Worcestershire’s Graeme Hick set a 20th-century County Championship record by scoring 405 runs in a single innings on May 6, 1988.
Here, the PA news agency looks back at that achievement against Somerset at Taunton.
Stealing the headlines
Batsman prodigy
Graeme Hick’s 405* in May 1988, surely!? https://t.co/5rRyb42dBF pic.twitter.com/rtm7ogtggE
— Worcestershire CCC (@WorcsCCC) April 17, 2020
Hick’s form was also interesting the assembled media and fans. The 21-year-old Zimbabwe batsman had hit a then record April run haul of 410, including a double century against Lancashire at Old Trafford. Worcestershire were 132 for five at one stage with Botham walking for seven but Hick single-handedly saw them to victory with his 405 not out. In 555 minutes, he hit 11 sixes and 35 fours from 469 balls as Worcestershire declared on 628 for seven.
What happened next?
Only Graham Gooch has scored more runs than his 64,372 across first-class, List A and T20 matches, with 7,229 runs for England in 65 Tests and 120 ODIs.
Happy birthday Graeme Hick! pic.twitter.com/ut9YHiI37b
— ICC (@ICC) May 23, 2018
Hick’s form helped carry Worcestershire to their fourth County Championship title and they repeated the feat in 1989, before he averaged more than 90 runs in the 1990 season. Hick went on to play for England but often struggled to repeat his domestic form on the international stage. He stayed at Worcestershire for the rest of his career.
Eclipsed by Lara
