Amir Rafique of Dynamic Cricket Club scored 208 not out in a New Jersey State Cricket AND Umpires Association T20 match held at Wilmington, DE against AIM Cricket Club on Sunday, September 26.

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On a gloomy and overcast day, Amir Rafique of Dynamic Cricket Club scored 208 not out in a New Jersey State Cricket AND Umpires Association (NJSCUA) T20 match held at Wilmington, DE against AIM Cricket Club on Sunday, September 26.

Pic (Right): Amir Rafique scored 208 not out in the NJSCUA League T20 match - 50 more than Brendan McCullum's record of 158 not out.  In T20 internationals, Gayle holds the record with 117.

Dynamic Cricket Club opted to bat after winning the toss. Amir who also happens to be the captain of the team opened the batting with Waqas Shahid.

The opening pair put on super quick fire 100 runs in the first eight overs; however, the next twelve overs saw some unprecedented hitting that would have given Sehwags and Afridis of the Atlantic Region some stiff competition. 200 plus runs were plundered. The opposition bowlers tried all the tricks up their sleeves but couldn’t stop Amir in clearing the boundary effortlessly and at will.

No Mongoose was used, no special golf ball in the gloves, no substitute runners. Instead, the traditional willow along with some classical straight hitting saw Amir reach his hundred within 12 overs.

However, his next 100 runs within the remaining overs saw some sublime cuts, brutal pulls and exemplary straight lofted drives. The opposition thought that a thunderbolt had struck them as spin, fast and part-timers were all put to the cleaners, bludgeoned and bulldozed.

Vinamra Kumar of Dynamic Cricket Club said that Amir’s double century was a remarkable achievement as scoring even a century in a T20 requires sheer force along with a good amount of luck. "It was a ferocious assault that will be remembered for a long time," Vinamra said.

Dynamic’s innings ended at 315 for 2 with Amir contributing two thirds of the runs scored. 315/2 in a Twenty20 game must itself be a record  but the sheer magic of Amir’s innings overshadowed the proceedings. Everyone on the ground including all the players and spectators graciously acknowledged the effort.  At the end of the game, Amir said “It was just my day and lady luck was on my side.”

AIM in reply tried to make a match of it but the task was too tall. AIM was bundled out for 167, conceding a comprehensive victory to Dynamic CC.