West Indies: West Indies team is currently playing an ODI series against England. In the first match of the ODI series, West Indies team has taken a 1-0 lead in the series by defeating England by 8 wickets.
Meanwhile, we are going to tell you about a left handed batsman from West Indies who has achieved the feat of 6 sixes in 6 balls in the Test format.
Sir Garfield Sobers made this record in his name
For the first time in the history of Test cricket, the feat of hitting 6 sixes in 6 balls was achieved by the former great player of the West Indies team, Sir Garry Sobers. Sir Garfield Sobers is always remembered for his contribution to West Indies cricket as well as for this record.
Sir Garfield Sobers achieved this feat in the year 1968 in a county match played between Glamorgan and Nottinghamshire. Sir Sobers achieved this feat in the over of Malcolm Nash, the fastest bowler of that time.
The condition of the competition was like this
In this match between Glamorgan and Nottinghamshire, while batting, Nottinghamshire declared the innings by scoring 394 runs in its first innings. In response to which the Glamorgan team could score only 254 runs in the first innings and after that, in the second innings, Nottinghamshire declared the innings by scoring 139 runs but while chasing the target, the Glamorgan team remained at 113 runs in its second innings also. Shrinked. Due to which Nottinghamshire won this county match by 166 runs.
Garfield Sobers’ international career has been brilliant
Garfield Sobers is considered one of the great players of world cricket. He has performed amazingly in the international level matches played for West Indies. Garfield Sobers has scored 8032 runs at an average of 57 in 93 Test matches played and during this period he has 26 wickets in Test cricket, while apart from this he has also taken 235 wickets in 93 Test matches. Talking about Garfield Sobers, he played his last match at the international level in the year 1974.
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