Fourteen-year-old Mumbai teenager Prithvi Shaw created a national record in Cricket today. He hit an astonishing 546, while playing for Rizvi Springfield against St Francis D'Assisi Borivali in an inter-school match for the prestigious Harris Shield in Mumbai. Prithvi, the state Under-16 captain hit 85 boundaries and five sixes in the match played at the Azad Maidan. In the process, Prithvi became the first schoolboy cricketer to hit a 500 plus score in an official inter-school match. Prithvi eclipsed his senior schoolmate and former India opener Wasim Jaffer's nephew Arman's score of 498, which hescored a few years back. Prithvi's score is the third highest score if one goes by all theregistered scorecards available worldwide since the inceptionof competitive cricket. As per available information, AEJCollins scored 628 not out in a competitive match in Englandin 1899 and CJ Eady struck 566 in another competitive match in1901.It may be recalled that it was Harris Shield, which first brought Sachin Tendulkar into national prominence after his world record partnership of 664 with Vinod Kambli that was broken a few years back.
News On AIR | November 21, 2013 8:59 AM
14 year old Shaw dazzles with 546 run national record in Harris Shield cricket