Sam Northeast played the biggest first-class innings of the 21st century, created history by scoring a four-and-a-half century

LONDON: Glamorgan batsman Sam NorthEast created history by scoring a four-century on Saturday in the County Championship Division Two match. Sam Northeast scored an unbeaten 410 off 450 balls in the match against Leicestershire. With this, he holds the record for playing the biggest innings in first-class cricket in the 21st century. He faced 450 balls in his record breaking innings and hit 45 fours and 3 sixes.

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Sam Northeast is the ninth player in the world to score a four-hundred

Sam Northeast is the ninth player in the world to score a four-hundred in first-class cricket history. Before him, Brian Lara, Hanim Mohammad, Don Bradman, Bhausaheb Nimbalkar, Bill Ponsford, Aftab Bloch, Enrique McLaren and Graeme Hick have done this feat. Brian Lara and Bill Ponsford managed to cross the 400-run mark twice. Brian Lara holds the record for playing the biggest innings in both first-class and Test cricket history.

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Playing county cricket for 15 years, could not score double century before

32-year-old Sam Northeast made his county debut in 2007. Since then, he has played 192 matches in a career spanning 15 years. 11966 runs have been registered in his name. He could not even score a double century before scoring a four-hundred. His highest score was 191 runs. Although he had 26 centuries and 61 half-centuries to his name before this. But by scoring a four-and-a-half century, he has registered his name in the special page of the record books. He has also become the first player to score a four-hundred for the Glamorgan team.