Herschelle Gibbs hits six sixers in an over

Violence, murder, carnage - words you wouldn't normally associate with the gentleman's game of cricket. But this is what that happened in the ICC world Cup preliminary match between South Africa and Netherlands/Holland.

UPDATE: Yuvraj Singh has also done it!!!! Go check out the video here.

Yes, Ravi Shastri and Gary Sobers have done it before, but only in a first class game, where it is supposed that the quality of the players are much inferior to ODIs. But, was this game any better than a first class game? Bringing such teams into the world cup, after having competed amongst themselves, and then making them face teams who have a reputation of successfully chasing 400+ runs against Australia, does indeed require such strong words such as carnage and murder.

Here is the ball-by-ball commentary from cricinfo for that over.

• 29.1 van Bunge to Gibbs, SIX, Violence! Gibbs charged down the track and hoicked it over long on.
• 29.2 van Bunge to Gibbs, SIX, Murder! Floated on the leg and middle stump line and Gibbs sends it soaring over long-off.
• 29.3 van Bunge to Gibbs, SIX, Carnage! Flatter one this time but it makes no difference to Gibbs. He just stands there and delivers. This one also has been sucked over long off
• 29.4 van Bunge to Gibbs, SIX, Wah Wah! Low full toss and guess where this went Yep. A slap slog and it went over deep midwicket! He is going to go for 6 sixes in this over!
• 29.5 van Bunge to Gibbs, SIX, Short in length, on the off stump line and Gibbs rocks back and swat-pulls it over wide long off. SImply amazing. What a batsman. This is pure violence!
• 29.6 van Bunge to Gibbs, SIX, He has done it! One-day record. No one has hit six sixes in a row. GIbbs stands alone in that zone. And the minnow bashing continues! Full and outside off and bludgeoned over deep midwicket

Gibbs fell in the next over to the big relief of the opposition, but the happiness was short-lived. In came boucher and smashed the fastest ever fifty in a world cup! Well, other than the netherlands cricket fans, few other people might be unhappy. They are the Johnnie Walker people, who , assuming that such a feat might be improbable, had promised to donate one million dollars to charity , if six sixers are hit in an over!

Anyway, if you are interested in violence, watch the youtube video of herschelle gibb's six sixers in an over here.

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