Profiles: Heroes, Role Models and Pioneers of Trinidad and Tobago - by Nasser Khan

160 home in 1963. They then built the 40 foot Humming Bird II in three years, rented it out to raise funds for another three years and finally took off on their dream adventure to sail around the world in 1969. After four years and four months, they returned to a hero’s welcome in 1973 to be met by the then Prime Minister Dr. Eric Williams. The La Borde’s adventures are described in the books An Ocean to Ourselves (1960) and All Oceans Blue which was published in 1977. In 1973 they received the Trinity Cross. BRIAN CHARLES LARA (1969- ) B rain Lara scored more hundreds and runs than any other West Indian player and is one of the greatest batsmen of all time. He was one of the most popular cricketers in the world, well known for his exciting and entertaining style of batting. Born in Cantaro, Santa Cruz, Trinidad, the left-handed batsman attended St. Joseph RC and Fatima College. From the age of six he was taken to the Harvard Coaching Clinic for coaching. Among his many glorious moments in cricket was when he captained the West Indies as they won the International Cricket Council (ICC) trophy in an exciting final against England in 2004. His blazing bat has taken him to amazing heights, TIME and SPORTS ILLUSTRATED magazines as well as CNN reported his Test record of 375 (scored in 537 minutes with 45 fours) against England in April 1994. He appeared again in TIME magazine following his innings of 501 not out (62 fours and 10 sixes!). It was his 7 th century in eight first class innings that started with the 375, becoming the first batsman ever to do so. He holds the world record for scoring most runs (28) in a single over in Test cricket. Three innings by Lara were placed in the top 15 of all time in all forms of the game in an international survey conducted in 2001: his heroic 153 not out in Bridgetown, Barbados, during West Indies’ 2-2 home series draw against Australia in 1999; his famous 375 in 1994 against England and his 213 at Sabina Park in Jamaica, in 1999. Another survey rated his 213 against Australia as the top innings with his 375 and 153 not out also being highly rated. He has travelled to every cricket playing nation in the world where he has scored centuries and has played match-winning innings. Such