Former West Indies left-handed batsman and captain Brian Lara celebrates his birthday today. We take a look at some interesting, lesser-known facts about 'The Prince of Port of Spain'.
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<li>Brian Lara set a record for the highest individual score (501) in first-class cricket.</li>
<li>Brian Lara had set the highest test individual score of 375 against England in 1994 which was broken by Matthew Hayden&rsquo;s 380 in 2003. 6 months later, Lara reset the record with his epic 400* against the same team - England at the same ground - St. John's, again.</li>
<li>Brian Lara scored 18 runs in his last ODI game in the World Cup 2007.</li>
<li>Brian Lara&rsquo;s highest ODI score is 169 against Sri Lanka in 1995.</li>
<li>Brian Lara is the sixth highest international test run scorer with 11,953 runs.</li>
<li>In 1987, Lara scored a record-breaking 498 runs in the West Indies Youth Championships.</li>
<li>Brian Lara is the only player to score both 2 Test triple centuries and 2 career quadruple centuries.</li>
<li>Brian Lara is also a golf player and has won titles in golf tournaments in the Caribbean.</li>
<li>Brian Lara has also taken 4 wickets in ODI's with his right-arm leg-break spin bowling.</li>
<li>According to Sri Lanka's Muralitharan, one of the best bowlers in cricket, Brian Lara is the hardest player to bowl to.</li>
<li>Brian Lara got his first job in the marketing department at&nbsp;Angostura Ltd.</li>
<li>Brian Lara is currently dating former Miss Scotland Jamey Bowers. He previously dated British lingerie model Lynnsey Ward.</li>
<li>Brian Lara along with Trinidadian journalist and model Leasel Rovedas have two daughters - Sydney and Tyla.</li>
<li>His father died of a heart attack in 1989 and mother succumbed to cancer in 2002.</li>
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<div><img title="Brian Lara with his partner Jamey Bowers in Sydney on Monday. Pic/ Getty Images" src="https://images.mid-day.com/images/2018/may/lara-lynsey.jpg" alt="Brian Lara with his partner Jamey Bowers in Sydney on Monday. Pic/ Getty Images" /> Brian Lara with his partner Jamey Bowers in Sydney on Monday. Pic/ Getty Images</div>
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