TO a man, woman and child they stood and applauded him back to the pavilion in the sunshine at Hove.
They had just witnessed one of the most remarkable innings that the game had ever seen, one that so nearly took Leicestershire to one of its most extraordinary wins. Louis Kimber looked downcast and dejected as he made his way off to a guard of honour from the backroom staff of both teams, the Sussex fielders respectfully hanging back to allow him his moment of bittersweet acclaim.
Kimber’s innings – unlikely to be so immortalised, perhaps – smashed more records than a vandalised music collection. Not only was his the fastest Championship double hundred in terms of balls faced, reached from just 100 deliveries, but his 21 sixes eclipsed Ben Stokes’s English record of 17, for Durham against Worcestershire at New Road two summers ago.
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