Sam Northeast

2022 - 7 - 24

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Glamorgan batsman Sam Northeast hits the highest first-class score ... (Daily Mail)

Only Brian Lara, with 501 in 1994, and Archie MacLaren, who scored 424 in 1895, have hit higher county championship scores. 'It's truly special to be part ...

'I feel physically in the best shape I have been in, and the ball is coming out nicely,' he said. The 28-year-old was a County Championship winner with Warwickshire in 2021 and feels he is over the injury issues that restricted him to 15 four-day appearances for the club in six seasons. Only Brian Lara, with 501 not out for Warwickshire in 1994, and Archie MacLaren, who scored 424 for Lancashire in 1895, have hit higher county championship scores.

Never in my wildest imagination: Glamorgans Sam Northeast reacts ... (News9 Live)

Sam Northeast entered the record books with his unbeaten 410 but many wondered if the 32-year-old could have continued for a while in a bid to touch the ...

It was always a case of trying to set the game up. The Glamorgan batter said that his first target was to get to his double century while adding scoring 400 runs never crossed his mind. I guess it was kind of true," he added. It was a situation of seeing how many we could get. Notably, Northeast reached the 400-run mark with a cross-batted six over long-on. Earlier, courtesy of a thunderous 410* by Northeast, Glamorgan posted 795/5 (decl) in reply to Leicestershire's 584 in the first innings. "191 was my highest in everything. The list of players: Lara, Hick, Bradman… To join that list is, as I said, beyond my wildest imagination really. "I guess it's something which you always strive for in your career but never in my wildest imagination did I ever think I was going to end up on 410 not out and join some unbelievable names. Moreover, the 461-run partnership between Northeast and Chris Cooke (191 not out) is also the highest by a Glamorgan pair. Notably, 795/5 (decl) posted by Glamorgan is also the highest team score by them. hitting a six to get to 400, what am I doing?

Matt Maynard hails 'incredible' Sam Northeast's 'remarkable feat' (The Cricketer)

Glamorgan head coach Matt Maynard described Sam Northeast's record-breaking innings as "incredible" and "a remarkable feat" after he became just the tenth ...

They were the two that helped them believe." It is disappointing after we played well in the T20 and played well at Sussex last week. Maynard was Glamorgan's captain when Steve James made 309 not out at Colwyn Bay against Sussex in 2000, before declaring to set up an innings victory. The way he went from 200 to 300 on Friday, it was as if there were no fielders. On Northeast, Maynard added: "It was a remarkable feat and he batted selflessly as well, when we needed to up the scoring rate. But we had a discussion among the coaches and the senior players to look at what our options were and the feeling was that we probably had enough.

Sam Northeast Gets to Third Highest Score in History of County ... (News18)

English cricketer Sam Northeast etched his name in the record books after the batter slammed a quadruple century in a country match.

The total of 795-5 is the highest in the Welsh county’s history, beating the previous record of 718-3 in 2000 and Northeast now has the highest individual score in the county’s history, beating Steve James’s 309 not out in the same match 22 years ago. #GoGlam pic.twitter.com/DFrFk15QUW Northeast’s innings, in a mammoth team total of 795-5 declared, is just the 11th individual score of 400-plus in the history of first-class cricket and is the highest of the 21st century.

Sam Northeast Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Career Stats, Runs ... (The SportsGrail)

He has become only the second batsman after Brian Lara to reach the 400 runs mark, know the age, stats and team of Sam Northeast.

His play against seam bowling is quite impressive as he is always decisive wth his footwork in the seaming tracks of England. His amazing technique has surprisingly hasn’t gotten him a national call-up yet. Currently, he is playing for Glamorgan county cricket club. His tall structure helps him a lot in his batting as he is always well-balanced. He also got a sports scholarship there as he was always a sporty individual. Sam won a lot of national awards in his cricketing career in his early days. The talented batsman Sam Northeast was born in 1989 in Walmer(a town in Kent) and is aged 32 at the moment..

County Championship: Glamorgan's Sam Northeast slams ... (NewsBytes)

Overall, he is the fourth batter to reach this mark in England. Knock. Second-highest score by an English cricketer in FC cricket.

They surpassed the previous mark (527) in an innings defeat against Northamptonshire in 1995. Overall, he is the fourth batter to reach this mark in England. Glamorgan's Sam Northeast slammed a record-breaking quadruple-century in Glamorgan's innings-win over Leicestershire in the ongoing County Championship. The right-handed batter smashed an unbeaten 410, helping Glamorgan register 795/5d in their only innings.

Glamorgan's Sam Northeast smashes 410 against Leicestershire as ... (Pakistan Today)

Glamorgan batter Sam Northeast reached 410 not out against Leicestershire in the English County Championship on Saturday — the ninth-highest first-class ...

Lara also scored 400 not out for West Indies against England 10 years later — the only other score of 400 in this century. The total of 795-5 is the highest in the Welsh county’s history, beating the previous record of 718-3 in 2000 and Northeast now has the highest individual score in the county’s history, beating Steve James’s 309 not out in the same match 22 years ago. #GoGlam pic.twitter.com/DFrFk15QUW

Sam Northeast struggled to comprehend his 'special' day for ... (Daily Mail)

RICHARD GIBSON: 'Just looking at the list of players who have scored 400 before, there are some greats of the game,' Northeast told Sportsmail following his ...

'But the most important thing is to play as well as I can do, win games of cricket for Glamorgan and see what happens. It would be a dream of mine to put on an England shirt,' he said. Last July, he was released by Hampshire and took refuge with temporary deals at Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire before agreeing a permanent move to Wales. I just kept rolling with the game.' But once beyond Steve James' 309, he said: 'Then, it was a case of game scenario dictating my innings because we were trying to be proactive, to set up a situation where we could bowl Leicestershire out. 'Of course, it crosses your mind.

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