BL
West Indies · 1990–2007 · Retired
Brian Lara
Left-hand top-order batter
Gunn & Moore Original / Diamond
Made by Gunn & Moore →Gunn & Moore
- Willow
- Grade 1 English willow
- Weight
- 2lb 9oz
The player
Holder of the highest individual scores in both Test cricket (400* vs England, Antigua 2004) and first-class cricket (501* for Warwickshire vs Durham, Edgbaston 1994). Both world records were struck with a Gunn & Moore Original.
Lara's GM bat had an unusually low middle for a top-order batter, perfectly suited to his pick-up at the crease — a trigger movement that became one of the most photographed setups in cricket.
Career snapshot
- Tests
- 131
- Runs
- 11,953
- Average
- 52.88
- Hundreds
- 34
- Highest Test
- 400*
Notable innings with this bat
- 400* vs England, Antigua 2004
- 375 vs England, Antigua 1994
- 501* vs Durham, Edgbaston 1994 (first-class)
- 153* vs Australia, Bridgetown 1999