On This Day In 2004: Brian Lara Makes Record Test Score Of 400 Not Out

On this day 20 years ago, Brian Lara regained the individual Test score world record on his way to an unbeaten 400 against England in the fourth Test in Antigua. (More Cricket News)

Ten years after hitting 375 to claim the world record for an individual innings against England at the same venue, Lara exceeded that effort by becoming the first player in history to score 400.

By doing so, he became the first player to hold the individual Test innings record twice.

Lara reclaimed his record from Australian Matthew Hayden, who only six months earlier had broken the record with 380 in Perth in October 2003.

Lara바카라�s mammoth innings steered the West Indies to a total of 751 for five before declaring and reflecting on his achievement, he said: 바카라�When I scored it before I didn바카라�t know what to expect 바카라� this time it was very tiring, but I바카라�m here again.

바카라�Matthew Hayden must have batted very well against Zimbabwe because it doesn바카라�t matter who you are playing against, it바카라�s very hard.

바카라�It바카라�s a great feeling, but it바카라�s dampened by the series result. Ten years ago the match ended in a draw, but this time we바카라�re looking for a result.바카라�

Upon achieving the record, Lara was greeted in the middle by Baldwin Spencer, the Prime Minister of Antigua, while England captain Michael Vaughan hailed Lara as 바카라�one of the all-time great players바카라�.

바카라�We all set out to achieve greatness, but he is a gifted, gifted player 바카라� throughout his innings we tested him with a few things but he was much better than us for those two days,바카라� Vaughan said.

바카라�He is one of the all-time great players, he has achieved something that has never been achieved before even with the amount of pressure he had on him before the start of this Test.

바카라�He will go down as one of the greats of the game and it will take some player and some performance to beat his 400.바카라�

Mahela Jayawardene went close with 374 for Sri Lanka against South Africa two years later but Lara remains first and third on the list two decades on.