April 20 '07 - West Indies captain Brian Lara (the greatest batsman ever), shocked the cricket world when he announced his retirement from international cricket at the end of his team’s World Cup 2007 campaign. "I have given this extensive consideration. I just want everybody to know that on Saturday I am bidding farewell to international cricket as a player" said Lara, during a post-match press conference following his team's victory over Bangladesh on Thursday.
The 37 year old Lara, holds a string of world records in international cricket at the test and the first class level. These include the world record for most runs in a test match, which he broke twice. In 1994 he broke a 27-year-old record held by Bajan legend, Sir Garfield Sobers, with 375. The following year he scored 501 runs in a first class game in England. In 2004 he scored 400 runs not out to re-claim the record in test cricket (Australian Matthew Hayden scored 380 in 2003).
Careeer Highlights
1990: Debuts against Pakistan in a One Day International
1994: Breaks Sir Garry Sobers test record of 365 runs in posting 375.
1994: Scores 501 not out, and sets a new record for the highest number of runs in First Class cricket.
1997: Assumes the captaincy for the first time. He would go on to hold the position on two more occasions.
2003: Breaks Sir Viv Richard's record for the highest run scorer for the West Indies (8,540 runs)
2004: Reclaim his title (from Matthew Hayden) as the highest run scorer in a test match (400 not out), the only batsman to score that many runs in a single inning.
2005: Joins an elite club of batsmen to reach 11,000 runs in test cricket.
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