{"id":188988,"date":"2025-10-04T05:16:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T05:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/188988\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T05:16:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T05:16:05","slug":"harjas-singh-triple-century-western-suburbs-first-grade-records-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/188988\/","title":{"rendered":"Harjas Singh triple century, Western Suburbs first grade, records, video"},"content":{"rendered":"

Under-19 World Cup champion Harjas Singh has achieved the unthinkable, smacking a triple-century in a one-day match for Western Suburbs\u2019 first-grade side on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Facing Sydney Cricket Club at Pratten Park, Western Suburbs posted 4-474 courtesy of Singh\u2019s 314 from 139 balls that featured 35 sixes \u2014 none of his teammates managed more than 37.<\/p>\n

According to Cricket NSW, it\u2019s the third-highest individual score in NSW Premier first-grade history, also setting a record for the most sixes in an innings. The previous highest tally was Victor Trumper\u2019s 22 sixes for Paddington against Redfern in 1902\/03.<\/p>\n

For context, the highest individual score in List A history is 277, achieved by Tamil Nadu\u2019s Narayan Jagadeesan against Arunachal in 2022.<\/p>\n

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Highest individual scores in NSW Premier First Grade matches <\/p>\n

335 \u2014 Victor Trumper, Paddington vs Redfern in 1902\/03<\/p>\n

321 \u2014 Phil Jaques, Sutherland vs North Sydney in 2006\/07<\/p>\n

314 \u2014 Harjas Singh, Western Suburbs vs Sydney, 2025\/26<\/p>\n

308 \u2014 Harry Donnan, South Sydney vs North Sydney, 1896\/97<\/p>\n

275 \u2014 Sean Pope, Bankstown-Canterbury vs Hawkesbury, 1993\/94<\/p>\n

Singh, now aged 20, represented Australia during last year\u2019s triumphant Under-19 World Cup campaign in South Africa, playing alongside the likes of Sam Konstas and Mahli Beardman. He top-scored for Australia in the final against India with a counterpunching 55 from 64 balls.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou could say that my batting style is different from a lot of people. I\u2019ve sort of got my own unique way,\u201d Singh told reporters after the tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of the other boys love their cuts and pulls, but I just slap spinners.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just feel more confident against (spin). I\u2019ve got more boundary options, like I can hit the same ball in four different places.\u201d<\/p>\n

Australia’s Harjas Singh. Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE \/ AFPSource: AFP<\/p>\n

Singh, who was born in Sydney and grew up in Liverpool, started playing cricket at age eight. His father was a state boxing champion in Punjab, while his mother was a state-level long jumper.<\/p>\n

Two years ago, the left-hander became the eighth-youngest cricketer to score a century in Sydney\u2019s first-grade competition, achieving the feat before his 17th birthday. He is mentored by high-profile batting coach Neil D\u2019Costa, who boasts a network of players, including Marnus Labuschagne, Michael Clarke and Phillip Hughes.<\/p>\n

After running drinks during the 2023 New Year\u2019s Test at the SCG, Singh scored a century for Australia Under-19 in a Youth Test against England in Worcester.<\/p>\n

Asked in April last year about the prospects of a rookie contract with New South Wales<\/a>, Singh responded: \u201cIf it doesn\u2019t happen, it doesn\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone\u2019s currency is the same. You\u2019ve got to score runs to make teams.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you don\u2019t score runs, you\u2019re not going to make the team. If I don\u2019t score runs and don\u2019t make the team, I can\u2019t blame it on racism, can I?<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile you\u2019re scoring runs, you\u2019ll get chosen in teams, and that\u2019s what I\u2019ve got to keep doing.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve got to just work your ass off to get a rookie contract, and then it goes from there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Under-19 World Cup champion Harjas Singh has achieved the unthinkable, smacking a triple-century in a one-day match for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-188988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}