County Championship: Sam Northeast and Glamorgan hit information in win at Leicestershire

Glamorgan batter Sam Northeast’s unbeaten 410 was the third highest score in County Championship history

LV= County Championship Division Two, Uptonsteel County Ground, Leicester

Leicestershire 584: Mulder 156 & 183: Mulder 59; Hogan 4-43

Glamorgan 795-5 dec: Northeast 410*, C Cooke 191*, Ingram 139, C Cooke 71*; Wright 3-99

Glamorgan (23 pts) beat Leicestershire (6 pts) by an innings and 28 runs

Scorecard

Sam Northeast and Glamorgan smashed Championship records as they stormed to a remarkable win with 32 balls to spare over Leicestershire.

Northeast’s unbeaten 410 was a Glamorgan record, the third highest Championship score in history and the ninth best in any first-class match.

Their total of 795-5 was the team’s highest in the Welsh county’s 101-year history.

The Foxes, 211 behind on first innings, crumbled to 183 all out.

Michael Hogan (4-43) and Michael Neser (3-60) led the victory charge after the batting heroics from Northeast and Chris Cooke (191 not out).

Only Brian Lara (501) and…

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