Brian Lara hits a delightful half-century as the West Indies batsmen finally come good on the first day of the fourth Test The West Indies captain starts the second day of play against England in Antigua just 14 runs adrift of a century Lara continues to punish the England bowlers as he makes 165 by lunch with West Indies on 342-3 The Trinidadian superstar shows his obvious delight and is rewarded with rapturous applause after chalking up 200 runs Lara becomes only the second man in history after Sir Donald Bradman to score two Test triple hundreds Lara reaches his triple century mixing shots of sheer power with the deftest late cuts and sweeps. He finishes day two on 313 not-out Last October, Australia's Matthew Hayden overtook Lara's previous record of 375 by hitting 380 against Zimbabwe Lara regains his world record after surpassing Hayden's score and goes on to make 400 off 582 before declaring on 751 Brian Lara is given a guard of honour by his team-mates for his outstanding individual performance
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