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Harjas Singh (bottom right) with Sam Konstas in the Australian U-19 team

Harjas Singh smashed 314 off just 141 balls for Western Suburbs against Sydney at Pratten Park in the second round of the New South Wales Premier Cricket competition on Saturday.

The 20-year-old hit 35 sixes in his triple-hundred.

Coming in at No.3 after a 70-run opening stand between Nicholas Cutler and Joshua Clarke, the 20-year-old took a few deliveries to settle in before launching a breathtaking assault. Once off the mark, Singh began clearing the ropes with ease, reaching his half-century off 33 balls. He slowed slightly to reach his hundred from 74 deliveries, but what followed was pure carnage.

Singh smashed bowlers Joe Davies, Hunter Hall, and Thomas Mullen all over the park, striking 35 sixes and 12 fours in total, with 252 of his runs coming in boundaries. His second hundred took just 29 balls, and he eventually brought up his triple century in 132 deliveries. He was finally dismissed for 314 in the final over, ending a sensational innings that powered Western Suburbs to 5-483.

For perspective, while this match does not carry List A status, Singh’s score eclipses N. Jagadeesan’s official world-record 277 in the format. Within NSW Premier Cricket, only two players have ever scored higher — Victor Trumper’s 335 for Paddington in 1902-03 and Phil Jaques’ 321 for Sutherland in 2006-07.

Singh’s blistering knock also surpassed Bob Simpson’s club record of 229 and came within touching distance of Trumper’s all-time mark.

Drive The Car, Please?

“After 100, you start upping the ante, and I just wanted to hit everything for six,” Singh was quoted as saying to The Sydney Morning Herald, after his innings. “It was an unreal feeling for everything to be coming off the middle. In the last over, I was just trying to hit as many bombs as possible and ended up holing out to long-off.”

The former Australia U19 batter, who top-scored with 55 in the 2024 U19 World Cup final win over India, revealed he had made a lighthearted deal with his mother before the match. “I said to Mum yesterday, ‘If I score a hundred, would you let me drive your car more often?’ She just told me to zip it,” Singh laughed. “I was just happy getting 100 today, to be honest.”

Wests president Michael Swan described Singh’s innings as “phenomenal,” saying the spectacle left even veteran spectators stunned. “It’s pretty insane. Guys who have watched a lot of sport said they’ve never seen something like it. He’s an absolute ripper of a guy and devoted to his craft,” Swan said. “When he got to 100, he played two reverse sweeps. The coach told him to stop and hit straight — 200 runs later, he’s on 300.”

Singh admitted the onslaught took a toll. “The bat has a crack in the shoulder now — we’ll put some fibreglass tape on it and hope it holds for the season,” he said. “I fielded the whole innings. The boys were kind enough to keep me at third man and long-on because the lower back was a bit cooked.”