<p>Sam Northeast entered an exclusive group of cricketers to pass 400 runs in a single innings after hitting 410 not out for Glamorgan in an English County Championship match on Saturday.</p>.<p>He didn't get a chance to challenge Brian Lara's world-record individual score of 501 — set in 1994 while playing for Warwickshire, also in an English county match — because Glamorgan chose to declare on 795-5 against Leicestershire.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read— <a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/sports/cricket/england-skipper-jos-buttler-heaps-praise-on-bowlers-after-118-run-win-over-south-africa-1129356.html" target="_blank">England skipper Jos Buttler heaps praise on bowlers after 118-run win over South Africa</a></strong></p>.<p>Northeast, a 32-year-old right-handed batter, hit 45 fours and three sixes in his 450-ball knock. It is the highest individual score this century in elite-level cricket, surpassing Lara's test-record 400 not out for West Indies against England in 2004, and the ninth highest of all time.</p>.<p>Only eight players had previously ever made 400 or more in first-class cricket.</p>.<p>Like Lara, Australian batter Bill Ponsford passed the 400 mark on two occasions, when playing for the state of Victoria in the 1920s.</p>.<p>Northeast's knock was the fourth 400-plus score in the English county game, after Lara, Archie MacLaren (424) in 1895 and Graeme Hick (405) in 1988.</p>
<p>Sam Northeast entered an exclusive group of cricketers to pass 400 runs in a single innings after hitting 410 not out for Glamorgan in an English County Championship match on Saturday.</p>.<p>He didn't get a chance to challenge Brian Lara's world-record individual score of 501 — set in 1994 while playing for Warwickshire, also in an English county match — because Glamorgan chose to declare on 795-5 against Leicestershire.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read— <a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/sports/cricket/england-skipper-jos-buttler-heaps-praise-on-bowlers-after-118-run-win-over-south-africa-1129356.html" target="_blank">England skipper Jos Buttler heaps praise on bowlers after 118-run win over South Africa</a></strong></p>.<p>Northeast, a 32-year-old right-handed batter, hit 45 fours and three sixes in his 450-ball knock. It is the highest individual score this century in elite-level cricket, surpassing Lara's test-record 400 not out for West Indies against England in 2004, and the ninth highest of all time.</p>.<p>Only eight players had previously ever made 400 or more in first-class cricket.</p>.<p>Like Lara, Australian batter Bill Ponsford passed the 400 mark on two occasions, when playing for the state of Victoria in the 1920s.</p>.<p>Northeast's knock was the fourth 400-plus score in the English county game, after Lara, Archie MacLaren (424) in 1895 and Graeme Hick (405) in 1988.</p>