Player: | BC Lara |
West Indian captain, Brian Lara, became the second West Indian after Desmond Haynes and the tenth in the world to have completed 8000 or more runs in Limited-Overs Internationals.
He achieved the feat during his 51st fifty - 75 not out off 65 balls against Australia in the seventh and final game at St.George's, Grenada on June 1, 2003.
Lara's feat of reaching 8000 runs in 216 matches is the second fastest after India's Sourav Ganguly (208 matches) in the history of Limited-Overs Internationals.
The country-wise Batting & Fielding record of Brian Lara in Limited-Overs Internationals as on June 2, 2003 is as under:
Opponents M I N.O. Runs H.S. Ave. 100 50 0 S.R. Ct. Australia 39 38 3 1517 139 43.34 3 11 2 75.17 14 Pakistan 39 39 5 1418 153 41.71 4 6 3 76.57 25 India 31 29 3 794 89 30.54 - 4 1 72.12 16 South Africa 24 24 2 970 116 44.09 3 5 1 72.12 9 Bangladesh 4 4 - 190 117 47.50 1 - - 113.77 2 Canada 1 1 - 73 73 73.00 - 1 - 182.50 - England 19 18 - 610 110 33.89 1 5 2 81.66 7 Kenya 3 3 - 129 111 43.00 1 - - 80.12 3 Scotland 1 1 1 25 25* - - - - 147.06 - New Zealand 23 22 5 907 146* 53.35 2 6 1 87.80 6 Sri Lanka 20 20 1 913 169 48.05 1 8 1 76.66 6 Zimbabwe 12 12 2 493 87 49.30 - 5 1 85.89 2 Total: 216 211 22 8039 169 42.53 16 51 12 78.46 90 Home: 59 56 9 2283 146* 48.57 5 15 2 80.33 21 Away: 157 155 13 5756 169 40.54 11 36 10 77.74 69
 
Brian Lara's mode of dismissals: Bowlers dismissing Lara quite often:Bowled: 35 Wasim Akram (Pak.) - 7 times. Caught by Wicketkeepers: 35 Waqar Younis (Pak.) - 6 times. Caught by Fielders: 78 Chris Harris (NZ) - 6 times. Caught and Bowled: 9 Sanath Jayasuriya(SL)- 6 times. Stumped: 4 LBW: 16 Run out: 12 Total: 189Batsmen with 8000 or more runs in Limited-Overs Internationals:
Runs Batsman For M I N.O. Ave. H.S. 100 50 0 S.R. Matches to 8000 runs 12219 S.R Tendulkar Ind. 314 305 30 44.43 186* 34 62 14 86.33 217 9378 M.Azharuddin Ind. 334 308 54 36.92 153* 7 58 9 73.94 278 9284 P.A.de Silva SL 308 296 30 34.90 145 11 64 17 81.08 254 9077 S.T Jayasuriya SL 304 296 12 31.96 189 16 54 22 88.81 271 8957 Inzamam-ul-Haq Pak. 290 272 38 38.28 137* 8 64 16 71.59 244 8897 S.C.Ganguly Ind. 233 225 19 43.19 183 22 52 11 74.73 208 8823 Saeed Anwar Pak. 247 244 19 39.21 194 20 43 15 80.58 221 8648 D.L.Haynes WI 238 237 28 41.38 152* 17 57 13 63.35 220 8500 M.E.Waugh Aus. 244 236 20 39.35 173 18 50 16 76.91 230 8039 B.C.Lara WI 216 211 22 42.53 169 16 51 12 78.45 216
(Article: Copyright © 2003 Rajesh Kumar)
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