This cricketer got down to bat at number six and was not out till the end. During this he scored a century and scored an unbeaten 174 runs.
After a break of about a month, the County Championship has started again in England. With this, players from all over the world are once again making a splash in this tournament of first class cricket. In this episode, during the match between Hampshire and Surrey, a player of a world winning team did wonders with his batting. This cricketer got down to bat at number six and was not out till the end. During this he scored a century and scored an unbeaten 174 runs. Due to this innings, his team Hampshire made a big score of 488 runs, recovering from the score of 221 runs for seven wickets. This batsman is Colin de Grandhomme to New Zealand.
He hit 17 fours and three sixes in his innings of 213 balls. During this, he also got tremendous support from number nine Felix Organ (67) and number 11 batsman Brad Wheel (45). 174 runs is de Grandhomme’s highest score in first-class cricket. Colin de Grand Home came out to bat in the 46th over of the innings. At that time, Hampshire had lost four wickets for 135 runs in front of Surrey. Captain James Vince (16), Joe Witherly (13), Nick Gubbins (17) and Tom Alsop (29) were dismissed for runs. After this the score became 221 runs for seven wickets.
8 bowlers came to dismiss Grandhomme
In such a situation, de Grandhomme shared a 127-run partnership with Felix Organ for the eighth wicket. Organ hit four fours and two sixes in his innings. Then the last batsman Brad Wheel also supported the Kiwi batsman and added 114 runs for the 10th wicket. Wheel scored 45 runs from six fours. Colin de Grandhomme stood till the end. Eight players bowled from Surrey to get him out. Kyle Jamieson was also with Surrey but bowled only six overs and conceded 10 runs.
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Colin de Grandhomme recently played in the World Test Championship final against India. He has played 114 first class matches so far and has scored 5821 runs at an average of 36.68. He has 12 centuries in this format. At the same time, he has also taken 180 wickets. De Grandhomme is a right-handed batsman batting in the lower middle order and bowling with medium pace.
