- Batsman claimed quickest double hundred by an Englishman in first-class historical past
- Kimber produced astonishing present which spurred on Leicestershire comeback
- However the hosts went on to seal Wednesday’s victory on the south coast by 18 runs
England Take a look at bowler Ollie Robinson conceded an eye-watering 43 runs – essentially the most in an over within the historical past of the County Championship – as unheralded Leicestershire batsman Louis Kimber shredded cricket’s report books towards Sussex at Hove.
Batting at no 8, Kimber produced a very astonishing assault on the fourth day to obliterate Ben Stokes’ excessive of 17 sixes in a Championship innings, charging to the quickest double hundred by an Englishman in first-class historical past within the course of.
It surged Leicestershire from the brink of defeat to the verge of a outstanding victory, earlier than he was final out – chopping a supply from Australian Nathan McAndrew into his stumps after contributing 243 off 127 balls. Opener Rishi Patel’s 41 was the following greatest rating in a complete of 445 all out.
Sussex captain John Simpson instantly ran from his place behind the stumps to each console and acknowledge the extraordinary efficiency by the 27-year-old because the hosts sealed a win by 18 runs at 2.45pm.
The remainder of the house workforce adopted his lead because the spectators fortunate sufficient to witness the miraculous counter-attack on the south coast applauded an innings of 21 sixes and 20 fours.
Ollie Robinson conceded the best variety of runs in a single County Championship over
The England Take a look at bowler was put by means of his paces by an astonishing Louis Kimber (centre)
It was all of the extra outstanding provided that this was Kimber’s eighth Championship look of 2024, and he had not beforehand cleared the ropes in a season tally of 223 runs.
Nevertheless, coming to the crease with Leicestershire 144 for six within the third over of the ultimate morning, requiring a notional 320 additional runs to halt a sequence of seven straight attracts, he thrust his foot to the ground.
The Lincolnshire-born participant was already hitting at higher than a run a ball when he took on Robinson’s short-ball barrage within the 59th over of the innings – hitting eight consecutive deliveries for boundaries, together with three from no-balls, to propel him to a 62-ball hundred, after which taking a single off the final to retain the strike.
Having orchestrated a 236-run morning session that took him to 191 off 92 deliveries at lunch, Kimber continued the carnage into the afternoon, with Ben Cox – who contributed 34 to a 239-run stand for the eighth wicket – enjoying second fiddle.
Kimber wreaked havoc as he regarded to tug Leicestershire again from the brink versus Sussex
The equation had been whittled all the way down to a fair 50 when Robinson, working up the hill at Hove, received a leg earlier than determination towards Cox and McAndrew then accounted for Ben Mike earlier than inducing a uncommon mishit from Kimber.
His 21 sixes was the fourth most in a first-class innings, and in pumping his one centesimal ball, from Robinson, for six he turned the second quickest to a double hundred behind Afghanistan worldwide Shafiqullah, who took 89 in a home match six years in the past.
