Tamim Iqbal has recorded the highest individual score in first-class cricket by a Bangladeshi when he scored 334 not out for East Zone in a Bangladesh Cricket League match against Central Zone in Mirpur on Sunday (Feb 2).

It was the second instance of a Bangladeshi batsman getting to a first-class triple century, after Raqibul Hasan's 313 in March 2007, and also the highest first-class score in the country, topping Kumar Sangakkara's 319 in a Test match in 2014. He got past Sangakkara's mark with a stylish six down the ground off Shuvagata Hom, reports espncricinfo.

Thanks to Tamim's quick innings - he faced 426 balls, and hit 42 fours and three sixes - East Zone declared on 555 for 2 in reply to Central's 213.

He didn't spend too long in the 290s, hitting boundaries off Hom and Mustafizur Rahman through the off-side field before picking up a quick single to cross the mark in the second session on the third day. Raqibul was incidentally on the field - in the opposition - when Tamim reached the landmark.

A sparse crowd, which included Bangladesh head coach Russell Domingo, selectors and BCB officials came out of their offices to applaud the left-handed Tamim, Bangladesh's highest run-getter in international cricket.

Tamim began the third morning on 222, before putting together a big partnership with Yasir Ali for the third wicket, before going to to lunch on 279. He faced 407 balls and hit 40 boundaries to reach the figure.