Brian Lara's 501 not out for Warwickshire against Durham in 1994 is the highest individual score in first-class cricket history. Whose record of 499 did he surpass?

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Lara's unbeaten 501 for Warwickshire versus Durham at Edgbaston in June 1994 broke Pakistani batsman Hanif Mohammad's long-standing first-class record of 499, set in 1959.

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