In terms of hitting all out six balls in one over, this is something that had never been achieved in the history of cricket until 31st August last year, West Indian sir Garfield Sobers’ six hits over during Nottinghamshire and Glamorgan’s first class match in English County Championship, was the first to achieve this dramatic acceptance since then, August 31 – 1968.
At that point, nottingham were on 308 for 5, when sobers come to bat and the caribbean great in no time was in the 40s as Malcolm nash was brought on to bowl and the total was 358 for 5. Had it not been a change of plan from normal medium pace to slow orthodox that captain leedon like doing pip in the match.
And the next six balls he delivered became history.
It About To Happen! Sir Garfield Sobers Hits 6 Sixes In An Over
Needing quick runs with Nottingham’s declaration on mind, sobers was almost run out on the fifth ball of nash’s over. Long-on Roger Davis to a lumbering strike was made outside the boundary and back inside the ground with the ball in his hand and went too far over the rope.
In the span from 1968 to the present, it has been noted that the following players, Ravi Shastri (Ranji Trophy, 1985), Herschelle Gibbs (ODI World Cup, 2007), Yuvraj Singh (T20 World Cup, 2007) and Ross Whiteley (T20 blast), have been able to hit six sixes in a recognized form of cricketing competition.
