📍Cantaro, Santa Cruz, Trinidad and Tobago
1969 – 1987“Brian Lara was born in May 1969 in Cantaro, a small village in the green, hilly Santa Cruz valley in the north of Trinidad, the tenth of eleven children of Bunty Lara, a superintendent at a government agricultural station, and his wife, Pearl. The family home was busy and loving, and cricket ran through it; his older brothers played, and the young Brian was soon joining in with a broomstick for a bat, using limes or marbles as balls and hitting them against the garage door for hours. When he was six, his father and his older sister Agnes enrolled him in the Harvard Coaching Clinic, which ran weekly sessions on Sundays, and they took him every week. There he learned the correct technique that underpinned his extraordinary, flamboyant style. He went to St Joseph's Roman Catholic primary school, then to San Juan Secondary and, at fourteen, to Fatima College in Port of Spain, a school with a strong cricket tradition, where he scored heavily and was soon picked for the West Indies youth team. He also played football to a high standard, but cricket won. His father died in 1988, just as his career was beginning. He went on to become one of the greatest batsmen in history, holding the records for the highest Test score, 400 not out, and the highest first-class score, 501 not out. Trinidad honoured him with the Brian Lara Cricket Academy, and he has remained close to Cantaro and the people of the Santa Cruz valley.”
🗺️ Approximate location today
📍 Street view today