Walk down memory lane as Brian Lara celebrates his 46th birthday

Dubai - Dubai The West Indian holds a record for the highest individual score (501) in first class cricket

- Brian Lara had the highest Test individual score of 375 (against England in 1994) to his name until Matthew Hayden (against Zimbabwe 380 in 2003) eclipsed it.
- Six months later, Lara reset the record with his epic 400* against the same team - England at the same ground - St. John's.
 

 
- Brian Lara also holds a record for the highest individual score (501) in first class cricket.
- With 11,953 runs, Brian Lara is the sixth highest international Test run scorer.
- In 1987, Lara scored a record-breaking 498 runs in the West Indies Youth Championships.
- Brian Lara's highest ODI score is 169 against Sri Lanka in 1995.
- Brian Lara is the only player to score both 2 Test triple centuries and 2 career quadruple centuries.
- Brian Lara has taken four ODI wickets with his right-arm leg-break spin.
- Brian Lara scored 18 runs in his last ODI game in the World Cup 2007.
- The UAE fans were lucky to see Lara in action against during the Masters Champions League earlier this year.
- Sri Lanka's Muralitharan terms Brian Lara as the hardest player to bowl to.
- Lara has two daughters - Sydney and Tyla - with Trinidadian journalist and model Leasel Rovedas.