One stone, four targets… the batsmen made the bowlers lose their control, a half-century, a century, a double century and a triple century were scored in the same match.

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|03-10-2024

Cricket has been considered a game of batsmen since the beginning and this game has given many great batsmen to the world. The standards set by these batsmen are still recorded today and these batsmen have always been looked upon with respect. There are many records made by batsmen even today which are very difficult to break.

One such record was made by batsmen about 98 years ago and it still stands today, anyone who comes to know about this record becomes very surprised. It is being said that it is very difficult to break this record.

This special record is recorded in the name of batsmen

One stone, four targets...the batsmen made the bowlers lose their control, a half-century, a century, a double century and a triple century were scored in the same match. 2

Today we are going to tell you about the record set by the batsmen in the cricket field, that record had failed about 98 years from today. This record is very special at this time and this special record was made by the batsmen in the Sheffield Shield Trophy 1926. In this match, half-century, century, double century and triple century innings were played by Victoria's batsmen in the same match.

These batsmen played these record innings

In the Sheffield Shield Trophy 1926, a match was played between Victoria and New South Wales at the Melbourne Ground and in this match Victoria batsmen Albert Hartcoff and John Ellis played half-century innings. Captain Will Badfull scored 133 runs and along with him Scott Hendry also scored 100 runs. In this match Jack Rader scored 295 runs and Billy Ponsford scored 352 runs. This was the first time that batsmen scored half-centuries, centuries, double centuries and triple centuries in a match.

Total 1107 runs scored in the match

Sheffield Shield Trophy 1926: In a match played between Victoria and New South Wales at the Melbourne Grounds, New South Wales scored 221 runs in the first match. In response, Victoria's team scored 1107 runs with the help of half-century, century, double century and triple century innings played by the batsmen. In reply to the innings, the New South Wales team, which came to bat, collapsed for 230 runs and Victoria won the match by a margin of 656 runs.

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