WEST Indian Brian Lara broke Sir Garfield Sobers' 36-year Test record when he scored 375 against England in St John's, Antigua yesterday.
The 24-year-old Trinidadian left-hander overtook Sobers' 365 not out, set against Pakistan at Kingston on March 1 1958, on the third day of the fifth Test.
Lara produced a savage pull off Chris Lewis for four to surpass the old mark.
The crowd stormed on, and as the chaos died down Lara was congratulated and embraced by fellow West Indian Sobers.
Lara then bent down to kiss the pitch and his wicket before having his hand shaken by Mike Atherton's England players.
Lara began the day on 320 and at first he struggled to recapture the fluency of his earlier play.
But he eventually reached 350 by flicking Chris Lewis to square leg, then concentrated on sharply-taken ones and twos.