Player hits 304 in 50 over game!

[Almost_Austwick]

Was just having a read of some of the more general news on Cricinfo when this article caught my eye.

Irfan Rabbani managed to score 304 out of a total of 438 in a 50 over league game (Toronto 1st division).

Now, I know some people will question the standard and all that but I still think its a great effort to make that kind of score off 50 overs. Indeed by what I gather the pitches in Canada tend to be fairly average which means that this is a really decent effort.

Link to the scorecard here.

 

[aussie1st]

That is some effort to do that even with the low playing standards, quite amazing really seeing as his score alone is what we consider a good total.

 

[Simbazz]

Pitches in America, and from experience are pretty low, nothing in it for any type of bowler, and can decieve batsmen, its pretty shoddy BUT its improving. Canada probably a little quicker than USA. But its an amazing total to put in!

And i know about the pitches because ive trained on them and my two Cousins play in the Californian league!

 

[Left_Hander]

That is a very good effort. His teamates didn't help him out too much - the next highest score was 57. He also picked up one wicket. I think it is pretty safe to say he got the man of the match award.

 

[kookaburra69]

Would have been an awesome innings to watch live.

 

[Master Khan]

Wow That's amazing batting
so he broked Ali Brown Record of 267?

 

[Almost_Austwick]

Not quite as it's only a league game within Canada.

 

[mattfb]

Thats some top batting. If the rest of the teams got ducks that would still had been a good team total! :

 

[Gilly Fan]

That's an awesome effort. Absolutely amazing! Why are the American league all full of Pakistani's?

 

[angryangy]

It's the same thing as happens in a lot of countries. In the absence of a strong local interest, the only parts of the community that are able to provide competitive cricketers are ethnic groups formed by descendents of cricket playing poepol and expatriates

 

[aussie_ben91]

Well you can question the standard of competiton because I doubt this would ever happen against any decent or so bowling attack.

Good score nevertheless, didn't Marcus Trescothick better this in a club game once?

 

[dhoni dhamaka]

Well you can question the standard of competiton because I doubt this would ever happen against any decent or so bowling attack.

Good score nevertheless, didn't Marcus Trescothick better this in a club game once?

must have been medium pacers with no movement or pace bowling outside off stump and straying onto leg-stump :

 

[sd92]

Top batting....Andrew Flintoff once hit 228 not out (i think) in a 20 over game, which works out at abetter run rate, whether he could have kept it up for the remaining 30 overs if it was a 50 over game, and whether he would have batted the same way in a 50 over game, but still it works out quicker run rate

 

[cricket_lover]

must have been medium pacers with no movement or pace bowling outside off stump and straying onto leg-stump :

well, don't try to guess...what it is

I'm pretty sure neither you nor I would be able to do such a feat.

acknowledge it, and end it.

 

[Mr Anderson]

* You can question the standard but the application to bat and make that enormous score is still impressive.