Lara in limelight again

Even as Brian Lara got out for a 'duck' in the second innings of the Kingston Test against Pakistan, his first innings heroics were enough to give him a world record.

The West Indies batsman has now aggregated 6,006 runs in home matches -- the highest aggregate for any batsman in Test cricket.

Lara surpassed England's Graham Gooch's tally of 5,917 runs. Interestingly, he moved ahead of Gooch in 13 Tests and 29 innings fewer than him.

Leading run-scorers in home Test matches:

Runs	Batsman	For	Tests	Inns	Ave.	Hs	100s
6006	BC Lara	WI	61	102	61.91	400*	16
5917	GA Gooch	Eng	74	131	46.23	333	15
5743	AR Border	Aus	86	145	45.94	205	13
5710	SR Waugh	Aus	89	140	47.58	170	15
5067	SM Gavaskar	Ind	65	108	50.17	236*	16

During the West Indies' first innings of the Kingston Test, Lara also completed 1,000 runs in the Test matches played at the ground. His aggregate at the ground at the end of first innings reads: 1,075 runs in 17 innings, at an average of 67.18.

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Lara has now aggregated 1,000 runs on three different grounds. Others are: St.John's (1,632 runs) and Bridgetown (1,339 runs).

Lara thus became only the fifth batsman after Australia's Greg Chappell, Allan Border, Steve Waugh and Pakistan's Javed Miandad to aggregate 1,000 runs at three different grounds.

It is worth mentioning that Lara has aggregated 986 runs at Port-of-Spain and is all set to soon become the first batsman ever to aggregate 1,000 runs at four grounds.

The 153 in the Kingston Test was the 17th score of 150-plus or more for him. He is now just one short of equalling Don Bradman's world record tally of 18.

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