Man of the Match Awards – Brian Lara

Test Cricket

Man of the Match Awards – Brian Lara
serial number	Runs	Against	City/Country	Venue	Result	Year
1	277	Australia	Sydney, Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	Match Drawn	1993
2	167	England	Georgetown, Guyana	Bourda	West Indies won by an innings and 44 runs	1994
3	375	England	St John's, Antigua	Antigua Recreation Ground	Match Drawn	1994
4	179	England	London, England	Kennington Oval	Match Drawn	1995
5	104	India	St John’s, Antigua	Antigua Recreation Ground	Match Drawn	1997
6	213	Australia	Kingston, Jamaica	Sabina Park	West Indies won by 10 wickets	1999
7	8/153*	Australia	Bridgetown, Barbados	Kensington Oval	West Indies won by 1 wicket	1999
8	221/130	Sri Lanka	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Sinhalese Sport Club Ground	Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets	2001
9	209	Sri Lanka	Gros Islet, Saint Lucia	Beausejour Stadium	Match Drawn	2003
10	191/1	Zimbabwe	Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	Queens Sports Club	West Indies won by 128 runs	2003
11	400*	England	St John’s, Antigua	Antigua Recreation Ground	Match Drawn	2004
12	226/17	Australia	Adelaide, Australia	Adelaide Oval	Australia won by 7 wickets	2005

One-Day International Cricket

Man of the Match Awards – Brian Lara
serial number	Runs	Against	City/Country	Venue	Result	Year
1	54	Pakistan	Karachi, Pakistan	National Stadium	West Indies won by 24 runs	1991
2	69	Australia	Brisbane, Australia	Brisbane Cricket Ground	West Indies won by 12 runs	1992
3	88	Pakistan	Melbourne, Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	West Indies won by 10 wickets	1992
4	72	Zimbabwe	Brisbane, Australia	Brisbane Cricket Ground	West Indies won by 75 runs	1992
5	86	South Africa	Port of Spain, Trinidad	Queens Park Oval	West Indies won by 10 wickets	1992
6	128	Pakistan	Durban, South Africa	Kingsmead	West Indies won by 124 runs	1993
7	111*	South Africa	Bloemfontein, South Africa	Springbok Park	West Indies won by 9 wickets	1993
8	114	Pakistan	Kingston, Jamaica	Sabina Park	West Indies won by 4 wickets	1993
9	95*	Pakistan	Port of Spain, Trinidad	Queens Park Oval	West Indies won by 5 wickets	1993
10	153	Pakistan	Sharjah, UAE	Sharjah C.A. Stadium	West Indies won by 6 wickets	1993
11	82	Sri Lanka	Kolkata, India	Eden Gardens	West Indies won by 7 wickets	1993
12	55*	New Zealand	Auckland, New Zealand	Eden Park	West Indies won by 25 runs	1995
13	72	New Zealand	Wellington, New Zealand	Basin Reserve	West Indies won by 41 runs	1995
14	139	Australia	Port of Spain, Trinidad	Queens Park Oval	West Indies won by 133 runs	1995
15	169	Sri Lanka	Sharjah, UAE	Sharjah C. A. Stadium	West Indies won by 4 runs	1995
16	111	South Africa	Karachi, Pakistan	National Stadium	West Indies won by 19 runs	1996
17	146*	New Zealand	Port of Spain, Trinidad	Queens Park Oval	West Indies won by 7 wickets	1996
18	103*	Pakistan	Perth, Australia	W.A.C.A Grounds	West Indies won by 5 wickets	1997
19	90	Australia	Perth, Australia	W.A.C.A Grounds	West Indies won by 4 wickets	1997
20	88	Pakistan	Sharjah, UAE	Sharjah C.A. Stadium	West Indies won by 43 runs	1997
21	51	England	Kingstown, Saint Vincent	Arnos Vale Ground	West Indies won by 4 wickets	1998
22	60	India	Singapore	Kallang Ground	West Indies won by 42 runs	1999
23	117	Bangladesh	Dhaka, Bangladesh	Bangabandhu National Stadium	West Indies won by 109 runs	1999
24	116*	Australia	Sydney, Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	Australia won by 28 runs	2001
25	83*	Zimbabwe	Perth, Australia	W.A.C.A Grounds	West Indies won by 44 runs	2001
26	59*	New Zealand	Gros Islet, Saint Lucia	Beausejour Stadium	West Indies won by 7 wickets	2002
27	103*	Kenya	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	West Indies won by 29 runs	2002
28	116	South Africa	Cape Town, South Africa	Newlands	West Indies won by 3 runs	2003
29	80	Australia	Port of Spain, Trinidad	Queens Park Oval	West Indies won by 39 runs	2003
30	156	Pakistan	Adelaide, Australia	Adelaide Oval	West Indies won by 58 runs	2005

Sourav Ganguly Biography

Sourav Ganguly Biography

Full name :Sourav Chandidas Ganguly

Born :8 July 1972 (1972-07-08) (age 36),Calcutta, Bengal, India.

Nickname: Dada, Prince of Kolkata, Bengal Tiger, Maharaja.

Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)

Batting style :Left-handed

Bowling style:Right arm medium

Role: Batsman

Relations: Snehasish Ganguly (Brother)

The youngest son of Chandidas and Nirupa Ganguly, Ganguly was born on 8 July 1972 in Kolkata. His father ran a flourishing print business and was one of the richest men in Kolkata.He had a luxurious childhood and was nicknamed the Maharaja.Though he was asked to concentrate on his studies and not to play cricket, he was inspired to do so by his brother Snehasish Ganguly,an accomplished left-handed batsman for Bengal.Though he was actually right-handed, he batted left-handed so that he could use his brother's equipment.After he showed some promise as a batsman, he was enrolled in a cricket academy.An indoor multi-gym and concrete wicket was built at home for him and his brother, and he would often watch cricket videos, especially those of David Gower, whom he admired. After he scored a century against the Orissa U-15 side, he was made captain of St Xavier's School's cricket team,where several of his teammates complained against what they perceived to be his arrogance. One anecdote was that during a tour with a junior team, it was Ganguly's turn to be the twelth man, a substitute who can only field and whose role is usually to raise morale by supporting the playing XI by organising their spare equipment and drinks, and ferrying messages from the dressing room to the players. Ganguly purportedly refused to do such tasks as he considered it beneath his social status to assist his teammates in such a way.


Sourav Chandidas Ganguly (born 8 July 1972) is a former Indian test cricketer, and captain of the Indian national team. As of October 2008, he was India's most successful Test captain to date, winning 21 tests out of 49 tests he captained and leading India into the 2003 World Cup finals. An aggressive captain, Ganguly is credited with having nurtured the careers of many young players who played under him. The left-handed Ganguly was a prolific One Day International batsman, with over 11,000 ODI runs to his credit.Despite ODI success, his Test place was often lost to younger players towards the later stages of his career. On October 7 2008, Ganguly announced that the Test series against Australia starting that month would be his last.Ganguly played his last first-class match on 21 December 2008.