Sam Northeast Record Joins Elite List Of Batters To Smash Highest Score In First-Class Cricket

New Delhi: Glamorgan batsman Sam Northeast on Saturday created historical past in first-class cricket by scoring over 400 runs. The fashionable batter scored the ninth highest rating ever attained in first-class cricket. He scored an unbeaten 410 off 450 balls within the match in opposition to Leicestershire with assist of 45 fours and three large sixes. That is now the very best particular person rating within the twenty first century and ninth on the all-time listing in first-class cricket. Northeast is the ninth batter to succeed in the 400-run mark in a first-class inning. Due to sensible innings from Northeast, Glamorgan managed to declare their innings at a mammoth 795/5 — highest particular person rating in first-class cricket. 

The proper-handed batter is but to symbolize England in any of the three codecs of worldwide cricket since making his debut in 2007. Nonetheless, the 32-year-old’s starvation to attain runs shouldn’t be over. Sam caught everybody’s consideration with an unbeaten 410 in Glamorgan’s match in opposition to Leicestershire within the County Championship Division 2 at Grace Highway in Leicester.

𝗙𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗛𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗥𝗘𝗗!

Sam Northeast turns into the primary Glamorgan participant ever to succeed in 4⃣0⃣0⃣ 👏

𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥. It additionally brings up the 450 partnership! 🤯

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— Glamorgan Cricket 🏏 (@GlamCricket) July 23, 2022

Sam Northeast has change into the primary batsman to succeed in the 400-run mark for Glamorgan. The group’s last rating of 795/5d can be the very best rating in Welsh’s county historical past.

Northeast additionally now has the very best particular person rating in Welsh’s county cricket. Lara is considered among the finest batters ever to stroll on the face of this planet. The star batter nonetheless holds the all-time report for scoring the very best particular person rating in first-class cricket. Lara’s 501 not out for Warwickshire in opposition to Durham in 1994 continues to be intact.