First Class Cricket
Multi day professional tier of three days or longer
Overview
First class cricket is the domestic long form of the game, with two innings per side. The County Championship began officially in 1890, the Sheffield Shield in 1892 and the Ranji Trophy in 1934. Jack Hobbs made 199 first class centuries and 61,760 runs, records nobody has approached.
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