Netherlands captain Scott Edwards creates history, smashes 229 runs in a T20 match
Edwards achieved the feat while representing Altona Sports Cricket Club in the Division One Clenzo Group Shield, an Australian first-grade T20 competition.
Scott Edwards produced one of the most remarkable innings ever seen in T20 cricket. The Netherlands captain smashed an unbeaten 229 runs off just 81 balls in a domestic T20 match played in Australia.
Edwards achieved the feat while representing Altona Sports Cricket Club in the Division One Clenzo Group Shield, an Australian first-grade T20 competition. The match was part of the fourth round of the tournament, where Altona faced Williams Landing Sports Club. The Clenzo Group Shield is organised by the Western Suburbs Churches and Community Cricket Association and features several competitive club teams.
Opening the batting, Edwards made a steady start with 11 runs in the first over. He accelerated in the fourth over, hitting three boundaries off fast-bowling all-rounder Prince Chouhan. Edwards reached his half-century in just 23 balls, scoring back-to-back sixes. At the halfway stage, he was one run short of a century. He later lost his opening partner, former Melbourne Stars player Lachlan Bangs, after the pair added 150 runs without loss by the 11th over. Edwards completed his hundred with a single, three balls after Bangs’ dismissal.
However, as first-grade cricket is not officially recognised as T20 cricket, the innings does not count as Edwards’ maiden T20 century, despite being one of the most extraordinary knocks at club level.
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Edwards Powers Altona to Huge Total
Batting first, Altona posted a massive 304 for 2, with Scott Edwards completely dominating the innings. He reached his half-century in just 23 balls, brought up his century in the 11th over, and crossed 150 runs by the 17th over. The final overs were brutal for the bowlers, as Edwards smashed 12 sixes and 14 boundaries in the last four overs.
Chasing a target of 305 runs, Williams Landing were bowled out for 118, giving Altona a crushing 186-run victory.
Despite this stunning performance, Edwards is yet to score a century in international cricket in any format. His highest score in international T20s is 99, and he has also not registered a hundred in Tests or ODIs.
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