Neither Kohli, nor Sachin, this batsman caused havoc on England soil, a triple century was held in Manchester

Manchester: The Indian team is playing a five -match Test series on their tour of England. So far three matches have been played. Of these, the host English team has won 2 and India has won one match. In this way, England has taken a 2–1 lead in this series.

Now the fourth match of the Test series is to be played between India and England from 23 to 28 July at the Old Trafford ground in Manchester.

The only batsman who told the triple century in Manchester

It is not a matter of everyone to score a century in Manchester grounds. At the same time, no one has been able to score a third century in this ground except a player. Today we are talking about the same player. Actually this player is none other than Australia’s famous player Bob Simpson.

The only batsman in Test history is the record of scoring a triple century on Manchester Ground. Let us also tell you about that match.

Bob Simpson of Australia did the act

The Test match between Australia and England was played at Manchester (Manchester) on 23 to 28 July 1964. Bob Simpson, along with Bill Laurie, came to the ground to start the Australian innings against England. Both batsmen shared 201 runs for the first wicket.

Bill Laurie was dismissed for 106 runs in 313 balls. However, Simpson stood firmly at the other end. Bob Simpson shared 219 runs for the fifth wicket with Brian Booth and brought the team to 600.

Playing 13 hours and scored 311 runs in 743 balls

Simpson faced 743 balls and scored 311 runs. Simpson batted for 762 minutes i.e. about 13 hours. During this, a six and 23 fours came out of his bat. Thanks to Simpson’s brilliant batting, the team declared their first innings on a score of 656/8. John Price took the most three wickets from the opposition team. While Fred Rames and Tom Cartright took two wickets each.