Brian Lara scored an unbeaten 501 while playing for Warwickshire in 1994. He broke Hanif Mohammad's record of 499 which was made in 1959, and it stands to this day.

Brian Lara holds the world records for the highest individual score in Test (400) and first-class cricket (501*).

BBC Sport recalls Brian Lara's 501 not out for Warwickshire, the highest individual score made in first-class cricket.

Hopefully on Friday, though, there will be an exception because, in a nod to Sgt Pepper, cricket is celebrating the 20th anniversary of Brian Lara’s unbeaten 501, the record first-class score.

Brian Lara’s 501 not out in 1994 remains the highest First Class score till date. The closest any player came was 410* by Sam Northeast in 2022.

Brian Charles Lara remains a name symbolic with most individual batting records in red-ball cricket. Warwickshire Cricket honored the West Indian legend by recreating the iconic image after his ...

Listen back to BBC WM's commentary of the moment Brian Lara reached a world record 501 not out for Warwickshire against Durham at Edgbaston on 6 June 1994.

Lara broke Sir Garfield Sobers’ record for the highest individual score in Test cricket in 1994, as he scored 375 against England at Antigua, which remains a landmark day in Test history.

Brian Lara hit 501 not out for Warwickshire against Durham in 1994 at Edgbaston - he will be back in Birmingham for the third Test and to attend a feature documentary about his innings ...