Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh recently thrashed England's Stuart Broad for six huge sixes in a single over. This got me thinking about the three previous such instances.
Perhaps the most famous is the effort by Sir Gary Sobers of West Indies in an English county game in 1968. While almost everyone knows about this episode, few are aware of the circumstances. I fell in this category as well, so I did some digging. Taking nothing away from Sobers, the fact remains that (a) the bowler was Malcolm Nash, a fast-bowler who was experimenting with spin that day, (b) the ground was rather small, and (c) Sobers hit everything to the leg side.
Ravi Shastri of India then replicated the feat in a Ranji domestic game in 1985, hitting the Baroda left-arm spinner Tilak Raj out of the park six consecutive times.
Herschelle Gibbs of South Africa thrashed the hapless Daan van Bunge of the Netherlands during the recent 2007 World Cup. Clueless opposition, and a batsman well-known for the big hitting.
Yuvraj's feat, however, came against a decent team and an international fast bowler with some experience. He also hit the ball all over the park, on both sides of the wicket. Just a few thoughts to keep the mind occupied...
Perhaps the most famous is the effort by Sir Gary Sobers of West Indies in an English county game in 1968. While almost everyone knows about this episode, few are aware of the circumstances. I fell in this category as well, so I did some digging. Taking nothing away from Sobers, the fact remains that (a) the bowler was Malcolm Nash, a fast-bowler who was experimenting with spin that day, (b) the ground was rather small, and (c) Sobers hit everything to the leg side.
Ravi Shastri of India then replicated the feat in a Ranji domestic game in 1985, hitting the Baroda left-arm spinner Tilak Raj out of the park six consecutive times.
Herschelle Gibbs of South Africa thrashed the hapless Daan van Bunge of the Netherlands during the recent 2007 World Cup. Clueless opposition, and a batsman well-known for the big hitting.
Yuvraj's feat, however, came against a decent team and an international fast bowler with some experience. He also hit the ball all over the park, on both sides of the wicket. Just a few thoughts to keep the mind occupied...
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