Allrounder Liam Livingstone blasts an incredible one-day triple-century in club match in the UK
Cricketer makes 350 in one-dayer
Lancashire allrounder Liam Livingstone has scored what is believed to be a world record 350 runs in a one-day match in England yesterday.
Playing for Nantwitch Town against Caldy in an ECB National Club Championship match at Whitehouse Lane, Livingstone crashed an astonishing 34 fours and 27 sixes from 137 balls - 298 runs coming in boundaries alone.
Livingstone’s unbelievable knock is said to have surpassed the previous record of 334 not out by Nikhilesh Surendran in Hyderabad in 2008.
@ojlaw1991 @NantwichCC @caldycc would have been different if the third ball knocked my poles out which it nearly did hahahaha
— Liam Livingstone (@liaml4893) April 19, 2015
Entering the fray at first-drop, the 21-year-old wasted no time in reaching triple figures, blasting 10 fours and nine sixes (94 runs) from 47 deliveries.
Livingstone hit the 200 mark 37 balls later before reaching the rare air of 300 from 123 balls with 31 fours and 22 sixes.
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Look away if you're a Caldy bowler
The carnage ended when he was caught for 350 with Nantwich on 3-493, eventually completing their innings on 7-579 from 45 overs.
If Caldy weren’t already dejected, their day only got worse, restricted to 9-79 to lose by a remarkable 500 runs.
Had worse days... Thanks for all the messages 👍👍 #350 pic.twitter.com/EB0jtIZBCf
— Liam Livingstone (@liaml4893) April 19, 2015
India’s Rohit Sharma owns the highest score in one-day international cricket, a whopping 264 against Sri Lanka in 2014.
So far there have been six double-centurions in one-dayers, with the two most recent innings coming in the 2015 Cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
Australia opener David Warner came close to joining the club against Afghanistan in Perth when he belted 178, and his dismissal in the 38th over left skipper Michael Clarke believing 300 was within reach in 50-over cricket.
"I can guarantee you I won't make 300 in a one-day international," Clarke said with a laugh last month.
"But someone like Davey (Warner), or Chris Gayle, or AB de Villiers - on a smaller ground I think they possibly could.
"You would probably have to open the batting so you have the full 50 overs.
"But in this game at the moment, who knows?
"We are seeing so many different shots, different deliveries, so much power.
"There is handful of players around the world who probably could do it.
"Hopefully it's one of the Australians, not somebody against Australia that goes out and makes 300."