Indian Superstar Prithvi Shah wins the applause by scoring a double century in county cricket. Shaw scored a double century in the Northamptonshire-Somerset match in the Royal London Cup.
Northamptonshire captain Lewis McManus won the toss and elected to bat. Shaw put out a performance that confirmed the captain’s decision.
Shaw scored 244 runs from 153 balls with 28 fours and 11 sixes at a staggering strike rate of 159.48. Just six runs short of the magical number of 250, the player returned with the wicket of Danny Lamb.
Shah, who came to the crease first, got out in the eighth over on the third ball of the 50th over. Meanwhile, the player built a partnership of 411 runs with those who came to the crease.
Along with this double ton, Shah also held another record. Shah made waves by leaping to the second position in the list of players with the most List A double centuries. Only Indian captain Rohit Sharma is now ahead of Shah.
Players with most double centuries in List A format
Rohit Sharma – 3
Prithvi Shah – 2
Ali Brown -2
Travis Head – 2
Shah scored his first List A double century for Mumbai against Puducherry in 2021.
Apart from this, Shah also managed to become sixth in the list of players with the highest individual score in the List A format. Shaw leapt to the sixth spot, surpassing Kiwis superstar Martin Guptill.
Highest individual score in a List A competition
(In order of Player – Runs – Balls Faced – Team – Opponents)
1. Narayan Jagadeesan – 277 – 141 – Tamil Nadu – Arunachal Pradesh
2. Ali Brown – 268 – 160 – Surrey – Glamorgan
3. Rohit Sharma – 264 – 173 – India – Sri Lanka (ODI #3544)
4. DRK Short – 257 – 148 – West Australia – Queensland
5. Shikhar Dhawan – 248 – 150 – India A – South Africa A
6. Prithvi Shah – 244 – 153 – Northamptonshire – Somerset
7. Martin Guptill – 237* – 163 – New Zealand – West Indies (ODI #3643)
8. Travis Head – 230 – 127 – South Australia – Queensland
9. Ben Dunk – 229* – 157 – Tasmania – Queensland
10. Prithvi Shah – 227* – 152 – Mumbai – Puducherry
Meanwhile, Somerset, chasing Northamptonshire’s 416, are currently 95 for one after 16 overs. Louis Goldworthy (26 off 41 balls) and Andrew Umeed (53 off 47 balls) at the crease. Somerset lost the wicket of George Thomas who scored 13 runs. Tom Taylor took the wicket.
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2023-08-09 15:27:00
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