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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Sport
Jo Khan

Father and son amateur cricketers combine for mammoth partnership of 590

Father and son Darren and Sam Cheek after their record 590-run opening partnership.
Father and son amateur cricketers Sam and Darren Cheek combined for an unbeaten opening partnership of 590 for Coromandel Cricket Club. Photograph: Darren Cheek

Darren Cheek will never forget the time he hit 184 against Morphettville Park in 1996 – not for the century, but for the joy of hearing his nine-year-old son Sam cheering excitedly for him from the sidelines.

On Saturday in Adelaide, however, the father and son made a new memory as they combined for an opening partnership of 590, against the very same club.

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