File image of Brian Lara, former captain of the West Indies cricket team.© AFP
On the cricket field, rarely has a batsman displayed such grandeur Brian Lara, The West Indies great stood tall among his contemporaries with his stylish batting, who often looked effortless. With a massive back-lift, Lara’s grace stunned the world. He is the holder of the highest individual Test score of 400*, which he made in 2004. But 10 years before that, on 6 June 1994, Lara remained unbeaten on 501 for Warwickshire against Durham in a County Championship match. This remains the highest individual score in a first-class match and today marks the 28th anniversary of the special achievement.
Warwickshire remembered the feat with a special tweet: “One of the greatest innings ever. Can’t believe it was 28 years ago today!”
One of the biggest innings. Can’t believe it was 28 years ago today!
#ubears pic.twitter.com/zTr4EXigpM
— Bear (@WarwickshireCCC) 6 June 2022
Lara’s innings included 62 fours and 10 sixes. To make things more interesting, Lara scored a historic 501* in just 427 balls.
After Durham declared the first innings at 556/8, Lara took charge, batting first. To bat at No. 3, with the scoreboard reading 8/1, the great batsman played to perfection. Courtesy of that knock, Warwickshire posted a mammoth total of 810/4 and the match ended in a draw.
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The Trinidad-born veteran is currently the batting coach of Indian Premier League side Sunrisers Hyderabad, where he oversaw the paceman’s rise. Umran Malik, The 22-year-old pacer took 22 wickets in 14 matches in IPL 2022. Lara said Indians remind him a lot of West Indies fast bowler Fidel Edwards,
Lara said on ‘Cricket Live’, “Umran Malik reminds me a lot about Fidel Edwards when he first started, very fast pace and I hope he understands that as he goes into international cricket, Which I think he’ll play eventually.” on Star Sports.
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