1988: Hick makes cricketing history
Graeme Hick, Worcestershire's 21-year-old prodigy, has scored more than 400 runs in a county championship match - the highest innings in England this century.
He finished on 405 not out against Somerset at Taunton. It is the highest championship score since Archie MacLaren's 424 for Lancashire in 1895, also at Taunton.
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"It hasn't really sunk in yet. I suppose tomorrow when I wake up then it will all come back to me," said Hick. His county team-mate Ian Botham said: "I can't imagine you will ever see a greater innings than Graeme's today - he's certainly the best white batsman I've seen."
Hick started the day with 179 runs which he almost doubled by the end - the eighth highest individual score ever. Somerset managed just 145.
In nine-and-a-quarter hours Hick faced 469 deliveries and struck 35 fours and 11 sixes. All but one of the sixes came after he had reached 288. The final score was 628-7.
Born in Zimbabwe, Hick has been living in England for four years. However under present rules of qualification he will not be able to play for the England team until 1991.
But some commentators think that given his talent, he should be brought into the England team sooner to boost its poor performance on the international arena.
It remains to be seen whether the authorities will make an exception for him.
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