Kiran Carlson and Colin Ingram today recorded a Club record fifth wicket stand of 315 in 75.5 overs against Sussex on the second day of their Vitality County Championship match at Sophia Gardens, with their efforts helping to turn the game on its head after the pair had come together with the Welsh county reeling on 41-4. (writes Andrew Hignell)
Overall, it was the sixth highest partnership in the Club’s history, as shown by the list below of triple hundred stands or more:
461* - Sam Northeast and Chris Cooke for the 6th wicket v Leicestershire at Leicester, 2022
425* - Adrian Dale and Viv Richards for the 4th wicket v Middlesex at Sophia Gardens, 1993
374 - Matthew Elliott and Steve James for the 1st wicket v Sussex at Colwyn Bay, 2000
330 - Roy Fredericks and Alan Jones for the 1st wicket v Northamptonshire at Swansea, 1972
328 - Eddie Byrom and Colin Ingram for the 2nd wicket v Sussex at Sophia Gardens, 2022
315 - Kiran Carlson and Colin Ingram for the 5th wicket v Sussex at Sophia Gardens, 2024
313 - Emrys Davies and Willie Jones for the 3rd wicket v Essex at Brentwood, 1948
307* - Kiran Carlson and Chris Cooke for the 5th wicket v Northamptonshire at Sophia Gardens, 2021
306* - Javed Miandad and Younis Ahmed for the 4th wicket v Australians at Neath, 1985
306 - Matthew Maynard and David Hemp for the 3rd wicket v Gloucs at Abergavenny, 1995
306 - Colin Ingram and Sam Northeast for the 3rd wicket v Leicestershire at Leicester, 2022
The list below also shows the Club’s progressive record for the fifth wicket in first-class cricket:
100 - Norman Riches and Jock Tait v Hampshire at Southampton, 1921
137 - Jimmy Stone and Frank Pinch v West Indians at Cardiff Arms Park, 1923
137 - Cyril Walters and Emrys Davies v Somerset at Weston-super-Mare, 1926
181 - Eddie Bates and Guy Morgan v Worcestershire at Kidderminster, 1927
181 - Dick Duckfield and Cyril Smart v Hampshire at Cardiff Arms Park, 1935
204 - Emrys Davies and Cyril Smart v Somerset at Rodney Parade, Newport, 1939
264 - Maurice Robinson and Stan Montgomery v Hampshire at Bournemouth, 1949
307* - Kiran Carlson and Chris Cooke v Northamptonshire at Sophia Gardens, 2021
315 - Kiran Carlson and Colin Ingram v Sussex at Sophia Gardens, 2024