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On This Day (Apr. 12): Lara Goes Large With a Quadruple Century

Reclaiming his record from Matthew Hayden, Lara scored at St John's Cricket Ground in Antigua against England April 12 is a special day in the world of cricket because on this day in 2001, West Indies legend Brian Lara did the impossible of scoring 400 runs single-handedly in a Test innings – a record that is intact for 22 years and is unlikely to be broken any time soon given the old-school method of playing with patience and spending days on the crease is no longer seen in the new-gen Test players. Whatta comeback! Brian Lara was nearing the end of his career, and therefore, he was not in his usual form as the West Indies lost the first three games of that series versus England and were heading for a whitewash. Scores such as ducks and around 40s in two to three innings were all Lara managed in the ...

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