Brian Lara's comparison with compatriot Darren Bravo is not something new, but the youngster hit another similarity with the West Indian great when his century against India, on Thursday, made his average -- 47.05 -- exactly the same as that of former captain after 12 Tests.
Lara scored a defiant 72 in his 100th Test as WI ended day one at 232-8 against SA.
The West Indies skipper dislodged Australia's opening batsman Matthew Hayden.
The film marks the first time pairing of Vinay Pathak and Lara Dutta.
Among all the Indian captains that he has played against, Sourav Ganguly is the "favourite" of West Indian batting legend and former skipper Brian Lara as he feels his leadership against arch-rivals Australia was "astonishing".
The actress bags her first film with Akshay Kumar.
A clinical South Africa skittled Afghanistan for 56 on their way to a comprehensive nine-wicket victory in the first Twenty20 World Cup semi-final.
The former West Indies captain fractured his left arm in a Carib Beer game when he was struck by a delivery by Lionel Baker. The injury, sustained on January 20, was expected to heal in six weeks, but the Mumbai Champs' physiotherapist, Danny Redrup, said progress had been slow.
The West Indies captain said he will take his place for this weekend's back-to-back games in Trinidad.
The Sydney Cricket Ground honoured batting greats Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara by having a set of gates named in their honour at the SCG.
'Watching Virat bhai win Cricketer of the Year was something I would never forget.' 'Pure motivation for me to go a step further and give everything for my country.'
Australia, already 2-0 ahead in the series, reached 320 for three at the close on the first day.
Bollywood's gorgeous ladies don't save up all their glamour for their weekend parties.
Former champions Atletico de Kolkata notched up their first victory of the tournament with a 1-0 win over Kerala Blasters FC in the Indian Super League football match at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi, on Wednesday.
West Indies prolific batsman Brian Lara will join the 66 male members of the Hall of Fame while England's Enid Bakewell becomes the third women to be inducted.
Former West Indies great Brian Lara has named Brendon McCullum as skipper of his Dream World Cup XI, which has three Indians in it.
West Indian great Brian Lara will miss out on the Edelweiss 20s Challenge of the Indian Cricket League because of an injury in his left forearm. Former Kiwi opener Nathan Astle will replace Lara as the captain of the Mumbai Champs team.
West Indian great Brian Lara will be inducted into the Hall of Fame at the 2012 ICC Awards in Colombo on Saturday evening.
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Sahim Salim meets Nitin Yadav Sanjana Bharadwaj, who claimed the legendary Brian Lara's wicket at a cricket clinic for budding Delhi players at the Ferozshah Kotla.
Former West Indies captain Brian Lara has said that he has been signed by Zimbabwe Cricket to work with their national team as a batting consultant.
Markram was delighted to see South Africa finding a way to win on a challenging strip.
A look at South Africa's tormented past when they failed to get over the line at key junctures in World Cups.
Without belittling the poised run of the Proteas, Afghanistan have been the revelation of this ICC showpiece.
Check out these pictures of the Goan dream wedding.
Star mums celebrate Mother's Day with cute pictures of their children.
Reader Aslam Khan sent us this photograph from Barbados.
"I just hope that the negativity surrounding this (doping) case does not spiral into anything else," he said.
Shubman Gill was awarded the 'Player of the Match' for his match-winning knock of 85 runs.
Captain Brian Lara said the entire team is behind Marlon Samuels in this hour of crisis.
"Experiments are done keeping in view the importance of match and tournament," said the West Indies captain.
West Indian batting legend Brian Lara has expressed his desire to play in the Indian Premier League but said he has to be match-fit to stand a realistic chance of featuring in next year's Twenty20 event.
The West Indies is ranked eighth in one-day as well as Test cricket.
Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria said captain Inzamam-ul-Haq's had helped him a lot during the thrashing by Brian Lara in the second Test.
The batting maestro scored his 34th Test hundred as the West Indies ended day 3 in the second Test against Pakistan on 509-5 in the first innings.
The former India captain said even after breaking his jaw he felt it was his responsibility to get some wickets for the team.
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