-
Contact the PP Team
[VIDEO] Six sixes in an over by Gary Sobers
- Thread starter Rahul1
- Start date
SL_Fan
Senior ODI Player
- Joined
- Oct 21, 2012
- Runs
- 22,652
- Post of the Week
- 1
Tagging Tusker in here is a bad idea champ 
The old era fanatics think he hit six sixes but one was caught and the umpires fixed it the catch was a six and the bowler is bowling 90kph 10kph slower than modern spinners.
We can see they are playing in the local park with small boundaries with houses behind the ground they don't fool me it's village cricket!
We can see they are playing in the local park with small boundaries with houses behind the ground they don't fool me it's village cricket!
Robert
Test Star
- Joined
- Nov 4, 2007
- Runs
- 37,604
- Post of the Week
- 1
Obviously nobody could play in those days, it’s fake footage, the batsmen were so weak that it was impossible for them to hit sixes. The camera is pointing at the crowd to make it look like they were sixes.
Last edited:
What is the point you are trying to make ? Be aware that it will require you to venture into the unknown territory of writing more than one sentence on this forum.
Sirris
First Class Captain
- Joined
- Jun 14, 2017
- Runs
- 4,310
- Post of the Week
- 3
Any comment on the size of the bat? Looks rather like a toy bat you give children to play around with.
Third_Umpire
Tape Ball Captain
- Joined
- Dec 8, 2015
- Runs
- 1,290
No kidding. Compare that to the nuclear warheads batsmen use today.
Why should I write more than one sentence when all I will get in reply from you is "lol this is rubbish hahaha" and some personal insults?
Because I can't read your mind genius. However if you can foresee what my response will be why take all this trouble ?
you took potshots at me elsewhere for no reason and now you got a bit of it back. What goes around comes around. Don't like it ? Well there is a simple solution : don't start it in the first place.
The_Odd_One
ODI Debutant
- Joined
- Dec 27, 2015
- Runs
- 8,950
Look at that poor technique and embarrassing bowling & fielding. It is safe to say that even Rahat and Murali can hit more sixes in those conditions.
- Joined
- Oct 2, 2004
- Runs
- 217,977
https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/839540
xactly half a century ago, on this day, Sir Garfield Sobers became the first man in first-class cricket to strike six sixes in an over.
He achieved the incredible feat while playing in the English County Championship for Nottinghamshire against Glamorgan in Swasnea.
Malcolm Nash, a left-arm seamer, was the unfortunate bowler to get the severe treatment by one of cricket's finest players. He had been asked to bowl spin by his captain in a bid to curb the flow of runs, but the move was to backfire badly. Nash had actually bowled well in that innings, and despite Sobers' historic assault, finished with figures 4/100.
The unfortunate Malcolm Nash The unfortunate Malcolm Nash
But Sobers, who was captaining Nottinghamshire in the match, was in a different zone altogether on the day. With a sturdy foundation laid by the top-order batsmen, Sobers gave himself the license to thrill.
The legendary West Indian all-rounder sent the first ball of that fateful over, pitched within his swinging arc, soaring over the deep mid-wicket boundary.
The next ball, slightly shorter but still within the arc, was fiercely struck to clear the deep square-leg fence.
Sobers's blitz set up a 166-run win for Nottinghamshire Sobers's blitz set up a 166-run win for Nottinghamshire
The third was full again, and Sobers, with only a hint of a shimmy, swung mightily to send it soaring over the straight boundary.
"Incredible bit of hitting," said the commentator on TV as Nash came in to bowl his fourth of the over – short this time, and swung over deep fine-leg.
A smile exchanged with the wicket-keeper, and Sobers was on strike again, perhaps the thought of six sixes in the over finally crossing his mind.
However, he could have been dismissed on the fifth delivery, but Roger Davis over-balanced at the long-off boundary with the ball in his hand, and it was five in five.
Ravi Shastri is the only other batsman to achieve the feat in first-class cricket Ravi Shastri is the only other batsman to achieve the feat in first-class cricket
"And he's done it!" yelled the commentator the moment the last ball left Sobers' bat – swung again, over deep square-leg again.
A spot of gardening, a polite raising of the bat to acknowledge the cheers after what really was an unthinkable feat at the time, a smile, and he was back at his mark.
Sobers remained unbeaten on 76 before declaring at 394/5, setting up a 166-run win for his side.
While the feat has been matched in limited-overs cricket a few times since, Ravi Shastri is the only other batsman to have done it in first-class cricket, when he hit Baroda left-arm spinner Tilak Raj for six sixes in an over while batting for Bombay (now Mumbai) in January 1985.
https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/839540
xactly half a century ago, on this day, Sir Garfield Sobers became the first man in first-class cricket to strike six sixes in an over.
He achieved the incredible feat while playing in the English County Championship for Nottinghamshire against Glamorgan in Swasnea.
Malcolm Nash, a left-arm seamer, was the unfortunate bowler to get the severe treatment by one of cricket's finest players. He had been asked to bowl spin by his captain in a bid to curb the flow of runs, but the move was to backfire badly. Nash had actually bowled well in that innings, and despite Sobers' historic assault, finished with figures 4/100.
The unfortunate Malcolm Nash The unfortunate Malcolm Nash
But Sobers, who was captaining Nottinghamshire in the match, was in a different zone altogether on the day. With a sturdy foundation laid by the top-order batsmen, Sobers gave himself the license to thrill.
The legendary West Indian all-rounder sent the first ball of that fateful over, pitched within his swinging arc, soaring over the deep mid-wicket boundary.
The next ball, slightly shorter but still within the arc, was fiercely struck to clear the deep square-leg fence.
Sobers's blitz set up a 166-run win for Nottinghamshire Sobers's blitz set up a 166-run win for Nottinghamshire
The third was full again, and Sobers, with only a hint of a shimmy, swung mightily to send it soaring over the straight boundary.
"Incredible bit of hitting," said the commentator on TV as Nash came in to bowl his fourth of the over – short this time, and swung over deep fine-leg.
A smile exchanged with the wicket-keeper, and Sobers was on strike again, perhaps the thought of six sixes in the over finally crossing his mind.
However, he could have been dismissed on the fifth delivery, but Roger Davis over-balanced at the long-off boundary with the ball in his hand, and it was five in five.
Ravi Shastri is the only other batsman to achieve the feat in first-class cricket Ravi Shastri is the only other batsman to achieve the feat in first-class cricket
"And he's done it!" yelled the commentator the moment the last ball left Sobers' bat – swung again, over deep square-leg again.
A spot of gardening, a polite raising of the bat to acknowledge the cheers after what really was an unthinkable feat at the time, a smile, and he was back at his mark.
Sobers remained unbeaten on 76 before declaring at 394/5, setting up a 166-run win for his side.
While the feat has been matched in limited-overs cricket a few times since, Ravi Shastri is the only other batsman to have done it in first-class cricket, when he hit Baroda left-arm spinner Tilak Raj for six sixes in an over while batting for Bombay (now Mumbai) in January 1985.
https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/839540
Similar threads
