Pakistan cricket team is a team which looks very strong on paper. But in reality every other team beats it easily and its bowlers are brutally beaten. A similar feat has been done by the star batsman of the South African cricket team. Let us know about the batsman who has achieved the feat of scoring a double century in Test cricket by batting for just 6 hours.
Pakistan team got rid of sixes from this batsman
Actually, the player we are talking about is none other than Herschelle Herman Gibbs, the former veteran batsman of the South African cricket team, who had achieved the feat of scoring a double century against the Pakistan team in the year 2003. It is known that Herschelle Gibbs is a player who has been accused many times of batting under the influence of alcohol during live matches.
Herschelle Gibbs had scored a double century
Let us tell you that Herschelle Gibbs had scored 228 runs in 240 balls against Pakistan in Cape Town in 2003. During this period, he batted for 383 minutes and his innings included 29 fours as well as 6 sixes. Due to his strong batting, South Africa cricket team won that match by an innings and 142 runs.
The condition of the match is like this
Talking about the match between Pakistan and South Africa, in this match South Africa, batting first, scored 620/7 runs and declared the innings. After this, Pakistan team scored 252 runs in its first innings and 226 runs in the second innings after follow on. Thanks to this, South Africa won the match by a huge margin of one innings and 142 runs.
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