6 Sixes In An Over – How Many Cricketers Have Hit Six Sixes In An Over?

Hitting 6 sixes in an over is a batsman’s dream come true. While a bowler can completely change a game by taking a few wickets or with a hat trick, batsmen can change the game by hitting every ball in an over across the boundary for a six.  

Just as a hat-trick is a rare event in cricket, 6 ball 6 six is even rarer. In fact, it’s so rare that this has only been achieved four times in international cricket and 6 times in domestic cricket. Below, we have outlined the match details of the 6 sixes in an over. Are you curious to know about 6 sixes by Yuvraj? Then, continue reading this blog for all the details.

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Players Who Have Hit 6 Sixes in an Over

Interestingly, Chris Gayle, the batsman with the most sixes in cricket history, isn’t on this list of batsmen who have hit 6 sixes in a over. However, Sir Garfield Sobers of the West Indies was the first cricket player to achieve this.

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1. Sir Garfield Sobers

West Indies cricketers were well known for their aggression and talent. Coincidentally, the first player to knock 6 sixes in an over was also a West Indies cricketer. More than just hitting six straight sixes, though, the thrilling end added to it to make it memorable. On August 31, 1968, at St Helen’s, Garfield Sobers was playing for Nottinghamshire in the County Championship when he accomplished the feat. Malcolm Nash, the unfortunate bowler for Glamorgan, was his opponent. With Nash bowling slowly and the ball turning over very little, the batsman hit every ball bowled to him. Sobers hit five straight sixes in the first five balls of the over before being caught on the boundary. However, it was discovered after careful review that Roger Davis, a fielder for Glamorgan, had dragged the ball over the rope during the hit, which resulted in 6 sixes in that over. 

2. Ravi Shastri

It took 17 years for another cricket player, none other than India’s Ravi Shastri, to match Sobers’ record of 6 sixes in a single over. Shastri, the second cricketer to join the renowned “36-run” club, achieved it on January 19, 1985, while representing Bombay (Mumbai) in the Ranji Trophy match against Baroda. Shastri had hit Baroda’s left-arm spinner, Tilak Raj, for 6 sixes in an over to make it to the history books. In 113 minutes, Shastri achieved the fastest double century in first-class cricket history and remained unbeaten at 200 runs.

3. Herschelle Gibbs

Former South Africa batsman Herschelle Gibbs was the first to hit 6 sixes in an over in international cricket. Known for his destructive batting style, the Proteas opener couldn’t have gotten to it on a bigger stage. South Africa was playing the Netherlands in the 2007 World Cup when Gibbs decided to take bowler Van Bunge to the stands six times in an over. Herchelle Gibbs 6 sixes entered the record books as the first batsman to have achieved the feat in a World Cup and remained the only man to have hit 6 sixes in an over in a 50-over game until 2021.  

4. Yuvraj Singh 

Perhaps Herschelle Gibbs inspired Yuvraj Singh because, just months later, the Indian batsman also made it to the cricket 6 balls 6 six record list. Singh’s heroics occurred during the inaugural 2007 T20 World Cup in Durban against England, with the bowler in this case being none other than England’s premier fast bowler, Stuart Broad. There were a lot of heated arguments leading up to the event between Yuvraj Singh and Andrew Flintoff of England. Stuart Broad thought of taking full advantage of Yuvraj’s rage, but Yuvraj created a record in cricket 6 ball 6 six. 

After the intense exchange with Flintoff, Yuvraj Singh seemed set to go, with India already leading by 171/3 after 18 overs. He attacked the opening ball of the 19th over for a six over mid-wicket, which was not surprising. The events of the next five balls, at least for Stuart Broad, were unexpected. The first six was followed by consecutive sixes over square-leg, long-off, deep point off a full toss and over square leg. Everyone was hoping for  6 sixes by Yuvraj, and as you would anticipate, he smashed the final ball long-on to add his name to the 6 sixes in an over record book of international cricket.

5. Ross Whitely

Ross Whitely became the next batsman to reach this milestone in a T20 Blast match in 2014. At Headingley, Whitely, an English batsman for the Worcestershire Rapids, faced Yorkshire Vikings spinner Karl Carver and hit him for 6 sixes. 

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6. Hazratullah Zazai

2018 also saw this milestone achieved at the domestic level, by Afghanistan batsman Hazratullah Zazai in Super Smash. Kabul Zwanan opener Zazai had hit 6 sixes against a hapless Abdullah Mazari of Balkh Legends while playing in the Afghanistan Premier League in 2018. 

7.  Leo Carter

Carter pulled 6 sixes in an over while playing in New Zealand’s Super Smash in 2020. Playing for Canterbury Kings, Carter hit 6 sixes against Northern Knights left-arm spinner Anton Devcich to score an astonishing 29-balls-70 as his team ran to a seven-wicket victory.

8.  Kieron Pollard

Mumbai Indians hard-hitter Kieron Pollard had brought back the festival of sixes after a lull period following the pandemic when Sri Lanka were facing the Windies in the first T20I of a three-match series. Pollard pulled it off against Sri Lanka’s Akila Dananjaya, who had interestingly also taken a hat-trick in the same match. Chasing 132 runs, the hosts won with four wickets to spare.

9.  Thisara Perera

Pollard was followed by Sri Lanka’s Thisara Perera, who hit 6 sixes at his country’s domestic Major Clubs Limited Over List A tournament. Perera was playing for Sri Lanka Army CC against Bloomfield and Athletic Club.

10. Jaskaran Malhotra

Born in India’s Chandigarh, Jaskaran Malhotra plays for the USA cricket team and became the first American cricketer to slam 6 sixes in any form of professional cricket. Facing Papua New Guinea, Malhotra took pacer Gaudi Toka to the stands six times in an over to score an unbeaten knock of 173 runs in 124 balls. In the process, he became the fourth batsman to hit a cricket 6 ball 6 six record, equalling Gibbs’ record of hitting 6 sixes in the 50-over format.

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In the realm of cricket, the attainment of 6 sixes in an over represents a pinnacle of sporting prowess. Any player who has accomplished this rare feat from the renowned Sir Garfield Sobers to the modern marvel Jaskaran Malhotra has left an indelible mark throughout the game’s history.

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