On this day in 2004 Brian Lara broke the World Record for the highest individual score in Test cricket, scoring 400 v England. Incredibly this was the second time he broke the record. He scored 375 against the same opponents, on the same ground, 10 years earlier! Matthew Hayden briefly held the record after scoring 380 v Zimbabwe in 2003 before Lara regained the record. | Windies Cricket

🇹🇹🏏 Brian Lara – The Records No One’s Touched West Indies legend Brian Lara still holds two batting records that no one else in history has touched: the only 400* in a Test match, and the only 500* in a first-class game. In 2004, he made the unbeaten 400 against England — reclaiming his own record after Matthew Hayden had broken it. His flair, wrist work, and high backlift changed how cricket was played. Lara wasn't just a run machine — he was poetry at the crease, often carrying a declining

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