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MAKING RUNS LIKE HICK!
The last player to score 1,000 first-class runs in English cricket before the end of May was Graeme Hick of Worcestershire.
South African David Bedingham might have the best chance anyone since has had of becoming the next man to achieve the feat, which many believe to be impossible in this era of reduced first-class cricket.
Bedingham was born in 1994 at the coastal town of George, 500km east of Cape Town, close to the start of The Garden Route.
He has played only 20 matches to date but has scored 4 hundreds and 3 fifties for Boland, plus 3 centuries and 4 half-centuries for Cape Cobras in South Africa, where his batting has been compared favourably to that of the great Jacques Kallis.
He made his first-class debut for Durham in 2020; despite a top score of 96 plus a fifty, his aggregate of 253 (av. 31) in eight innings, all in the Bob Willis Trophy, he gave little hint of what was to come.
Now in his second season in the north-east, Bedingham has doubled his tally in two of his first four Championship matches.
His scores read as follows:
8-11 April 2021 v Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge (Debut in CC matches)
1st innings 57 2nd innings 180*
His previous highest score was 147 for Boland v. Easterns at Paarl in 2018
15-18 April v Essex at Chelmsford
1st innings 0 2nd innings 18
22-25 April v Derbyshire at Chester-le-Street
1st innings 257 (HS – previous 180* above) 2nd innings 53*
Bedingham's aggregate made him the first Durham batsman to score 300 in a match.
29 April – 1 May v Warwickshire at Chester-le-Street
1st innings 2 2nd innings dnb
Total runs - this season - to date 567 (av. 113.40)
Bedingham has only 3 matches - against Worcestershire, Derbyshire, and Essex - to achieve the 1,000 runs before the end of May. If he is going to succeed in his task, he is going to need another big ton … dare one say of Hick-like proportions?
Might be worth a flutter!
Not so many years ago the feat only counted if every run was scored in the month of May!.
South African David Bedingham might have the best chance anyone since has had of becoming the next man to achieve the feat, which many believe to be impossible in this era of reduced first-class cricket.
Bedingham was born in 1994 at the coastal town of George, 500km east of Cape Town, close to the start of The Garden Route.
He has played only 20 matches to date but has scored 4 hundreds and 3 fifties for Boland, plus 3 centuries and 4 half-centuries for Cape Cobras in South Africa, where his batting has been compared favourably to that of the great Jacques Kallis.
He made his first-class debut for Durham in 2020; despite a top score of 96 plus a fifty, his aggregate of 253 (av. 31) in eight innings, all in the Bob Willis Trophy, he gave little hint of what was to come.
Now in his second season in the north-east, Bedingham has doubled his tally in two of his first four Championship matches.
His scores read as follows:
8-11 April 2021 v Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge (Debut in CC matches)
1st innings 57 2nd innings 180*
His previous highest score was 147 for Boland v. Easterns at Paarl in 2018
15-18 April v Essex at Chelmsford
1st innings 0 2nd innings 18
22-25 April v Derbyshire at Chester-le-Street
1st innings 257 (HS – previous 180* above) 2nd innings 53*
Bedingham's aggregate made him the first Durham batsman to score 300 in a match.
29 April – 1 May v Warwickshire at Chester-le-Street
1st innings 2 2nd innings dnb
Total runs - this season - to date 567 (av. 113.40)
Bedingham has only 3 matches - against Worcestershire, Derbyshire, and Essex - to achieve the 1,000 runs before the end of May. If he is going to succeed in his task, he is going to need another big ton … dare one say of Hick-like proportions?
Might be worth a flutter!
Not so many years ago the feat only counted if every run was scored in the month of May!.
COVID-19 PANDEMIC - MEETING UPDATE
We are hopeful that the Society’s programme of monthly speakers will be resumed in October. However, we cannot be certain until the government confirms that such meetings can take place and what restrictions may be imposed.
This years schedule here... for the planned programme which will be confirmed as soon as possible.
This years schedule here... for the planned programme which will be confirmed as soon as possible.
QUIZ QUESTIONS SOUGHT!
The Society is planning to hold quizzes with two major differences – There will be no pop music questions and no TV soaps questions!
Instead, ‘Crick-Quiz’ will comprise questions based on cricket and on general knowledge.
The Society invites members to provide cricket questions (and verifiable answers!) for a series of quizzes to be held in 2022 – our Jubilee year. Questions must be cricket-related and not requiring complicated answers. Please supply questions via the Contact Us page.
If you wish to take part as a contestant or raise a team on behalf of your cricket club, please let us know and we will send further details. Tell us via the Contact Us page.
Instead, ‘Crick-Quiz’ will comprise questions based on cricket and on general knowledge.
The Society invites members to provide cricket questions (and verifiable answers!) for a series of quizzes to be held in 2022 – our Jubilee year. Questions must be cricket-related and not requiring complicated answers. Please supply questions via the Contact Us page.
If you wish to take part as a contestant or raise a team on behalf of your cricket club, please let us know and we will send further details. Tell us via the Contact Us page.
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