59 yrs since Sobers hit 365*, record which stood for 36 yrs
The then 21-year-old West Indian cricketer Garry Sobers hit a Test record score of 365* against Pakistan on March 1, 1958. Sobers' record stood for almost 36 years when compatriot Brian Lara topped it by scoring 375 in 1994. Sobers helped West Indies post 790 for 3, their highest total and the fourth-highest team total in Test history.