da poker： Before today, only four sides in the world had ever scored over 400 runs in an innings in a limited overs match
Andrew Hignell19-Jun-2002
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Before today, only four sides in the world had ever scored over 400 runs in an innings in a limited overs match. Today at The Oval, both Surrey and Glamorgan achieved this feat in a quite remarkable one day game in the C&G Trophy that saw a host of world records tumble in the London sunshine.The record breaking day began with Surrey racing to 438 for five in their 50overs – the highest ever total in one day cricket anywhere in the world, beatingthe 413 for four made by Somerset against Devon at Torquay in 1990. Theprevious highest involving two first-class counties was Surrey’s 375 for four against Yorkshire in their National League match at Scarborough in 1994.Ali Brown also created a world record with an innings of 268 – the highestever individual innings, which broke South African Graeme Pollock’s previousworld best of 222 not out for Eastern Province against Border at East Londonin 1974/75. Brown’s score was also the highest ever in the U.K. in a one daymatch, beating Alvin Kallicharran’s 206 against Oxfordshire at Edgbaston in1984, and the highest against a first-class county in a one-day game, whichhe himself had set in 1997 with 203 against Hampshire at Guildford. Brown isalso the only batsman in the world to have two double hundreds to his namein one-day cricket.The previous highest totals and scores against Glamorgan had been recordedin their 1975 Gillette Cup match against Hampshire at Southampton, when thehome team amassed 371 for four, with Gordon Greenidge scoring 177.Brown’s remarkable feat expunged these from the record books, but also addedanother, rather unwanted record, as Darren Thomas’s nine-over spell went for108 runs – the most ever conceded by a bowler anywhere in the world in amajor one day game. The previous most expensive figures were 12-0-107-2recorded by Cornwall’s Chris Lovell against Warwickshire at St. Austell in1996. The previous most expensive by a Glamorgan bowler were Malcolm Nash’sfigures of 12-1-84-2 against Hampshire in the 1975 Gillette Cup match atSouthampton.Another record to disappear from the 1975 Gillette Cup match at Southampton,was the highest opening partnership against Glamorgan in the competition.The previous best had been the 210 added by Hampshire’s openers BarryRichards and Gordon Greenidge, but Brown and Ian Ward sailed past this withan opening stand of 286. This was also the highest partnership for anywicket in one-day cricket against Glamorgan, beating the stand of 223 bySomerset’s Jimmy Cook and Graham Rose in the 1990 Sunday League match atNeath.However, one world record which remained intact was Ian Botham’s feat ofhitting 13 sixes against Northamptonshire at Wellingborough in 1986. Brownfell one short with 12, but it was still the highest ever against Glamorganbeating the eight hit by Botham for Somerset against Glamorgan at Taunton ina B&H fixture in 1986.Glamorgan then replied with 429 – their highest ever total in one-day cricket, beating the 373 for seven they scored against Bedfordshire at Cardiff in 1998. It was also their best ever batting second, passing the 314 for two they made against the British Universities at Cambridge in a Benson and Hedges Cup match in 1996.Acting captain Robert Croft led the way with a blistering 119, reaching hishundred off just 56 balls – the fastest ever in a one-day game for the Welshcounty, beating the 58 ball century notched up by Matthew Maynard againstthe British Universities at Cambridge in 1996 and his 60 ball hundredagainst Surrey at The Oval in the 1997 National League contest.Croft also struck 21 boundaries (18 fours and three sixes) in his career-best century – the most in an innings in a one-day contest for Glamorgan, beating the 19 struck by Jacques Kallis (17 fours and two sixes) against Surrey at Pontypridd in 1999.Despite the sterling efforts of the Glamorgan batsmen, Surrey were the victors by 9 runs in a game that saw the sides register the highest two totals ever made in a limited-overs game in the world. In all, 867 runs were scored on the day – breaking the world record in a one-day game set in India in 2000/01 when the game between India and India B produced 754 runs.The previous highest match aggregate in the U.K. was also recorded at TheOval, as the 1994 match between Surrey and Worcestershire produced no fewerthan 707 runs. The previous highest for a one-day match involving Glamorganwas 650 against Durham at Darlington in their NatWest Trophy game in 1991.