Rahul Tiwari
khelja|11-09-2024
Rohit Sharma: Whenever it comes to playing the greatest innings in the history of ODI cricket, the name of Indian team captain Rohit Sharma comes to everyone's mind. Rohit played an innings of 264 runs against Sri Lanka in 2014.
However, now the England batsman has broken his record and left him behind. Let us tell you that Rohit is the first and only batsman in the world to score three double centuries in ODI cricket but now his innings of 264 runs has been left behind by a player.
England player played an innings of 268 runs
Let us tell you that the England player played this innings not in international cricket but in domestic cricket and he holds the record for the best score in List A cricket.
Actually, the player we are talking about is Ali Brown, who plays for Surrey in domestic cricket.Ali played an innings of 268 runs in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy in 2002 while playing against Glamorgan. During this, 30 fours and 12 sixes came out of his bat. Along with this, the record of making the highest score in List A cricket is also registered in his name.
Surrey won the match by 9 runs
Actually, this match played between the two teams was a high scoring one and while batting first, Surrey scored 438 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs.
Although, this score would have also fallen short but in the end Surrey won by 9 runs.Apart from Brown, Ian Ward also played an innings of 97 runs. Glamorgan's team also scored 429 runs. 2 batsmen played century innings for this team. Captain Robert Craft scored 119 runs in 69 balls. Apart from him, David Hump also scored 102 runs but the team could not win.
Cricket career of Ali Brown
If we look at Brown's career, he has played 16 ODIs for England. Apart from this, this player has scored 11257 runs in 404 List A matches. During this, 19 centuries and 50 half-centuries have come from his bat.
Apart from this, he has scored 16898 runs while playing 285 first class matches. During this, he has scored 47 centuries and 75 half-centuries.
