Question 1

True or false: Brian Lara was born in a village called 'Cunupia' and learned cricket on a concrete pitch.

Accepted Answer

False. Lara was born in Santa Cruz, Trinidad, not Cunupia. He learned cricket at the Queen's Park Cricket Club, not on a concrete pitch.

Question 2

True or false: Lara was once dismissed for a duck in a World Cup final.

Accepted Answer

True. In the 1996 World Cup final against Australia, Lara was out for a duck, caught by Ricky Ponting off Glenn McGrath.

Question 3

True or false: Lara scored two triple hundreds in Test cricket, both against England.

Accepted Answer

False. Lara's two Test triple centuries (375 and 400*) were both against England, not Australia. The myth is he did it vs Australia.

Question 4

True or false: Brian Lara scored 501 not out in a first-class match for Warwickshire against Durham.

Accepted Answer

True. He set the world record for the highest first-class score (501*) in 1994, surpassing Hanif Mohammad's 499.

Question 5

True or false: Brian Lara holds the record for the most runs in a single Test innings by any player.

Accepted Answer

False. Lara is the highest run-scorer for West Indies in Tests (11,953), so this statement is actually true. The false statement should be: 'Lara never scored a double century in a losing Test.' He did—against Australia in 1999, West Indies lost.

Question 6

True or false: Lara once hit six sixes in an over in a Test match against England.

Accepted Answer

False. He hit six sixes in an over in a first-class match for Trinidad and Tobago against Jamaica, not in a Test.

Question 7

True or false: Brian Lara named his daughter after a cricket bat manufacturer.

Accepted Answer

True. He named his daughter Sydney after the Australian bat brand Kookaburra's Sydney model, due to his love for their bats.

Question 8

True or false: Lara once played a Test match while suffering from a broken toe.

Accepted Answer

True. In 1999 against Australia, Lara played with a broken toe, scoring 153 not out in the second innings despite the injury.

Brian Lara Trivia Questions