Sam Northeast scored 410 not-out against Leicestershire on July 23, registering the ninth-highest individual score in the history of First Class cricket.
The 32-year-old broke several records on his way to the career-best 410* in the County Championship fixture against Leicestershire at Grace Road. His quadruple-century set up an improbable win on Saturday as Glamorgan came out victorious by an innings and 28 runs.
Northeast became only the fourth player to score more than 400 runs in an innings in a First Class match in England, joining Brian Lara, Archie MacLaren and Graeme Hick. He also joined the likes of Don Bradman and Hanif Mohammad in the club of only nine players to have scored a quadruple-century in FC cricket.
“Never in my wildest imagination did I ever think I was going to end up on 410 not out and join some unbelievable names. The list of players: Lara, Hick, Bradman… To join that list is, as I said, beyond my wildest imagination really,”
Northeast told ESPNcricinfo.
When asked about if he had any nerves while nearing the 400-run landmark, Northeast said that he was more nervous in 190s as he had never scored a double century at any level.
“191 was my highest in everything. I had a lot more nerves in the 190s than in the 390s which sounds completely ridiculous to even talk about it now. I really wanted that double. That was something I wanted to tick off the list in my career and in some ways, I thought that was never going to happen,”
he said.
Northeast made 410 not-out out of the team’s total of 795/5 in response to Leicestershire’s 584 in the first innings. He added 461 runs in 71.3 overs with wicketkeeper Chris Cooke, who finished on 191 not-out. This was the highest ever sixth-wicket partnership in English first-class cricket and the second highest in history.
Glamorgan then went on to dismantle their opponents for just 183 in 59.4 overs inside two sessions to clinch a memorable victory. With this win, Glamorgan moved to the second place in Division Two.
