Mumbai teenager Prithvi
Shaw created a national record by hitting 546 playing for Rizvi Springfield
against St Francis D'Assisi Borivali in an inter-school Harris Shield match. During his stay of 367 minutes at the wicket,
Prithvi faced 330 balls and hit 85 boundaries and five sixes.
With
this, Prithvi has broken the earlier Mumbai schools cricket record of Armaan
Jaffer who had amassed 498 in a Giles Shield semi-final in 2010-11. Armaan also
held the Harris Shield record of 476 runs in the finals last year which has
also been broken now.
Prithvi’s
innings is now the highest by an Indian in any competitive match, well clear of
D.R. Havewala’s 515 for the Bombay Baroda and Central India Railway Sports Club
against St. Xavier’s College in 1933-34. D.R. Havewala, a left-hander, who subsequently played for India in an
unofficial Test, hit 55 boundaries and 32 sixes during his marathon knock. His
team, facing a total of 446, replied with 721 and won by an innings. The number
of sixes he hit equalled the then world record.
However, Havewala’s 55 boundaries were eclipsed in 1953-54 by S.V.
Patkar, who in a schools match in Bombay hit 83 boundaries, believed to be a
world record. Patkar remained unbeaten on 431.
One more Indian player scored 500 in minor Indian cricket. C.L.
Malhotra scored 502 not out for Mahendra College against Government College,
Rupar, in Patiala in 1956-57. In his next two innings Malhotra made 360 and 144
so that he completed a thousand runs in three innings, a feat unparalleled at
any level of cricket in the world.
Prithvi’s innings is
the third highest in any competitive cricket match. Only AEJ Collins (628 not out in a competitive match in
England in 1899) and CJ Eady (566 in Australia in 1901-02) have made higher
scores than Prithvi.
Highest scores by
Indians in minor cricket
Score
|
Batsman
|
Match
|
Season
|
546
|
Prithvi
Shaw
|
Rizvi
Springfield v St Francis D'Assisi Borivali
|
2013-14
|
515
|
DR Havewalla
|
B.B & C.I Railways v St Xavier's
|
1933-34
|
502*
|
Chaman Lal
|
Mehandra College Patiala v Government College Rupar
|
1956-57
|
498
|
Arman Jaffer
|
Rizvi Springfield v IES Raje Shivaji
|
2010-11
|
473
|
Armaan Jaffer
|
Rizvi Springfield v IES VN Sule Guruji
|
2012-13
|
442
|
RY Deshmukh
|
Baroda University v Akola University
|
1978-79
|
439
|
Sarfaraz Khan
|
Rizvi Springfield v Indian Education Society
|
2009-10
|
Highest individual
scores in minor cricket
Runs
|
Batsman
|
Match
|
Season
|
628*
|
AEJ Collins
|
Clark's House v North Town
|
1899
|
566
|
CJ Eady
|
Break-o-day v Wellington
|
1901-02
|
546
|
Prithvi Shaw
|
Rizvi Springfield v St Francis D'Assisi Borivali
|
2013-14
|
