World first-class record!
Pakistan Television defend a target of 40, defeating Sui Northern Gas Pipelines by 2 runs at Karachi in the President's Trophy.
Fast bowler Amad Butt took 4-28 in 10 overs and slow left-armer Ali Usman a sensational 6-9 in 9.4 as they routed SNGPL for 37.
They beat a 232-year-old record set when Oldfield skittled MCC for 34 chasing 41 at the old Lord's in 1794.
https://stats.acscricket.com/Records/First_Class/Overall/Team/Smallest_Targets_not_Achieved.html
In the current Test between New Zealand and West Indies at Mount Maunganui, Tom Latham (137 & 101) and Devon Conway (227 & 100) have become the first opening batters who both scored centuries in both innings of any first-class match.
The closest previous instance also took place in New Zealand: Bert Sutcliffe (141 & 135) and Don Taylor (99 & 143) for Auckland v Canterbury at Auckland in January 1949.
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Arunachal Pradesh are the perennial whipping boys of the Ranji Plate (bottom division).
In 2023/24, they conceded the fastest triple-hundred and most sixes in an innings to Hyderabad's Tanmay Agarwal.
https://stats.acscricket.com/Records/First_Class/Overall/Batting/Most_Innings_Sixes.html
And in 2024/25 they suffered the second-highest third-wicket partnership, 606* by Goa's Kashyap Bakhle and Snehal Kauthankar (Goa declared, unaware they were 19 short of a world record).
Akash Kumar Choudhary has scored first-class cricket's fastest fifty off just 11 balls (beating 12), including eight successive sixes (beating six).
He came in with Meghalaya already 576-6 against Arunachal Pradesh. Meghalaya went on to win by an innings and 446.
See full updated lists for fastest first-class fifties and most consecutive sixes, both now headed by Akash Choudhary, in the Records on our website:
https://stats.acscricket.com/Records/First_Class/Overall/Batting/Fastest_Fifties_by_Balls.html
https://stats.acscricket.com/Records/First_Class/Overall/Batting/Sixes_off_Consecutive_Balls.html