Sam Northeast scored 410* off 450 deliveries which is a huge score. Two other centurions in the Glamorgan’s innings were Colin Ingram (139) and Chris Cooke (191*)
He smashed 45 fours and three sixes and ended with a strike rate of 91.11. Cooke too played with a strike rate of 84.14 in his innings of 191*.
Northeast, who came in at four when Glamorgan were crumbling on 9/2, spent 603 minutes in the middle to bolster the team.
Sam joins Brian Lara (501*) and Don Bradman (452*) in the list of greats. Ninth highest individual score (410*) in first-class cricket.
Third highest score by any player in First-class matches played in England. He stands after Brian Lara (501* at Birmingham) and Archie MacLaren (424 at Taunton)
Glamorgan’s 795/5d is the ninth-highest total ever in Championship Cricket in England
The unbeaten sixth-wicket partnership of 461 in 71.3 overs is the highest ever in the English First-class cricket and the second highest in the history.
It was after 18 years that a batter managed to score 400 runs, it was Brian Lara who scored 400* against England in 2004.