England and English County Division Two club Glamorgan’s batsman Sam Northeast took everyone by surprise against Leicestershire when the batter himself alone scored 410 runs not out while chasing Leicestershire’s first inning score.
Sam Alexander Northeast, the 32-years-old batsman broke all record as he scored 410 runs while chasing Leicestershire’s first inning total of 584 runs in a County Championship Division 2 match being played at the Grace Road in Leicester.
After winning the toss, Leicestershire skipper Callum Parkinson decided to bat first. They posted 584 runs on the board in their first inning with South Africa’s Wiaan Mulder scoring 156 runs while Ben Mike scored 91 runs.
While chasing that in their first inning, Glamorgan declared for a huge score of 795 runs with 3 centurion. Of the 3, middle-order batsman Sam Northeast took everyone by surprise and broke all the records as he scored 410 runs and remained unbeaten. Other than him, Colin Ingram and Chris Cooke are the other 2 centurion.
However, this match will be long remembered for what just Sam Northeast did. Also, in the process, he also became the only batsman after the great and legendary Brian Lara to score 400 individual runs in a single inning of a first-class match.
The County Championship Division 2 match between the two teams is still on and Glamorgan now have a lead of 181 runs.