Father and son amateur cricketers combine for mammoth partnership of 590

• Sam Cheek scores 402 off 137 balls after being dropped on a duck

• ‘He just went bang,’ says father Darren, who chipped in with 175

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.