<sod>  *He has made an aggregate of 9830 runs in Test cricket (as of [[June 28]], [[2004]]), which makes him the all-time leading run scorer for West Indies and the 4th leading run scorer in all of Test cricket [http://www.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/TESTS/BATTING/TEST_BAT_MOST_RUNS.html]. 
 *He has scored 26 centuries (the most for a West Indian and 7th for all Test cricket), of which 7 are double centuries (surpassed only by [[Donald Bradman]] [http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/TESTS/BATTING/LEADING_BATSMEN_TEST_200S.html]). He has scored centuries against all Test-playing nations except [[Pakistani cricket team|Pakistan]]. 
 *Over the years, Lara has fought many lone battles as the West Indies batting line-up has become a shadow of its glorious past. He has scored an astonishing 19% of his team runs [http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2004/JUN/159724_COL-STATS_02JUN2004.html], a feat surpassed only by [[Donald Bradman]] (24%) and [[George Headley]] (21%). Lara scored 688 runs (a record 42% of team output and the second highest aggregate runs in history for a three-Test series) in the 2001-02 [[Sri Lanka]] tour [http://www.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/TESTS/BATTING/HI_AGG_RUNS_IN_SERIES.html]. 
*He also scored a century and a double century in the third Test in that same Sri Lanka tour, a feat only duplicated 4 other times in Test cricket history [http://www.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/TESTS/BATTING/100_EACH_INNS_TEST.html].
 *A devastating batsman when in form, Lara holds the world record of scoring most runs (28) in an single [[over (cricket)|over]] in Test cricket [http://www.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/TESTS/BATTING/TEST_BAT_MOST_RUNS_OVER.html].
 *In [[1994]], he was awarded the [[BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality]] Award. In [[1995]], he was the [[Wisden Cricketer of the Year]].
 *Comfortably [[batting average|averaging]] over 50 per innings (a benchmark for batting greatness in test cricket), as of [[28 June]], [[2004]]), Lara is ranked the number one batsman in test cricket according to the [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]] Cricket Ratings [http://www.pwcratings.com].
 <eod> <sod> *He has made an aggregate of 9830 runs in Test cricket (as of [[June 28]], [[2004]]), which makes him the all-time leading run scorer for West Indies and the 4th leading run scorer in all of Test cricket [http://www.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/TESTS/BATTING/TEST_BAT_MOST_RUNS.html]. 
 *He has scored 26 centuries (the most for a West Indian and 7th for all Test cricket), of which 7 are double centuries (surpassed only by [[Donald Bradman]] [http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/TESTS/BATTING/LEADING_BATSMEN_TEST_200S.html]). He has scored centuries against all Test-playing nations except [[Pakistani cricket team|Pakistan]]. 
 *Over the years, Lara has fought many lone battles as the West Indies batting line-up has become a shadow of its glorious past. He has scored an astonishing 19% of his team runs [http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2004/JUN/159724_COL-STATS_02JUN2004.html], a feat surpassed only by [[Donald Bradman]] (24%) and [[George Headley]] (21%). Lara scored 688 runs (a record 42% of team output and the second highest aggregate runs in history for a three-Test series) in the 2001-02 [[Sri Lanka]] tour [http://www.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/TESTS/BATTING/HI_AGG_RUNS_IN_SERIES.html]. 
*He also scored a century and a double century in the third Test in that same Sri Lanka tour, a feat repeated four other times in Test cricket history [http://www.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/TESTS/BATTING/100_EACH_INNS_TEST.html].
 *A devastating batsman when in form, Lara holds the world record of scoring most runs (28) in an single [[over (cricket)|over]] in Test cricket [http://www.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/TESTS/BATTING/TEST_BAT_MOST_RUNS_OVER.html].
 *In [[1994]], he was awarded the [[BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality]] Award. In [[1995]], he was the [[Wisden Cricketer of the Year]].
 *Comfortably [[batting average|averaging]] over 50 per innings (a benchmark for batting greatness in test cricket), as of [[28 June]], [[2004]]), Lara is ranked the number one batsman in test cricket according to the [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]] Cricket Ratings [http://www.pwcratings.com].
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