of his times due to some great innings he played for his side.
Former West Indies batsmen, Brian Lara holds several records and some are still unbroken.
Lara slammed his maiden Test century and scored 277 runs against Australia in 1993.
Brian Lara became the first and only player to score 350+ scores twice in Test history and also hold the world record of scoring most runs in a single over in Test cricket.
Wishes poured in from all over the world on Twitter wishing the great cricket legend.
If at all someone turned batting into a fine arts masterclass, it has to be this man. No other left handed Batsman has fascinated me as much as him. Played BEST playing against the BEST. Wishing the Greatest and My most favorite @BrianLara Happiest of Birthdays ?? pic.twitter.com/1CXCKsDbqz
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani) May 2, 2018
Happiest birthday to one of the Greatest @BrianLara pic.twitter.com/GVjsGCysHG
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) May 2, 2018
11,953 Test runs - #1 for Windies
— ICC (@ICC) May 2, 2018
10,405 ODI runs - #1 for Windies
The Test record score - 400*
The first-class record score - 501*
Happy birthday to the legendary @BrianLara! pic.twitter.com/jLE1XCZnIo
?? Happy Birthday to @BrianLara!
— Warwickshire CCC ? (@WarwickshireCCC) May 2, 2018
3⃣0⃣ matches
5⃣1⃣ innings
3⃣0⃣9⃣9⃣ runs
5⃣0⃣1⃣* HS
6⃣3⃣.2⃣4⃣ average
6⃣ 5⃣0⃣s
1⃣2⃣ 1⃣0⃣0⃣s
Bears legend! ?#YouBears pic.twitter.com/xiYkQcPHQf
Happy birthday Brian Lara.
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) May 2, 2018
- Only man to score 400 runs in a Test innings.
- Only man to score 500 runs in a first class innings.
- Only man to break the record of highest individual score in Tests twice.
The only batsman to score a quadruple hundred (400*) in Test cricket and a quintiple hundred (501*) in First Class cricket
— Circle of Cricket (@circleofcricket) May 2, 2018
Happy birthday to the Prince of Trinidad, @BrianLara pic.twitter.com/KfMepBbdZH
? Happy Birthday @BrianLara
— Lord's Cricket Ground (@HomeOfCricket) May 2, 2018
Here he is in his last appearance at Lord's, playing in the Bicentenary Match in 2014. What is your favourite Lara memory? ? #LoveLords pic.twitter.com/1vzmlxcis5
?x 400 - just the kind of ? one of cricket's greatest batsmen, @BrianLara, deserves on his birthday! #HappyBirthdayLara pic.twitter.com/vIRV1D5MjH
— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) May 2, 2018
Former West Indies run machine Brian Lara turns 49 today. He holds the records for highest score in first-class cricket (501 not out for Warwickshire against Durham) and Tests (400no against England) pic.twitter.com/m3a4KPzQwb
— PA Sport (@pasport) May 2, 2018
Cricket Australia video today: Ian Healy master of the stumping. He was. https://t.co/zfKfeLKUlA
— Osman Samiuddin (@OsmanSamiuddin) May 1, 2018
Here’s a stumping they missed though:https://t.co/1YyWbEit62
He played his last match on April 21, 2007, against England and scored 18 runs. While interacting with media post-match he asked, "Did I entertain?" to sum up his entire career.