Longest to reach 100 County Championship matches:

9 553 days WH Rowlands (Glos) 1901-1927
9 504 GHS Fowke (Leics) 1899- 925
8 722 JM Anderson (Lancs) 2002-2026

JB Cracknell and Zafar Gohar set a FC partnership record for Middlesex v Northamptonshire by adding 140 for the 7th wicket, beating the 129 set by EJG Morgan and BJM Scott at Uxbridge in 2008. @acscricket.bsky.social

Recently added to @ACScricket website:
* 18th April - Membership Bulletin highlighting all #ACS on-line talks April-July 2026.
* 16th April - Ireland cricketers biographical details
* 16th April - Minor Counties Player lists from 1920’s
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AA Jangoo and T Hinds set a FC partnership record in West Indies domestic competitions by adding 253* for the 6th wicket, beating the 251 set by S Chanderpaul and CD Barnwell at Roseau in 2014/15. See this and other records on @acscricket.bsky.social at tinyurl.com/wircfc

New Zealand left arm spinner Ajaz Patel, playing for Leicestershire v Surrey on the final day of the last Championship match, delivered 22 wides in the Surrey 2nd innings, a County Championship high. #cricketcounts

CT Bancroft and BG Charlesworth set a FC partnership record for Gloucestershire v Durham by adding 101 for the 1st wicket, beating the 95 set at Stockton-on-Tees in 1992 and the 95* set at Bristol in 2002. @acscricket.bsky.social

The highest FC team score by Leicestershire v Surrey is now 691, beating the 636-4d set at Leicester in 2003. @acscricket.bsky.social

Saturday 11th April was a great day for the Overton twins. Craig, leading Somerset, notched 141 v Essex, his best ever 1st class score. Meanwhile in the #ipl Jamie took 4-18 for Chennai Super Kings v Delhi Capitals, the best figures in the 2026 #ipl #cricketcounts

Northamptonshire’s 684-2 declared v Kent is the second highest ‘for 2’ score in first class cricket. There were three double hundred partnerships: 224; 248; 212*. #cricketcounts

On 12th April 2004, a mere 22 years ago, Brian Lara scored 400* in the 4th Test v England at St John’s. West Indies scored 751/5 declared but England hung on for a draw on a featherbed wicket. Lara’s score remains the highest individual knock in Test cricket. #cricketcounts

Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored 78 in 26 balls, reaching 50 in 15 balls for Rajasthan Royals v RCB in the IPL. It was the joint 3rd fastest 50 in IPL history. The 15 year old has now scored 200 runs in the 2026 IPL at a strike rate of 266.66. #IPL #cricketcounts #3rdfastestfifty

279 DG Bedingham v Lancs, Ch-le-St 2024
273 ML Love v Hants, Ch-le-St 2003
257 DG Bedingham v Derbys, Ch-le-St 2021
254* MJ Di Venuto v Sussex, Ch-le-St 2009
253 MEK Hussey v Leics, Leicester 2005
251 ML Love v Middx, Lord's 2002
244 BS McKinney v Glos, Bristol 2026

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Ben McKinney's 244 for Durham against Gloucestershire is Durham's seventh-highest first-class score, but the highest by an Englishman - the six higher were by a South African and three Australians. (1/2)

#DURvGLO #CountyChampionship

LA Procter and NA McSweeney set a FC partnership record for Northamptonshire v Kent by adding 212* for the 3rd wicket, beating the 179 set by DS Steele and Mushtaq Mohammad at Northampton in 1973. @acscricket.bsky.social

LA Procter scored the highest FC individual innings of 261* for Northamptonshire v Kent, beating the 208 set by BM Duckett at Beckenham in 2016. @acscricket.bsky.social

The highest FC team score by Durham v Gloucestershire is now 605-5d, beating the 552 set at Cheltenham in 1999. @acscricket.bsky.social

Score of 150+ and taking 5 for under 10 in an innings in a first-class match:

173 & 5-9 Matt Critchley Essex v Hampshire Southampton 2026

RS Vasconcelos and LA Procter set a FC partnership record for Northamptonshire v Kent by adding 224 for the 1st wicket, beating the 199 set by AW Snowden and AH Bakewell at Dover in 1934. @acscricket.bsky.social

BS McKinney and DG Bedingham set a FC partnership record for Durham v Gloucestershire by adding 145* for the 3rd wicket, beating the 84 set by W Larkins and S Hutton at Gateshead in 1994. @acscricket.bsky.social

AZ Lees and BS McKinney set a FC partnership record for any wicket in the Durham v Gloucestershire series by adding 305 for the 1st wicket, beating the 205 for the 6th wicket set by MW Alleyne and RC Russell at Cheltenham in 1997. @acscricket.bsky.social

BS McKinney scored the highest FC individual innings for Durham v Gloucestershire, beating the 195 set by AZ Lees at Chester-le-Street in 2023. @acscricket.bsky.social

10th April 1979 saw the final day’s play in Kerry Packer’s World Series’ Cricket tournament which had turned the sport upside down. The final Test between West Indies and Australia fizzled out into a tame draw & the ODI slated for 13th April was washed out. #cricketcounts

Laura Cardoso is due to play for Shepperton CC in Surrey this season.

Well done Laura Cardoso of Brazil who recorded the best ever bowling performance in either men’s or women’s T20i’s. She took 9-4 v Lesotho who were dismissed for 13, chasing 203. The prior best women’s T20I analysis was by Indonesia’s Rohmalia Rohmalia who took 7-0 v Mongolia. #cricketcounts

Happy 83rd birthday to Dennis Amiss born on 7th April 1943. He scored the first ever ODI century on 24th August 1972 totalling 103 off 134 balls as England beat Australia at Old Trafford by 6 wickets. #cricketcounts

We continue to add important documents to @ACScricket website. Go to acscricket.com/?page_id=4280 to view the latest changes: ‘The Chronicle of WG’ added on 2nd April; ‘Lives in Cricket No41 (Norman Yardley)’ added on 31st March. Thanks to Pete Griffiths for his invaluable work. #cricketcounts

JL Smith and DW Lawrence set a FC partnership record for Surrey v Warwickshire by adding 217 for the 4th wicket, beating the 213 set by TW Hayward and EG Goatly at The Oval in 1906. @acscricket.bsky.social

T Kohler-Cadmore and JEK Rew set a FC partnership record for Somerset v Nottinghamshire by adding 224 for the 2nd wicket, beating the 216 set by AV Suppiah and NRD Compton at Nottingham in 2012. @acscricket.bsky.social

On 5th April 1991, Steve Waugh & Mark Waugh became the first ever twins to play Test cricket together when they played for Australia v West Indies in Trinidad, 35 years ago today. #cricketcounts

On 5th April 1974, Tony Greig purveying off-spinners bowled England to victory v West Indies in Trinidad to level the series 1-1. Greig took 5-70 (8-86 in the first dig) as England won by 26 runs. It was a last Test match for Rohan Kanhai & Garry Sobers. #cricketcounts