Surrey batsman Dominic Sibley made 242
runs against Yorkshire at the Oval on 26 Sep 2013 is the youngest player
to score a double-century in county cricket, 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. But 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. Dr.
William Gilbert is also known as W G Grace, MRCS, LRCP was an English
amateur cricketer who was important in the development of the sport and
is considered by many historians to have been the greatest cricketer of
all time. However; 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
Pakistan Hasan Raza who was 15 years 215 days old when he scored 204
not out for Karachi Whites against Bahawalpur in Karachi in 1997-98.
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| Dr. William Gilbert is also known as W G Grace |
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| Dominic Sibley completes his double hundred, Surrey v Yorkshire, County Championship, Division One, The Oval, 3rd day September 26, 2013 |
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| Hasan Raza batting on debut when it was claimed he was 14 ... that was later disputed by his own board, Pakistan v Zimbabwe, Sheikhupura, October 20, 1996 | |
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