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Ranjitsinhji's 3,000 Runs in a Season — A First in 1899
Sussex CCC and others
1899-08-31
In the 1899 first-class season K.S. Ranjitsinhji scored 3,159 runs at 63.18 — the first batsman ever to pass 3,000 first-class runs in a single season. Sussex, captained by him, finished fifth in the Championship for their highest-ever placing to that point. The 3,000-run mark was retro-engineered as a benchmark for the era; only ten more batsmen have ever passed it, and none in the last 65 years.
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