England cricket team's Test captain and star all-rounder Ben Stokes is currently recovering from injury. In Stokes' absence, his teams are performing well. On one hand, England defeated Sri Lanka 2-1 in the Test series. On the other hand, his home team Durham County Cricket Club has created history. These days County Championship is being played in England. In this championship, in the match being played between Durham and Lancashire, the pair of Durham's David Bedingham and Colin Ackerman made a new record of the biggest partnership. The pair of Bedingham and Ackerman made a partnership of 425 runs for the 5th wicket, which is the biggest partnership in the history of this county club.

Managed the team, made a record

The partnership of these two batsmen started on the second day of this match of Division-1 of the County Championship being played in Chester-le-Street and on the third day, Wednesday 11 September, both of them made this record. Both of them took charge when the team lost 4 wickets for just 99 runs in the first innings. From here, the fourth-ranked batsman Bedingham started a long partnership with Ackerman, who came at number six. Both of them completed their centuries on the second day itself.

Bedingham was batting aggressively in this innings, while Ackerman was standing at the other end like an anchor.

By the end of the second day, Bedingham-Ackerman had a partnership of 268 runs, which both of them took beyond 400 runs on Wednesday. During this time, Bedingham also scored his brilliant double century, while Ackerman crossed the mark of 150. Eventually, this partnership broke with the wicket of Ackerman at a score of 524, but by then both had added 425 runs. This also became a new record for the biggest partnership in the County Championship in the 142-year long history of Durham County Cricket Club, established in 1882.

At the same time, this is the second biggest partnership for the fifth wicket in the history of county cricket.

The dominance of foreign players

Ackerman missed the double century and was out after scoring 186 runs, while Bedingham continued to take the team's score forward even after this. Then when Bedingham was out for the 9th wicket on the score of 573, the team declared the innings. Bedingham played a brilliant innings of 279 runs in 359 balls, which included 27 fours and 1 six.

This is also the highest score of his first class career. The most special thing is that this partnership for England's county club was done by two foreign batsmen. While Bedingham is a member of the South African cricket team, Ackerman is a part of the Netherlands cricket team.

This is also the highest score of his first class career. The most special thing is that this partnership for England's county club was done by two foreign batsmen. While Bedingham is a member of the South African cricket team, Ackerman is a part of the Netherlands cricket team.