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400: Beat that!

AFP, St. John's
Cricket
West Indies captain Brian Lara became the first batsman to score 400 runs and then watched his fast bowlers build on his hard work to leave England in tatters in the fourth and final cricket Test.
Lara reclaimed the world record for the highest individual Test innings from Australia's Matthew Hayden and was undefeated on an unprecedented quadruple century to lead West Indies to a formidable first innings total of 751 for five on the third day on Monday.
Eager to finish a forgettable series on a high note, the West Indies bowlers, led by Tino Best and Pedro Collins, then ran through Englands top order batting to leave the visitors on 171 for five in reply with Andrew Flintoff not out on 37 and Simon Jones not out on 32.
Lara swept off-spin bowler Gareth Batty to the deep fine leg boundary for the 42nd four of his innings to overtake Hayden's mark. He had equalled the Australian opening batsman's 380 when he lofted the previous ball for Batty for the last of his four sixes straight into the top deck of the Sir Vivian Richards Pavilion.
Lara ran the full length of the pitch, leapt and punched the air in triumph to celebrate his recapture of the world batting record. New Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer was escorted out to the middle to embrace the batting genius, who capped celebrations by kneeling and kissing the pitch.
"It's hard to believe -- a great feeling," Lara said.
"It's been really, really tiring but I feel great."
Lara previously held the mark of 375 against the same opponents at this same Antigua Recreation Ground 10 years earlier and it stood until Hayden erased it against Zimbabwe at Perth last October.
Asked if Hayden had been in touch he smiled: "I didn't get that call yet but I'll check my telephone messages when I get home!
"I know he'll have been wishing me on."
After he and Ridley Jacobs, who diligently reached his own personal landmark of a third Test hundred, carried West Indies to 734 for five, Lara returned after the interval to sweep Batty in the same direction for a single to reach 400 before making the declaration.
Lara occupied the crease for nearly 13-1/4 hours and faced 584 deliveries to establish the new mark about 25 minutes after the lunch interval. He and Jacobs shared 282, unbroken, for the sixth wicket to put West Indies in command of the Test.
On Sunday, Lara had joined the late, great Sir Don Bradman as the only other batsman to complete two Test triple hundreds. The former Australia captain and batting legend also found England's bowling to his liking and murdered 334 and 304 off them in 1930 and 1934 respectively, both at Leeds.
Left-hander Jacobs, who was bowled by Michael Vaughan no-ball when he was 87, spent nearly 5-1/4 hours and 207 balls over his unbeaten 107 that included eight fours and three sixes.
With Matthew Hoggard off the
field with an upset tummy and Steve Harmison removed from the attack for treading on the protected area of the pitch, England's efforts to knock over either Lara or Jacobs were severely hampered.
Batty with two wickets for 185 runs from 52 overs was the most successful England bowler. Harmison, Andrew Flintoff and Simon Jones were the other wickettakers.
In response, England again lost opening batsmen Vaughan and Marcus Trescothick cheaply and were 48 for two at tea.
Vaughan went to a dubious umpiring decision from Pakistani Aleem Dar, caught behind off Pedro Collins for seven. Television replays suggested that the ball touched nothing on its way through to Jacobs.
Just when it appeared Trescothick might be settling down, he too, was caught behind off Best for 16 flashing at a short, wide ball just before tea.
After the break, Tino Best had early success when Nasser Hussain was beaten for pace and bowled between bat and pad for three to leave England 54 for three. But Best, bowling a lively spell, twisted his ankle and left the field.
Mark Butcher started to blossom in his absence with a few delightful strokes either side of the wicket. He raced to his half-century and took England to the verge of the 100-run mark, before Collins had him bowled for 52 that
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included seven fours from 86 balls in 128 minutes.
More success came West Indies way when Graham Thorpe, a century-maker in the previous Test, topedged a hook and was caught inside the deep fine leg boundary for 10 off Fidel Edwards to leave England 98 for five.
Flintoff and Jones batted confidently to resist the West Indies attack for almost two hours to make sure that no more wickets fell. They defied the fast bowlers and forced Lara into an all-spin attack of Ramnaresh Sarwan with leg-spin and Ryan Hinds with orthodox leftarm spin to share 73, unbroken, for the sixth wicket.
There was a piece of drama just before the close though, when Flintoff, then 27, survived a chance to Lara when he top-edged a cut to slip off Sarwan.
England lead the four-Test series 3-0 after convincing victories at
Kingston, Port of Spain and Bridgetown.
SCOREBOARD
Scoreboard at close of play on the third day of the fourth and final Test between West Indies and England on Monday:
WEST INDIES: First innings (overnight 595-5)
Gayle c and b Batty 69
Ganga lbw b Flintoff 10
Lara not out 400
Sarwan c T'thick b Harmison 90
Powell c Hussain b S Jones 23
Hinds c and b Batty 36
Jacobs not out 107
Extras: (b-4, lb-5, w-2, nb-5) 16
Total: (For 5 wkts decl in 202 overs) 751
Fall of wickets: 1-33, 2-98, 3-330, 4380, 5-469
Did not bat: Best, Collymore, Collins, Edwards
Bowler O M R W
Hoggard 18 2 82 0
Harmison 37 6 92 1
Flintoff 35 8 109 1
S Jones 29 0 146 1
Batty 52 4 185 2
Vaughan 13 0 60 0
Trescothick 18 3 68 0
ENGLAND: First innings
Trescothick c Jacobs b Best 16
Vaughan c Jacobs b Collins 7
Butcher b Collins 52
Hussain b Best 3
Thorpe c Collins b Edwards 10
Flintoff not out 37
G Jones not out 32
Extras: (lb-2, w-1, nb-11) 14
Total: (For 5 wkts in 58 overs) 171 Fall of wickets 1-8, 2-45, 3-54, 4-98, 5-98
To bat: Batty, S Jones, Harmison, Hoggard
Bowler O M R W
Collins 13 3 37 2
Edwards 10 1 41 1
Collymore 13 3 32 0
Best 4.3 1 20 2
Hinds 9.3 4 17 0
Sarwan 7 0 18 0
Gayle 1 0 4 0