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West Indies' own Brian Lara has been among the greatest batters to ever play cricket in the entire world. With over 11,000 runs and 50 plus average, Lara was a dangerous batter in Test cricket in the 1990s and early 2000s. The left-hander scored 34 centuries in his Test career, and is the only batter to score 400 runs in a Test innings. The first of Lara’s 34 Test centuries came while playing Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground on January 5, 1993.
Making his international debut in December 1990, Brian Lara took more than two years to score his first Test ton. However, it turned out to be a special knock as Lara converted his first Test hundred into a big double ton, scoring 277 runs against Australia in Sydney in 1993. After this knock, Lara went on to score multiple big hundreds in his Test career of 131 matches.
Brian Lara converted his maiden ton into 277 vs Australia
Talking about the match, batting first, Australia posted 503/9 in the first innings as Steve Waugh top-scored with 100 (207), including five boundaries. Apart from that, David Boon (76 off 170), Mark Waugh (57 off 85), skipper Allan Border (74 off 180), and Greg Matthews (79 off 200) scored respective half centuries. For West Indies, Carl Hooper took scalps, while Curtly Ambrose and Ian Bishop scalped two wickets each, and Jimmy Adams put one in his bag.
In reply to Australia’s 503/9, Brian Lara took charge of the innings along with skipper Richie Richardson as West Indies posted 606 on the board, taking a lead of 103 runs in the first innings, Richardson got out after scoring 109(253) runs, while Lara ended up scoring 277(372) runs while smashing 38 boundaries. He was close to converting his maiden hundred, and a double hundred into a triple ton before he got run out. After that, Australia were 117 for no loss before the umpire decided to finally call off the match, and it ended in a draw.
