The then England captain scored a record 456 runs in the opening Test against India at Lord's in 1990, 333 in the first innings and 123 in the second.

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He remains the only batsman to have scored a triple hundred and a hundred in two innings of the same match, and his aggregate (456) for the match is still a world record for a Test.

His exploits with the bat helped England thrash India by 247 runs in that Test.