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South Africa's Herschelle Gibbs rewrote the World Cup record books in St Kitts yesterday as he became the first batsman to hit six sixes in an over in the competition's history.
Gibbs savaged Dutch leg-spinner Daan van Bunge to also set a new record for runs in a six-ball over in international cricket and for one-day cricket world wide.
The charity Habitat For Humanity will benefit to the tune of $1million from Gibbs' feat as one of the World Cup sponsors have agreed to make a donation in recognition of his achievement.
Van Bunge, a former MCC Young Cricketer who played a handful of one-day games for Middlesex in 2004, was first dispatched over long-on, then long-off twice, then square-leg and once more each over long-on and long-off.
Gibbs struck his blows in the 30th over of a South Africa innings reduced after rain to 40 per side. He was eventually caught for 72 as South Africa surged to 353 for three.
His feat came on a small ground, Warner Park, whose boundaries are just long enough to conform to one-day international standards.
It is only the third time in senior cricket that six sixes have been struck in an over. West Indies legend Gary Sobers was the first to do it, for Nottinghamshire against Glamorgan in a County Championship match at Swansea in 1968. Malcolm Nash was the suffering bowler.
Ravi Shastri, the former India and Glamorgan all-rounder, emulated Sobers at Bombay in 1984-85 when he took 36 from an over bowled by slow left-armer Tilak Raj.
The most runs previously scored from boundaries in an over in one-day cricket was 34 by Viv Richards batting for Somerset in a John Player League game at Taunton in 1977. Slow left-armer David Graveney, now England's chairman of selectors but then playing for Gloucestershire, was the suffering bowler as Richards took five sixes and a four from his over.
The previous bests in one-day internationals came from Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya, who hit four sixes in the same over twice, and Gibbs' compatriot, Shaun Pollock.
Gibbs savaged Dutch leg-spinner Daan van Bunge to also set a new record for runs in a six-ball over in international cricket and for one-day cricket world wide.
The charity Habitat For Humanity will benefit to the tune of $1million from Gibbs' feat as one of the World Cup sponsors have agreed to make a donation in recognition of his achievement.
Van Bunge, a former MCC Young Cricketer who played a handful of one-day games for Middlesex in 2004, was first dispatched over long-on, then long-off twice, then square-leg and once more each over long-on and long-off.
Gibbs struck his blows in the 30th over of a South Africa innings reduced after rain to 40 per side. He was eventually caught for 72 as South Africa surged to 353 for three.
His feat came on a small ground, Warner Park, whose boundaries are just long enough to conform to one-day international standards.
It is only the third time in senior cricket that six sixes have been struck in an over. West Indies legend Gary Sobers was the first to do it, for Nottinghamshire against Glamorgan in a County Championship match at Swansea in 1968. Malcolm Nash was the suffering bowler.
Ravi Shastri, the former India and Glamorgan all-rounder, emulated Sobers at Bombay in 1984-85 when he took 36 from an over bowled by slow left-armer Tilak Raj.
The most runs previously scored from boundaries in an over in one-day cricket was 34 by Viv Richards batting for Somerset in a John Player League game at Taunton in 1977. Slow left-armer David Graveney, now England's chairman of selectors but then playing for Gloucestershire, was the suffering bowler as Richards took five sixes and a four from his over.
The previous bests in one-day internationals came from Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya, who hit four sixes in the same over twice, and Gibbs' compatriot, Shaun Pollock.
The weather had mercy on the Netherlands.
. All he knows is that Pakistan once won the World Cup. Oh, and Imran Khan. That's about it, though, really (maybe a few other names, but nothing that much).
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