West Indies legend Brian Lara celebrates his 51st birthday

NEW DELHI: Former West Indies skipper and legendary Caribbean batsman Brian Lara turned 51 on Saturday, making it an opportune moment to re-visit his world record 400-run Test knock.
Lara's mammoth innings in the last Test of the four-match series against England in 2004 at the Antigua Recreation Stadium is still the highest individual score in Test cricket.
Lara's knock broke the record held by former Australia opener Matthew Hayden, who made 380 runs against Zimbabwe in 2003.Co-incidentally, Hayden had broken Lara's record of 375 at that time.
In Antigua, opting to bat first, Lara had come to the crease with West Indies at 98/2. The left-handed batsman then went on to mesmerise everyone with his knock, studded with 43 fours and four sixes.
Lara's unbeaten knock helped West Indies register a massive 751/5 declared in the first innings.
England were bowled out for 285 in their first innings. However, Michael Vaughan's century (140) in the second innings helped the visitors draw the match.
Lara also holds the record for highest individual score in first-class cricket.
In 1994, playing for Warwickshire against Durham at Edgbaston, Lara scored 501 not out.
Lara had announced his retirement from international cricket in 2007. He finished his career with 22,358 international runs, including 53 centuries.
He also shares the Test record of scoring the highest number of runs in a single over in a Test match. Lara smashed South Africa's Robin Peterson of South Africa for 28 runs in a single over in 2003.
Lara played 131 Tests and 299 ODIs for West Indies. He managed to score 11,953 runs in the longest format of the game with 34 centuries, while scoring 10,405 runs in the 50-over format with 19 centuries.