CRICKET: FACTFILE - HIGHS AND LOWS OF BRIAN LARA
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1987: Makes first-class debut. Captains West Indies Under-23 team against Pakistan.
1988: Leads West Indies to first Youth World Cup in Australia.
1989: Captains West Indies A in Zimbabwe. Becomes youngest captain of Trinidad and Tobago.
1990: Makes Test debut against Pakistan in Lahore.
1993: Scores first Test century against Australia in Sydney. Goes on to score 273.
1994: Makes 375, highest score in Test history, against England in Antigua on 18 April.
Joins Warwickshire and becomes first player to score seven centuries in eight first-class innings. Unbeaten innings of 501 against Durham sets highest score in first-class cricket.
Helps Warwickshire record an historic treble, winning the County Championship, Benson and Hedges Cup, and Sunday League.
Asks to be released from his three-year contract.
1995: Announces his retirement at a West Indies team meeting during tour of England after a clash with captain Richie Richardson. Persuaded to change his mind.
Pulls out of tour of Australia at last minute after being fined 10 per cent of his fee. Threatens to quit the game.
1996: Receives written reprimand from the West Indies' Cricket Board after several outbursts. Named International Cricketer of the Year.
1997: Leads West Indies to victory in his only Test as captain against India when Courtney Walsh is absent through injury. Confirms he is to return to Warwickshire and is made captain for 1998 season.
1998: Replaces Walsh as West Indies captain after they lose Test series 3-0 in Pakistan. Sacked as captain in November after a pay dispute with the Board. After four days of talks in a Heathrow hotel he is reinstated and the South Africa tour goes ahead. The West Indies are beaten 5-0 - their first whitewash in Test history.
1999: West Indies bowled out for their lowest score ever - 51 - in the first Test against Australia. He hits a superb double-century to win the second Test by 10 wickets. Scores unbeaten 153 to win the third Test by one wicket.
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