Sam Northeast and Chris Cooke added an unbroken 461 for the sixth wicket on the final day of Glamorgan’s remarkable and record-breaking LV=Insurance County Championship match against Leicestershire at Grace Road. (writes Andrew Hignell)
As the list below shows, it was the highest-ever stand for any wicket for the Welsh county, besides being the highest sixth-wicket stand in Championship history and the second-highest of all-time in first-class cricket, surpassed only by the unbroken stand of 487 between George Headley and Clarence Passailaigue for Jamaica against Lord Tennyson’s XI at Kingston in 1931/32. The previous highest sixth-wicket stand in Championship cricket had been the 411 added by Robert Poore and Teddy Wynyard for Hampshire against Somerset at Taunton in 1899.
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 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 Matthew Maynard and David Hemp for the 3rd wicket v Gloucestershire at Abergavenny, 1995
306 Colin Ingram and Sam Northeast for the 3rd wicket v Leicestershire at Leicester, 2022
Their monumental efforts saw Glamorgan to a record total of 795-5 beating their previous highest of 718-3 against Sussex at Colwyn Bay in 2000. It was also the eleventh highest in first-class cricket in the UK and the ninth largest in the County Championship. Curiously, it only featured hundreds and single figure scores with nobody in double digits.
It also helped to set up the platform for a stunning victory as the East Midlands side were dismissed for 183 leaving Leicestershire with a rather unwanted record as their first innings tally of 584 became the highest-ever total recorded by a team which subsequently lost by an innings.