Freaky! Aussie cricketer smashes 87% of his team’s runs
Josh Dunstan becomes famous for the day after his whirlwind effort in a club match at the weekend.
Josh Dunstan, an Australian club cricketer, hit 307 out of a total of 354. Photo: Twitter.
A club cricketer in Australia made world cricketing headlines this past weekend after smashing an incredible 307 in a 35-over match.
Josh Dunston, a powerfully built batsman from the West Augusta club, smashed 40 sixes in a whirlwind knock on a day where the next best score was 18.
It means he scored 87% of his team’s runs after they scored 354 – talk about over-reliance!
That’s one freaky scorecard. Photo: Facebook.
As Cricket.com.au noted, the record for the highest percentage of runs scored in a one-day international is held by legendary West Indian batsman Viv Richards, who made an unbeaten 189 out of 272 in 1984.
Even that percentage is “only” 69%, still 18% less than Dunston.
Five of his teammates fell for ducks and when he came in at No 3, he scored 307 of the last 318 runs West Augusta would score.
Freakishly, his seventh-wicket partnership with Ben Russell – the man who made 18 – was 203, of which Russell only contributed five runs!
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