Step 1 : Introduction to the question "Who scored the highest individual score in a Test match?"
...West Indies batsman Brian Lara has the highest individual scorein Test cricket: he scored 400 not out against England in 2004 to surpass the innings of 380 by Matthew Hayden six months earlier. Lara had held the record before Hayden, with a score of 375 against England 10 years earlier.