10 years earlier (April 16, 1994), the West Indies legend scored 375 against the English side at the same venue. Well that is what exactly happened during this match when Brain Lara pulled Chris Lewis for a four to go past Gary Sobers highest individual score in a test innings of 365. It shows that Brian Lara is not a very good captain.”, Read More: Brian Lara Names the Players who could Score 400 & says it would be difficult for Steve Smith, On This Day 16 Years Ago Brian Lara Made History by Scoring 400 Runs, Rishi Dhawan Receives Fine for Violating Lockdown Protocols, Brian Lara was also disappointing in the first three matches. He used to play for Trinidad's junior football. Brian Charles Lara is the former West Indies cricketer and played in all forms of cricket for West Indies. He was re-appointed captaincy in 2003. West Indies won the toss and decided to bat first. Jayawardene scored 374 against South Africa two years later. For reprint rights: Times Syndication Service, NEW DELHI: It was on June 6, 1994, when former, On this day in 1994, Brian Lara smashed highest first-class individual score, Brian Lara of Warwickshire during his record score of 501 not out vs Durham at Edgbaston. However, the former Caribbean batsman believes that his record will be broken someday. However, the team decided to bounce back. Breaking records and appetite for a humongous score was Lara’s bread and butter. Ten years before achieving this feat, Lara had broken the record of Gary Sobers of scoring 375 runs in a test match. NEW DELHI: It was on June 6, 1994, when former West Indies batsman Brian Lara registered the highest score in the history of first-class cricket. However, he was sacked the same year due to player revolts over pay delays, and was made the captain again in 1999 against Australia. Copyright © 2020 The Indian Express [P] Ltd. All Rights Reserved, On This Day: Brian Lara becomes first man to score 400 in Test cricket, US indictment memo: bribes for Andhra mining permit — and link to ex-Cong MP, Key agencies alerted on revelations, meeting soon: black money SIT head, In alert on shell firms, NY bank flags transfers to Adani from Seychelles, ‘Tricks and cunning’: Big penalties don’t stop banks from moving dirty cash, By suitcase and by wire: How Reza Zarrab smuggled Russia's money, Swiss Leaks, Panama Papers, now SARs: bank reports that alert law-enforcement agencies, Cyprus to Isle of Man: Over 100 transactions linked to Max chairman, Antiques smuggler in Tamil Nadu jail, and a trade that flourished even after his arrest, Delhi, Dubai: US bank red-flags garment export firms under DRI, ED scanner, 44 Indian banks, transactions of $1 billion, flagged to US regulator, Before bankruptcy and probe, Bhushan Steel hit US radar for flows from Latvia, Dubai, Wanted at home, Mumbai luxury car king flagged to US watchdog too, Agusta, Maxis, Essar: probed at home, Indian firms on US radar as well, https://images.indianexpress.com/2020/08/1x1.png, MS Dhoni should have retired after World Cup’: Shoaib Akhtar, here to join our channel (@indianexpress), Dean Jones: He made Australia great again, 'If Deano was here, he would have...': Co-commentators remember the Professor, Dean Jones dies: A struggle, some generous praise and a call for a moment of silence, KL KO’s Bangalore: Rahul’s unbeaten 132 sets up a comprehensive win for KXIP, Remembering Dean Jones: Player, commentator, cricket enthusiast extraordinaire, IPL 2020: Mumbai Indians bounce back with comprehensive 49-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders, CSK vs RR: Steve Smith and co derail CSK in high scoring encounter, IPL 2020: SRH collapse, lose to RCB by 10 runs, IPL 2020: Super Over win for Delhi Capitals against KXIP, Bharat Bandh LIVE: Nationwide farmers protest today; Punjab, Haryana cops on standby, CAG: Centre broke the law, used funds for GST compensation elsewhere, Bigg Boss Tamil: Here is a list of contestants who may enter season four, Legend of Suheldev: The King Who Saved India adaptation in the works, Wedding crasher: Cyclist rams into photographer capturing proposal on bridge, Man uses a pressure cooker for steam inhalation, prompts varied reactions, Delhi riots chargesheet invents conspiracy and enemy, as per script. After restricting the Aussies at 256, the West Indies were reduced to 34/4 and needed a miracle to save the test match.
His record of scoring 400 runs in a single test match is still unbeaten. Despite having a legend like Brian Lara, they were unable to win the games. He scored three hundreds in three consecutive matches of the series and received Man of the Series award. It was clear he had the record in mind and was just going to keep on grinding it out until he got there. READ | ‘MS Dhoni should have retired after World Cup’: Shoaib Akhtar. and table tennis side, but cricket was his true love. Despite having a legend like Brian Lara, they were unable to win the games. However, the team decided to bounce back. His record is still intact with no one getting close to it. Lara made his test debut, scoring 44 and 6 against Pakistan.

On Tuesday, 6 June 1994, Brian Lara struck the highest score ever made in first-class cricket for Warwickshire against Durham at Edgbaston.