Lara's runs in defeats

West Indies play an overseas Test, Brian Lara scores a hundred, West Indies lose. Some scripts are very predictable, and the Lahore Test further underlined how much ground West Indies need to cover to rank among the top Test teams, especially when playing overseas. In 49 overseas Tests in the last nine years, West Indies have a shocking record of 38 defeats and only five wins, of which four were against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.

Through most of these defeats - and some home setbacks too - Lara has continued to score quite prolifically. His 122 at Lahore was his 14th hundred in a West Indian defeat, easily the highest. (Sachin Tendulkar is in second place with eight.) Lara's runs in defeats is much higher than the rest of the competition too. West Indies' continued struggle in Test cricket suggests Lara will add more runs to that tally of 5267 before he is done.

Most Test runs in defeats

Batsman
Tests
Runs
Average
100s/ 50s

Brian Lara
62
5267
42.47
14/ 22

Alec Stewart
54
2993
29.93
0/ 23

Shivnarine Chanderpaul
48
2954
33.19
3/ 18

Allan Border
46
2771
33.38
5/ 13

Andy Flower
34
2713
43.06
7/ 15

Sachin Tendulkar
37
2642
35.70
8/ 9

David Gower
42
2581
32.26
4/ 15

Habibul Bashar
37
2470
33.83
2/ 21

Graham Gooch
42
2473
28.84
3/ 16

Steve Waugh
36
2380
37.77
5/ 9


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