tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post5235779570872020720..comments2024-03-28T22:32:50.562+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Four centuries in a county championship inningsJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-32912863591095877332009-07-13T15:52:39.329+01:002009-07-13T15:52:39.329+01:00Perhaps the real curiosity of the Kent innings is ...Perhaps the real curiosity of the Kent innings is that both opening batsmen appear to have been run out for 123?<br /><br />According to Cricinfo, anyhow.Gawainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03187287590748938980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-87421433992302159482009-07-13T13:36:31.335+01:002009-07-13T13:36:31.335+01:00I was once involved (as the off-strike batsman) in...I was once involved (as the off-strike batsman) in an all-run seven; no overthrows. [It involved a boozed-up fielder and a stray dog]<br /><br />As I recall the running was almost as exhausting as the laughing.<br /><br />I wonder what the maximum scored off a single delivery in a higher grade of cricket than the Crewe Rail House Inter-Departmental 6-a-side circa 1980 might be?crewegwynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-69406294057731514082009-07-13T00:02:07.552+01:002009-07-13T00:02:07.552+01:00Certainly not up till 1985. I can't recall on...Certainly not up till 1985. I can't recall one since thenHywelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094171587140185827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-8160605231544887852009-07-12T22:15:37.585+01:002009-07-12T22:15:37.585+01:00It's pretty clear to me that it means against ...It's pretty clear to me that it means against Surrey...Klaus Westwoodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-41623746212069067532009-07-12T21:16:13.592+01:002009-07-12T21:16:13.592+01:00That may well be it. In which case I apologise for...That may well be it. In which case I apologise for doubting the ECB.<br /><br />Has any side ever had six centurions in a county championship innings?Jonathan Calderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-22580565426807781832009-07-12T21:10:57.208+01:002009-07-12T21:10:57.208+01:00My Wisden book of cricket records lists about two ...My Wisden book of cricket records lists about two pages of 4,5 & 6 centuries in an innings. Several of which appear to be County Championship matches.<br /><br />Five or more had never been done in and English up to the end of the 1985 season (which is all it goes up to).<br /><br />Maybe the grammar parsing means that they meant the first time it has happened against Surrey?Hywelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094171587140185827noreply@blogger.com