Colin Ingram and Sam Northeast came close to breaking one of the Club’s all-time batting records this afternoon at Grace Road as they shared a third wicket stand of 306 (writes Andrew Hignell) .
Their efforts beat Glamorgan’s third wicket record against Leicestershire set in 1995 by Steve James and Matthew Maynard who added 242 at Grace Road. They also came within eight runs of breaking the all-time Club record for the third wicket set by Emrys Davies and Willie Jones who added 313 against Essex at Brentwood in 1948 in a match where, according to folklore, the two Welsh-speakers spoke in their native tongue to confuse the home fielders.
As the list below shows, it was the joint eighth highest in the Club’s history. It was also the second triple-hundred stand in which Colin has been involved this year and the first-ever season when two triple-century stands have been recorded in first-class cricket.
425* - Adrian Dale and Viv Richards for the 4th wicket v Middlesex at Cardiff, 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 Cardiff, 2022
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 Cardiff, 2021
306* - Javed Miandad and Younis Ahmed for the 4th wicket v Australians at Neath, 1985
306 - David Hemp and Matthew Maynard for the 3rd wicket v Gloucestershire at Abergavenny, 1995
306 - Colin Ingram and Sam Northeast for the 3rd wicket v Leicestershire at Leicester, 2022