In 1968, who became the 1st batsmen to score six 6's off one over?

Answer 1

Chunnu my friend, Sobers hit those sixes in a domestic cricket match and not in an International match. Another batsman to achieve this feat in domestic cricket was Ravi Shastri.

Answer 2

Garfield Sobers of West Indies (He was born in Barbados)

In 1968, Sobers became the first ever batsman to hit six sixes off one over of six consecutive balls in first-class cricket. Sobers was playing as captain of Nottinghamshire against Glamorgan in Swansea; the unfortunate bowler was Malcolm Nash. This tally of 36 runs off an over beat a 57 year-old record of 34 runs, held by Ted Alletson. The feat of six sixes in an over has since been matched only once, by Ravi Shastri, playing for Bombay against Baroda in 1984.

Answer 3

it was one of the great batsman of his time GARY SOBERS!
HE ROX!

Full name Garfield St Auburn Sobers
Born July 28, 1936, Chelsea Road, Bay Land, St Michael, Barbados
Current age 70 years 82 days
Major teams West Indies, Barbados, Nottinghamshire, South Australia
Also known as Garry Sobers
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium, Slow left-arm orthodox, Slow left-arm chinaman

Statsguru Test player, ODI player



Batting and fielding averages
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct st
Tests 93 160 21 8032 365* 57.78 26 30 32 109 0
ODIs 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 6 0.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
First-class 383 609 93 28314 365* 54.87 86 121 407 0
List A 95 92 21 2721 116* 38.32 1 18 41 0

Bowling averages
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 93 21599 7999 235 6/73 8/80 34.03 2.22 91.91 8 6 0
ODIs 1 63 31 1 1/31 1/31 31.00 2.95 63.00 0 0 0
First-class 383 70789 28941 1043 9/49 27.74 2.45 67.87 36 1
List A 95 4387 2393 109 5/43 5/43 21.95 3.27 40.24 4 1 0

Career statistics

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Test debut West Indies v England at Kingston - Mar 30-Apr 3, 1954 scorecard
Last Test West Indies v England at Port of Spain - Mar 30-Apr 5, 1974 scorecard
Only ODI England v West Indies at Leeds - Sep 5, 1973 scorecard
First-class span 1952/53 - 1974
List A span 1963 - 1974

Notes
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1964
Walter Lawrence Trophy 1974
Knighted for services to cricket 1975
Selected as one of five Wisden cricketers of the century, 2000

Profile

A cricketing genius, Garry Sobers excelled at all aspects of the game, and few would argue his claim as the finest allround player in modern cricket. His exceptional Test batting average tells little about the manner in which he made the runs, his elegant yet powerful style marked by all the shots, but memorably his off-side play. As a batsman he was great, as a bowler, merely superb, but would have made the West Indies side as a bowler alone. He was remarkably versatile with the ball, bowling two styles of spin - left-arm orthodox and wrist spin, but was also a fine fast-medium opening bowler. His catching close to the wicket may have been equalled but never surpassed, and he was a brilliant fielder anywhere. He was an enterprising captain - at times maybe too enterprising, as when a generous declaration allowed England to win a decisive match at Port-of-Spain. Born with an extra finger on each hand (removed at birth), Sobers excelled at most athletic activities, playing golf, soccer and bastketball for Barbados, and made his first class debut at the age of 16, appearing in Tests a year later. He was played initially mostly as a bowler, but four years later set the Test record for an individual batsman with a mammoth 365 against Pakistan. His achievments are numerous - including the six consecutive sixes hit off an over from the unfortunate Malcolm Nash, a superb innings of 254 for the Rest of the World against Australia in 1971 that earned the praise of Don Bradman, and much more. Like many West Indians, he plied his trade abroad, playing for Nottinghamshire, and South Australia. He was knighted for his services to cricket in 1975.

Answer 4

Sir Gary Sobbers was the batsmen in International cricket to hit 6 sixes in a over.

Answer 5

Sir Garry Sobers of West Indies.

Answer 6

Even an American knows it was Sir Gary Sobers.

Answer 7

ravi shastri