Lara reclaims his throne in style

Brian Lara sits on the batting throne of Test cricket once again. Just 185 days after losing the world record to Australia's Matthew Hayden, Lara set the Antigua Recreation Ground alight with an unbeaten knock of 400 that sets the bar at a level never seen before.

His 375 against the same team at the same ground in 1994 had stood for almost 10 years before Hayden eclipsed it with a knock of 380 against Zimbabwe at Perth last October.

Highest individual Test scores:

Score	Batsman	For	Vs	Venue	Season
400*	B C Lara	WI	Eng	St John's, Antigua	2003-04
380	M L Hayden	Aus	Zim	WACA, Perth	2003-04
375	B C Lara	WI	Eng	St John's, Antigua	1993-94
365*	G St A Sobers	WI	Pak	Kingston, Jamaica	1957-58
364	L Hutton	Eng	Aus	The Oval, London	1938
340	S T Jayasuriya	SL	Ind	Colombo, RPS	1997-98
337	Hanif Mohammed	Pak	WI	Bridgetown, Barbados	1957-58
336*	W R Hammond	Eng	NZ	Auckland	1932-33
334*	M A Taylor	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	1998-99
334	D G Bradman	Aus	Eng	Headingley, Leeds	1930
333	G A Gooch	Eng	Ind	Lord's	1990
329	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pak	NZ	Lahore	2001-02
325	A Sandham	Eng	WI	Kingston	1929-30
311	R B Simpson	Aus	Eng	Manchester	1964
310*	J H Edrich	Eng	NZ	Leeds	1965
309	V Sehwag	Ind	Pak	Multan	2003-04
307	R M Cowper	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1965-66
304	D G Bradman	Aus	Eng	Headingley, Leeds	1934
302	L G Rowe	WI	Eng	Bridgetown, Barbados	1973-74

Evolution of highest individual Test score:

Score	Batsman	For	Vs	Venue	Season
165*	C A Bannerman	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1876-77
211	W L Murdoch	Aus	Eng	The Oval	1884
287	R E Foster	Eng	Aus	Sydney	1903-04
325	A Sandham	Eng	WI	Kingston, Jamaica	1929-30
334	D G Bradman	Aus	Eng	Leeds	1930
336*	W R Hammond	Eng	NZ	Auckland	1932-33
364	L Hutton	Eng	Aus	The Oval, London	1938
365*	G St A Sobers	WI	Pak	Kingston	1957-58
375	B C Lara	WI	Eng	St John's, Antigua	1993-94
380	M L Hayden	Aus	Zim	WACA, Perth	2003-04
400*	B C Lara	WI	Eng	St John's, Antigua	2003-04

Highest individual first-class scores:

Score	Batsman	Team v Opponent	Venue	Season
501*	B C Lara	Warwickshire v Durham	Birmingham	1994
499	Hanif Mohammed	Karachi v Bahawalpur	Karachi	1958-59
452*	D G Bradman	New South Wales v Queensland	Sydney	1929-30
443*	B B Nimbalkar	Maharashtra v Kathiawar	Poona	1948-49
437	W H Ponsford	Victoria v Queensland	Melbourne	1927-28
429	W H Ponsford	Victoria v Tasmania	Melbourne	1922-23
428	Aftab Baloch	Sind v Baluchistan	Karachi	1973-74
424	A C MacLaren	Lancashire v Somerset	Taunton	1895
405*	G A Hick	Worcestershire v Somerset	Taunton	1988
400*	B C Lara	West Indies v England	St John's	2003-04

Highest individual Test scores in each batting position:

