Shaun Murphy has secured a piece of snooker history (Picture: Getty Images)Shaun Murphy has broken Ronnie O’Sullivan’s long-standing record for most points scored without reply in a snooker match. This year’s World Championship runner-up made breaks of 61, 132, 103, 139 and 113 to surge into a 5-0 lead without Selt scoring a point. He opened the scoring in the sixth frame, but could not wrap things up in one visit and Selt scored his first points of the match. That saw Murphy’s run of unanswered scoring end at 607 points, smashing the previous record held by the Rocket. 👀After winning the opening four frames with 453 unanswered points, Shaun Murphy found himself in this incredible position in frame five against Selt…The 147 was on… #ChinaOpen pic.twitter.com/16ICEu989v — WST (@WeAreWST) August 9, 2026‘It’s like a cricket score isn’t it?’