Archive · 3 Sep 2026
Towhid Hridoy Sets Bangladesh First-Class Record With 350 Not Out
Towhid Hridoy scored 350 runs without being dismissed in a cricket match.
He was playing for Bangladesh A against South Africa A. This was the highest first-class score ever made by a Bangladesh player.
He broke the previous record of 334 not out held by Tamim Iqbal.
Hridoy also made the highest first-class score by an overseas batter in South Africa.
He hit 27 fours and 10 sixes while facing 481 balls.
Bangladesh A declared its innings at 676 runs for eight wickets.
South Africa A scored 512 and the game finished as a draw.
Hridoy became only the third Bangladesh batter to score a first-class triple century.
Towhid Hridoy scored an unbeaten 350 for Bangladesh A against South Africa A in Potchefstroom.
His innings surpassed Tamim Iqbal’s Bangladesh first-class record of 334 not out, set in 2020.
Hridoy faced 481 balls and hit 27 fours and 10 sixes.
Bangladesh A declared on 676/8 before South Africa A replied with 512 in the first innings.
The match ended in a draw after South Africa A reached 18/0 in its second innings.
- Who
- Towhid Hridoy, playing for Bangladesh A against South Africa A.
- What
- Hridoy scored 350 not out, setting Bangladesh’s highest individual first-class score.
- When
- During a four-day match; the articles do not state the exact date.
- Where
- Potchefstroom, South Africa.
- Why
- Hridoy’s innings broke Tamim Iqbal’s previous Bangladesh first-class record of 334 not out and set an overseas-batter record in South Africa.
- Hridoy’s score
- 350 not out
- Previous Bangladesh record
- Tamim Iqbal’s 334 not out, scored in 2020
- Balls faced
- 481
- Boundary count
- 27 fours and 10 sixes
- Bangladesh A total
- 676/8 declared
- South Africa A totals
- 512 in the first innings and 18/0 in the second
- Match result
- Draw
- First-class career record
- 1,345 runs in 26 innings across 18 matches, with an average of 56, four fifties and four hundreds