Brian Lara makes his Test debut in Lahore in 1990 in a West Indies side that had dominated world cricket for a decade

With his high backlift and swashbuckling style, the young Trinidadian is soon delighting crowds around the world

He first showcases his taste for big hundreds against Australia, making 277 in Sydney in 1993 to turn the series

Then against England the following year, Lara surpasses Sir Garfield Sobers' record highest Test score of 365

Lara's 375 remained a record in Tests until Matthew Hayden runs up 380 for Australia against Zimbabwe in 2003

Meanwhile, two months later Lara is at it again, recording the highest-ever first-class score for Warwickshire

Centuries in three consecutive Tests in England also earns Lara the man-of-the-series award at the Oval in 1995

And while captaincy brings a relative slump in form, Lara is back on top with a run of big scores against Australia in 1999

Despite a 3-0 series whitewash in Sri Lanka in 2001, Lara still manages to amass a huge personal series total of 688 runs

The left-hander becomes the first player to score 400 in a Test innings in the Antigua Test against England in 2004

With big scores in series against Pakistan and South Africa, Lara closes on Allan Border's leading Test run record

Lara passes Border's record of 11,174 runs after reaching 217 not out against Australia in Adelaide

Australia captain Ricky Ponting and Shane Warne congratulate Lara on becoming the leading Test run-scorer