In international cricket, whenever there is talk of hitting 6 sixes in 6 consecutive balls, people remember former Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh, who hit Stuart Broad against England in the 2007 T20 World Cup. But Yuvraj was not the first batsman to do this in international cricket, rather the first batsman to do this feat was someone else, who had done this feat 19 years ago on this day.

This batsman was none other than South African legend Herschelle Gibbs. 19 years ago on this day i.e. March 16, 2007, Gibbs had done the miracle of hitting 6 sixes in an ODI against Netherlands. The African batsman had hit 6 consecutive sixes against leg spinner Dan van Bunge.

Played a big innings with the help of 6 sixes

Gible played a big innings with the help of 6 sixes and scored 72 runs in 40 balls with the help of 4 fours and 7 sixes. This inning of Gibbs helped the team reach a big total.

6⃣-6⃣-6⃣-6⃣-6⃣-6⃣#OnThisDay in 2007, @hershybru made history! pic.twitter.com/gmaJouAIIO

— ICC Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) March 16, 2019

Africa’s big total

The match was played for 40-40 overs. The African team, which came to bat first in the match, had put 353/3 runs on the board. Jacques Kallis played the biggest innings for the team, scoring 128 runs in 109 balls with the help of 11 fours and 5 sixes. Apart from this, Mark Boucher scored 75 runs in 31 balls by hitting 9 fours and 4 sixes. Gibbs scored 72 runs. Rest captain Graeme Smith scored 67 runs in 59 balls with the help of 6 fours and 2 sixes.

Africa’s big victory

Netherlands, which came out for run chase, could reach only a total of 132/9 runs in 40 overs. In this way, Africa had registered a big victory by 221 runs. Ryan ten Doeschate played the biggest innings for Netherlands, scoring 57 runs in 74 balls with the help of 8 fours and 1 six. Apart from this, no other batsman could touch the figure of 25 runs.

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