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Highest first class cricket score: Highest individual score in first class cricket full list

Dixit Bhargav
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Highest first class cricket score: Highest individual score in first class cricket full list

Highest individual score in first class cricket: The batter from Glamorgan has made his way to the record books today.

During the fourth day of the 39th match of County Championship Division Two 2022 between Leicestershire and Glamorgan in Leicester, Glamorgan batter Sam Northeast has made his way to the record books via a record-breaking 27th first-class century.

Northeast, who had registered a maiden first-class double and triple century on Day 3, scored 102 runs in the morning session today to become only the ninth batter to score a first-class quadruple century.

In what is only the 11th quadruple century (fourth in county cricket) in the history of cricket, it came on the third delivery of the 160th over when Northeast slammed Leicestershire pacer Roman Walker over his head for a six to become a source of amazement at Grace Road, Leicester.

The 32-year old batter returned to the pavilion for lunch after scoring 410* (450) with the help of 45 fours and three sixes at a magnificent strike rate of 91.11.

An equally attacking response from wicket-keeper batter Chris Cooke (191*) powered Glamorgan to 795/5 in 160 overs at lunch, Day 4, after these two batters amassed 232 runs in 31 overs in the first session on Saturday. Readers must note that Glamorgan declared their innings during the lunch break.

Highest individual score in first class cricket

BattersRunsBalls4s6sTeamOppositionGroundYear
Brian Lara501*4276210WarwickshireDurhamBirmingham1994
Hanif Mohammad499640KarachiBahawalpurKarachi1959
Don Bradman452*465490NSWQueenslandSydney1930
BB Nimbalkar443*491MaharashtraKathiawarPune1948
William Ponsford437420VictoriaQueenslandMelbourne1927
William Ponsford429420VictoriaTasmaniaMelbourne1923
Aftab Baloch428250SindBaluchistanKarachi1974
Archie MacLaren424621LancashireSomersetTaunton1895
Sam Northeast410*450453GlamorganLeicestershireLeicester2022
Graeme Hick405*4693511WorcestershireSomersetTaunton1988
Brian Lara400*582434West IndiesEnglandSt John’s2004

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Dixit Bhargav

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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