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POWER OF GIBBS RECORD 6IX IN 6IX BALLS
POWER OF GIBBS RECORD 6IX IN 6IX BALLS
Herschelle Gibbs(South Africa) made History by becoming the first batsmanto hit Six Sixes in an one over in one-day International Cricket.
Previous record for the most number of runs in an one over was 30,which
Sanath Jayasuriya(Sri Lanka) did Twice, in Singspore in 1995-1996, and
chris Harris at Sharjah in 2000-01.Gibbs's seven sixes in the innings was only
one less than the World Cup record for a single innings -Ricky Ponting(Punter)
has slammed eight in the World cup final in 2003.Gibbs was at his best,but by
no means was he the only one to wreck havoc.Mark Boucher slammed
75 from 32 balls, and on the way notched up the fastest half-century in world
cups:he got to the mark off 21 balls, bettering Brian lara's 23- ball effort against
Canada at Centurion in 2003. South Africa's total of 353 for 3 is their highest
World Cup score and the best total in a 40-over match, while it was also the
fifth-highest by any team in all editions of the tournament. Their run-rate of 8.82
is the fourth-best in a World Cup innings, but the highest by a team batting first.
The 18 sixes that South Africa slammed in the innings is an ODI record too,
going past Pakistan's earlier mark of 14 against Sri Lanka at Nairobi.
This was also the first time there were three century stands in a single innings
of a one-day international. After AB de Villiers's second-ball dismissal,
Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis added 114 for the second wicket, Kallis and
Herschelle Gibbs put together 105 for the third, while Kallis and Boucher
added 134 for the fourth.
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