Position	Runs	Batsman	For	Vs	Venue	Season
1st	364	L Hutton	Eng	Aus	The Oval, London	1938
2nd	380	M L Hayden	Aus	Zim	WACA, Perth	2003-04
3rd	400*	B C Lara	WI	Eng	St John's, Antigua	2003-04
4th	329	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pak	NZ	Lahore	2001-02
5th	304	D G Bradman	Aus	Eng	Headingley, Leeds	1934
6th	250	K D Walters	Aus	NZ	Christchurch	1976-77
7th	270	D G Bradman	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1936-37
8th	257*	Wasim Akram	Pak	Zim	Sheikhupura	1996-97
9th	173	I D S Smith	NZ	Ind	Auckland	1989-90
10th	117	W W Read	Eng	Aus	The Oval, London	1884
11th	68*	R O Collinge	NZ	Pak	Auckland	1972-73

Most Test runs added during a batsman's stay at the wicket:

Runs	Batsman (Score)	For	Vs	Venue	Season
770	L Hutton (364)	Eng	Aus	The Oval, London	1938
735	M L Hayden (380)	Aus	Zim	WACA, Perth	2003-04
720	A Sandham (325)	Eng	WI	Kingston, Jamaica	1929-30
718	B C Lara (400*)	WI	Eng	St John's, Antigua	2003-04
703	G St A Sobers (365*)	WI	Pak	Kingston	1957-58

Most runs in boundaries in a Test innings:

Runs	Batsman (Score)	Countries	Venue	Season	6s	4s
238	J H Edrich (310*)	Eng v NZ	Headingley, Leeds	1965	5	52
218	M L Hayden (380)	Aus v Zim	WACA, Perth	2003-04	11	38
206	Inzamam-ul-Haq (329)	Pak v NZ	Lahore	2001-02	9	38
196	W R Hammond (336*)	Eng v NZ	Auckland	1932-33	10	34
196	B C Lara (400*)	WI v Eng	St John's, Antigua	2003-04	4	43
192	V Sehwag (309)	Ind v Pak	Multan	2003-04	6	39
190	G A Gooch (333)	Eng v India	Lord's	1990	3	43
184	D G Bradman (334)	Aus v Eng	Headingley, Leeds	1930	-	46
184	D G Bradman (304)	Aus v Eng	Headingley, Leeds	1934	2	43
180	B C Lara (375)	WI v Eng	St John's, Antigua	1993-94	-	45
178	N J Astle (222)	NZ v Eng	Christchurch	2001-02	11	28
176	V V S Laxman (281)	Ind v Aus	Eden Gardens, Calcutta	2000-01	-	44
172	R G Pollock (274)	SA v Aus	Kingsmead, Durban	1969-70	-	43
168	R B Kanhai (256)	WI v Ind	Eden Gardens, Calcutta	1958-59	-	42
166	D L Amiss (262)	Eng v WI	Kingston, Jamaica	1973-74	1	40
160	P A de Silva (267)	SL v NZ	Wellington	1990-91	-	40
160	Wasim Akram (257*)	Pak v Zim	Sheikhupura	1996-97	12	22

Most Test runs in a day's play:

Runs		Batsman (Score)	Countries	Venue	Season
309	(0-309*)	D G Bradman (334)	Aus v Eng	Headingley, Leeds	1930
295	(41-336)	W R Hammond (336*)	Eng v NZ	Auckland	1932-33
273	(5*-278)	D C S Compton (278)	Eng v Pak	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	1954
271	(0-271*)	D G Bradman (304)	Aus v Eng	Headingley, Leeds	1934
244	(0-244)	D G Bradman (244)	Aus v Eng	The Oval, London	1934
239	(0-239*)	F M M Worrell (261)	WI v Eng	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	1950
228	(0-228)	H H Gibbs (228)	SA v Pak	Newlands, Cape Town	2002-03
228	(0-228*)	V Sehwag (228*)	Ind v Pak	Multan	2003-04
227	(86-313)	B C Lara (400*)	WI v Eng	St John's, Antigua	2003-04
223	(0-223*)	W R Hammond (227)	Eng v NZ	Christchurch	1932-33
223	(0-223*)	D G Bradman (223)	Aus v WI	'Gabba, Brisbane	1930-31

Lara reclaims his throne in style

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