Friday, July 19, 2013

Youngest to score a County Championship double-century

18 yrs, 237 days: DJG Sales (210*) Northamptonshire v Worcestershire at Kidderminster, 1996
19 yrs, 207 days: JWA Taylor (207*) Leicestershire v Surrey at The Oval, 2009
19 yrs, 250 days: D Nicholls (211) Kent v Derbyshire at Folkestone, 1963
19 yrs, 308 days: RA Young (220) Sussex v Essex at Leyton, 1905
20 yrs, 46 days: GA Hick (227*) Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire at Worcester, 1986
20 yrs, 55 days: GA Hick (219*) Worcestershire v Glamorgan at Neath, 1986
20 yrs, 77 days: A Symonds (254*) Gloucestershire v Glamorgan at Abergavenny, 1995
20 yrs, 95 days: AZ Lees (275*) Yorkshire v Derbyshire at Chesterfield, 2013
20 yrs, 144 days: JWA Taylor (206*) Leicestershire v Middlesex at Leicester, 2010
20 yrs, 152 days: JW Hearne (234*) Middlesex v Somerset at Lord's, 1911
The previous youngest for Yorkshire was:
20 yrs, 224 days: RJ Blakey (204*) Yorkshire v Gloucestershire at Leeds, 1987
The youngest in all first-class cricket is:
15 yrs, 215 days: Hasan Raza (204*) Karachi Whites v Bahawalpur at Karachi, 1997/98

1 comment:

  1. not sure if it is the right forum to ask you this,but wanted to check if you are the same "samson" behind the clarke-samson rain rule method ? If not I have been trying to research on who is the real samson behind this method?

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