Brian Lara

West Indies arrived in South Africa for the start of their two-month tour, and Brian Lara was keen to play down comparisons with the last West Indies side to tour the Republic

The West Indian tourists kicked off the South African leg of their tour with a 12-run victory in a 45-over game against Nicky Oppenheimer's XI, in the traditional curtain-raiser at the lovely Randjesfontein ground

West Indies clinched the five-match one-day series 3-2 after a convincing win in the final match of the series, at Harare

Chris Gayle and Brian Lara blazed their way to a century each and helped West Indies to a 51-run win againt Zimbabwe in a rain-affected match

S Rajesh examines the two bowling stars from the TVS Cup, Lara's awesome run-spree over the last two years and India's not-so-bad record when batting second in ODIs

After Brian Lara put West Indies into a dominating position with a breathtaking 191, Zimbabwe recovered from a poor start to reach 173 for 3 at the close of the second day

A dazzling innings from Brian Lara put the Zimbabwe bowling to the sword andestablished West Indies' dominance on the shortened first day of the second Test of this short series, at Queen's Sports Club in Bulawayo

Muttiah Muralitharan revealed he though Brian Lara was a better batsman than Matthew Hayden, even though Hayden is currently top of the latest PriceWaterhouse Coopers ratings

The West Indies squad arrived in Harare today ready for their first warm-up match, against Zimbabwe A on Thursday, October 30

As the West Indies squad assembled in Antigua to begin their five-day preparation before starting series in Zimbabwe and South Africa, Brian Lara spoke to the media about the need for his side to end their recent poor overseas record

Various aspects of the New Zealand cricket spectrum have been covered in books, but former international umpire Steve Dunne has been the first to present the umpire's view

Brian Lara was named Trinidad's Cricketer of the Year by Gus Logie, the West Indies coach, at the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board's 47th annual presentation function last week

In what must sound like bad news to bowlers all over the world, Brian Lara has announced that he is ready to devote his entire attention to cricket

1973 When he was captain, nobody in world cricket had as much on his plate as Shaun Pollock , who was born today

Ricky Ponting has admitted that Australia can let themselves down with their behaviour in the field, and the game of cricket has been tarnished as a result

Brian Lara has said that his West Indian team learnt a lot by playing Australia in the recent Test and one-day international series at home

In July's issue of Wisden Asia Cricket , Barry Richards talks about what goes into the making of a great batsman, and his nominees for the finest exponents of the craft

Brian Lara has returned to the highest echelon of the world's Test batsmen as a result of his efforts in the West Indies' series victory over Sri Lanka

Fortunes may be about to change for New Zealand in one-day international cricket if the latest rankings are any guide