Bangladesh ‘A’ skipper Towhid Hridoy grew to become the primary Bangladeshi batter to attain 350 runs in first-class cricket.
Six and a half years after serving to Bangladesh make historical past by successful the Beneath-19 World Cup in Potchefstroom, South Africa, Hridoy returned to the identical venue to create one other piece of historical past.
Hridoy, who grew to become solely the third Bangladeshi batter to attain a triple hundred in first-class cricket and surpassed Tamim Iqbal’s unbeaten 334 and Raqibul Hasan’s unbeaten 313 to register the best first-class rating by a Bangladeshi batter, can be now the primary Bangladeshi to attain a first-class triple century exterior Bangladesh.
Hridoy, whose 350 is the best first-class rating by an abroad batter in South Africa, is just the second batter to attain no less than 350 in a first-class innings in South Africa, after Stephen Cook dinner’s 390.
Towhid, who resumed on 204 in a single day, remained unbeaten on 350 off 481 balls with 27 fours and 10 sixes, to attain the feat through the fourth and remaining day of the second four-day match in opposition to South Africa ‘A’ at NWC Oval in Potchefstroom on Wednesday.
The match resulted in a draw as Bangladesh declared their first innings at 676 for eight to take a 164-run lead whereas South Africa ‘A’, who had earlier scored 512 of their first innings, reached 18 with out loss earlier than the 2 groups agreed to a draw.
“To be trustworthy this innings gave me quite a lot of confidence. After choosing the Man of the Match trophy I used to be feeling that sometime I’ll play an innings like this within the nationwide crew,” Hridoy mentioned after the match.
Tamim, the previous nationwide skipper and present BCB president, was fast to congratulate him on breaking his file.
“Scoring a 350-run innings wherever, at any degree and in any context, is a outstanding achievement. But when that innings is available in South Africa, it must be described as extraordinary,” Tamim wrote on his Fb web page.
“They are saying data are supposed to be damaged. I’m very joyful that my file has been damaged.
“Congratulations to Towhid Hridoy on making historical past. Changing into the primary Bangladeshi batter to succeed in 350 isn’t just a private achievement; it’s also an emblem of the progress of cricket within the nation,” he added.
South Africa ‘A’ gained the two-match four-day collection 1-0 regardless of the draw after securing an enormous innings-and-413-run victory within the opening sport in Pretoria.
The 2 groups will now face one another in a three-match one-day collection, with the primary match scheduled to happen in Bloemfontein on September 6.
