6,6,6,6,6,6,6….. 30 fours-12 sixes, this English batsman created history by scoring 268 runs, showed his talent in T20 in ODI

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|06-10-2024

Batsman: Every day some new exploits happen on the cricket field. Some of these become successful in garnering discussions on social media, while some incidents go unnoticed. Today we are going to tell you about one such historical innings, which has not been talked about much.

This brilliant inning came during the domestic cricket played in England. A batsman had performed an amazing feat by playing an excellent inning of 268 runs in 160 balls. Let us know in detail which player played this innings.

When England's batsman scored 268 runs

Ali Brown 268 runs scorecard

Actually, the name of the batsman we are talking about is Ali Brown. This former England cricketer, while playing for Surrey in 2002, played an excellent inning of 268 runs against Glamorgan. He hit 30 fours and 12 sixes during his innings. Apart from this, Ali spent 199 minutes at the crease for his inning of 160 balls.

Also, the right-handed batsman had scored runs at a strike rate of 167.50. He batted in style while converting ODI cricket into T20. Thanks to this innings, Surrey had scored a huge score of 438 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 50 overs. In response, the Glamorgan team scored 429 runs in one ball and lost the match by 9 runs. This match got recorded in the pages of history because of Ali Brown's innings.

Players who played 16 matches for England

If we look at the cricket career of Ali Brown, he made his debut in international cricket for England in the year 1996. However, he could play only 16 matches for his country. In this he has 354 runs in his name. He has scored a century and a half-century for England.

Even though his international career was not very long, he scored a lot of runs in first class cricket. Brown has scored 16898 runs in 285 first-class matches. His name includes 47 centuries and 75 half-centuries.

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