Thisara Perera Hits Six Sixes In An Over In Domestic Sri Lankan Tournament
Sri Lankan all-rounder Thisara Perera smashed six sixes in one over in a domestic match between Sri Lanka Army Sports Club and Bloomfield Cricket & Athletic Club on Sunday. Batting at number 5, Per
Batting at number 5, Perera smacked 52 runs in just 13 balls with the help of eight sixes including six consecutive sixes against Dilhan Coorey, who ended up giving 73 runs from his four overs.
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As soon as he sent the ball out of the park for the sixth time in the over, Perera became the ninth batsman to hit six sixes in an over in List A cricket.
6 sixes in an over in a professional game:
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) March 28, 2021
Garfield Sobers (FC) 1968
Ravi Shastri (FC) 1985
HH Gibbs (ODI) 2007
Yuvraj Singh (T20I) 2007
Ross Whiteley (T20) 2017
Haztratullah Zazai (T20) 2018
Leo Carter (T20) 2020
Kieron Pollard (T20I) 2021
THISARA PERERA (List A) 2021
It was a rain-hit game and the match got reduced to 41 overs. In the last over of the first innings, Thisara Perera unleashed his power as his team finished on 318/3.
The match ultimately got washed out due to rain interruption. The Bloomfield cricket team would have been delighted due to the abrupt ending of the game as they got reduced to 73/6 while chasing a mammoth total.
