Big-hitting Kimber makes history at Hove

June 23-26, County Ground, Hove
Sussex v Leicestershire
Toss: Leicestershire, who elected to field

Leicestershire's Louis Kimber rewrote the record books with an astonishing 243 but it came in a losing cause against Sussex at Hove.
The 27-year-old produced one of the best innings in County Championship history, scoring the fastest double hundred from balls faced (100), hitting the most sixes and the most runs in an over when he plundered 43 off England seamer Ollie Robinson.
In pursuit of 464 to win, Kimber was last out when he dragged a leg-cutter from Nathan McAndrew onto his stumps a...

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