Sam Northeast smashes unbeaten 410 with Glamorgan to make all-time lists

Sam Northeast entered an exclusive group of cricketers to pass 400 runs in a single innings after reaching 410 not out for Glamorgan in their County Championship Division Two match on Saturday.

He did not get a chance to challenge Brian Lara’s world-record individual score of 501 – set in 1994 while playing for Warwickshire, also in a county match – because Glamorgan chose to declare on 795 for five against Leicestershire.

Northeast, a 32-year-old right-handed batter, hit 45 fours and three sixes in his 450-ball knock. It is the highest individual score this century in elite-level cricket, surpassing Lara’s Test-record 400 not out for West Indies against England in 2004, and the ninth highest of all time.