Glamorgan’s Sam Northeast became the fourth smasher to score 400 runs in the innings of the District Championship in Leicester on Saturday.
The 32-year-old Northeast hit a feat of 447 balls with a six and joins Brian Lara, AC MacLaren and Graeme Hick in the elite club of County smashers, who have hit 400 runs in An united. Northeast finished unbeaten with 410 as Glamorgan claimed its plays at 795 for the year.
Northeast became only the ninth smasher to ever surpass the 400-run mark in the first round. Northeast, who continued with his score of 308 overnight, was also top-scored by a Glamorgan hitter in an FC play in his record-breaking takedown.
Glamorgan also recorded its highest-match total ever, surpassing 718 with a 461-match unbeaten run between Northeast and Chris Cooke – a partnership with the second-highest sixth player. in FC history.
Northeast, who made his FC debut in 2007, has achieved nearly 12,000 runs from 192 matches with 27 centuries and 61 half-century.
Glamorgan is currently third in the County Championship’s second standings while Leicestershire languish in last place in eighth place.
