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Dominic at the double
Was Dominic Sibley the youngest player to score a double-century in first class cricket? asked Keith D'Souza from Saudi Arabia
Surrey schoolboy Dominic Sibley's 242 against Yorkshire at The Oval last week made him the youngest double-centurion in the County Championship - a record previously held by David Sales, for Northamptonshire v Worcestershire at Kidderminster in 1996, when he was about seven months older than Sibley, who turned 18 on September 5.
The only younger man to score a double-century in English first-class cricket was WG Grace, who was nine days younger than Sibley when he made 224 for England v Surrey at The Oval in 1866.
There have been 11 younger double-centurions in all first-class cricket, seven on them scored in Pakistan where there are sometimes doubts about the accuracy of birth records.
Top of the list is Hasan Raza, 15 years 215 days old when he scored 204 not out for Karachi Whites against Bahawalpur at Karachi in 1997-98.
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