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Prithvi Shaw follows his double century with another century

Prithvi Shaw follows up his double century with a scintillating century. Here is a look at his knock and Metro One-Day Cup team standings.

Prithvi Shaw added another century to his 244-run historic knock on Sunday in a One-Day Cup 2023 encounter against Durham in Chester-le-Street.

The Northamptonshire opener reached his century off 68 deliveries and put his team’s six-wicket victory in a 199-run chase by hitting four and two sixes off three consecutive deliveries to end the game in style.

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Prithvi Shaw scores another century

With 15 fours and seven sixes, Shaw finished with an undefeated 125 off 76 balls. He destroyed leg-spinner Scott Borthwick with two sixes and three fours off consecutive deliveries in a 24-run 21st over, effectively ending the game.

The 23-year-old had this week’s first double-hundred against Somerset. A number of List A cricket records were broken by his ferocious innings of 244 off 153, including the mark for the highest individual score in the history of the 50-over league.

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The right-hander has scored 429 runs in four games for an incredible average of 143, making him the One-Day Cup 2023’s leading run-scorer right now. Compatriot Cheteshwar Pujara, who has 329 runs in five innings, is next to him.

Metro One-Day Cup standings

After three wins in a row, the Northamptonshire Steelbacks have moved up to the second spot in Group B behind Warwickshire who have won each of their 4 games. In Group A, Leicestershire Foxes are in the top position after winning 4 of their 5 games. Hampshire are in the second spot after they lost their game against the Foxes.

Group A standings

Position Team Matches Won Loss No Result Points NRR
1 Leicestershire 5 4 1 0 8 +1.743
2 Hampshire 4 3 1 0 6 +0.560
3 Kent 5 3 2 0 6 -0.770
4 Nottinghamshire 5 2 2 1 5 +0.458
5 Yorkshire 4 1 1 2 4 +0.321
6 Lancashire 4 1 1 2 4 +0.300
7 Surrey 4 1 2 1 3 -0.999
8 Essex 5 1 3 1 3 -1.004
9 Middlesex 4 0 3 1 1 -1.123

Group B standings

Position Team Matches Won Loss No Result Points NRR
1 Warwickshire 4 4 0 0 8 +2.050
2 Northamptonshire 4 3 1 0 6 +1.232
3 Gloucestershire 5 3 2 0 6 +0.134
4 Worcestershire 5 3 2 0 6 -0.192
5 Glamorgan 5 2 2 1 5 -0.178
6 Durham 5 2 2 1 5 -0.223
7 Derbyshire 4 1 3 0 2 -0.175
8 Sussex 5 1 4 0 2 -0.879
9 Somerset 5 1 4 0 2 -1.238

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