Beating the Field: My Own Story

On 18th April 1994 at the St John's Recreation Ground in Antigua Brian Lara scored 375 against England for the West Indies, smashing the Test record set in 1958 by Sir Garry Sobers. On 6th June, he scored an unbeaten 501 against Durham at Edgbaston, beating Hanif Mohammed's record of 499. In eight first class innings, he scored seven centuries. This is Lara's own story of his record-breaking career so far. The second youngest of a family of eleven, he reveals his philosophy which has taken him from the back streets of a small village, Santa Cruz, in Trinidad, to Test cricket success. He writes about the behind-the-scenes dramas at Warwickshire. Lara is also critical about county cricket and many of its rules, and he offers opinions on some of cricket's recent controversies.