Followers watching home cricket in Sydney discovered themselves ducking for canopy as former Australia Beneath-19 batter Harjas Singh smashed a outstanding 314 not out from 141 balls within the grade competitors.
The 20-year-old blitzed 35 sixes and 14 fours as his Western Suburbs facet closed on 483-5 from 50 overs on Saturday.
His rating is the third highest in Sydney first grade historical past – the extent straight beneath skilled state cricket – behind the legendary Victor Trumper’s 335 in 1903 and Phil Jaques’ 321 in 2007.
“That is the cleanest ball placing I’ve ever witnessed from myself, for certain,” Singh advised Fox Cricket.
“It is one thing I am fairly pleased with as a result of I’ve labored within the low season fairly a bit on my energy hitting, and for it to return off in the present day was fairly particular.”
Singh reached his century from 74 balls within the thirty fifth over, however was solely simply getting began, making 214 from his subsequent 67 deliveries.
Unsurprisingly Western Suburbs’ opponents Sydney have been unable to chase down their goal, ending on 287-8 as Singh’s facet received by 196 runs.
Singh was a part of the Australia facet which received the Beneath-19 World Cup in February 2024, top-scoring with 55 as they beat India, however is but to safe a rookie contract with state facet New South Wales.
His World Cup-winning facet is very regarded, with Sam Kontas already making a speedy rise to the Australia Check facet.
Seamer Mahli Beardman was added to Australia’s ODI squad on their tour of England final yr, whereas team-mates Oliver Peake, Harry Dixon and Tom Straker have all featured on Australia A’s latest tour of India, and one other seamer, Callum Vidler, was dominated out of the journey by means of damage.
With others additionally establishing themselves in state cricket, Singh might quickly be the newest of a golden era to step as much as the skilled ranks of the sport.
