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6-sixes in an over, fastest international 50 for Yuvraj Singh

September 19, 2007

Yuvraj Singh became the first player in Twenty20 history to hit six sixes in an over in India's match against England.
The astonishing barrage from Yuvraj, 25, helped him reach his half-century off just 12 balls. The lefthander hit the first delivery from England bowler Stuart Broad out of the Kingsmead stadium, and followed with five more sixes in the Super Eight match of the World Twenty20 tournament.

Sir Gary Sobers was the first to hit six sixes in an over in first-class cricket, followed by Ravi Shastri, while Herschelle Gibbs managed it in a one-day international.
Yuvraj's 12-ball 50 is also the fastest in any form of international cricket. The previous quickest one-day fifty belonged to Sanath Jayasuriya, in 17 balls for Sri Lanka against Pakistan in 1996. Record for the fastest 100 is held by Shahid Afridi, who needed only 37 balls against Sri Lanka on his first ever innings.

Previous 36-run overs

1968 Garfield Sobers, of Nottinghamshire and West Indies, hit Malcolm Nash, the Glamorgan left-arm bowler, for 36 in an over in Swansea. See video of Sir Gary Sober's Six 6s
1985 Ravi Shastri, playing for Bombay, matched the achievement in a Ranji Trophy match. The India opening batsman hit Tilak Raj, a slow left-arm Baroda bowler, out of the ground six times.
2007 Herschelle Gibbs won $1 million for charity when he took on Daan van Bunge of Netherlands, the leg spinner, in the 30th over of South Africas World Cup match.

Super 8: India v England, Durban

Pathirana plunders 277 in Twenty20 game

Sep 05, 2007

Dhanuka Pathirana smashed an awesome 277 off 72 balls to stake his claim to a Twenty20 world record.
He hit 29 sixes and 18 fours as Austerlands racked up a massive 366-3 in 20 overs, dwarfing Somerset's county record of 250. Sri Lanka A all-rounder Pathirana, 25, had not even taken his own bat to the game because he expected rain to reduce the Saddleworth League tie to a bowl-out.

Twenty20 International Cricket Records

Last updated on 19th September 2007

Highest team totals

260-6(20.0 ov) : Sri Lanka v Kenya at Johannesburg 2006/07
221-5 (20.0 ov) : Australia v England at Sydney 2006/07
218-4 (20.0 ov) : India v England at Durban 2006/07
214-5 (20.0 ov) : Australia v New Zealand at Auckland 2004/05
209-3 (20.0 ov) : Australia v South Africa at Brisbane 2005/06
208-2 (17.4 ov) : South Africa v West Indies at Johannesburg 2006/07
208-8 (20.0 ov) : West Indies v England at The Oval 2006/07
205-6 (20.0 ov) : West Indies v South Africa at Johannesburg 2006/07
201-4 (20.0 ov) : South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg 2005/06
199-7 (20.0 ov) : Australia v South Africa at Johannesburg 2005/06

Lowest team totals

73-10 (16.5 ov) : Kenya v New Zealand at Durban 2006/07
79-10 (14.3 ov) : Australia v England at Southampton 2005
88-10 (19.3 ov) : Kenya v Sri Lanka at Johannesburg 2006/07
92-10 (19.3 ov) : Kenya v Pakistan at Nairobi 2006/07

Highest individual scores

117 : CH Gayle, West Indies v South Africa at Johannesburg 2006/07
98* : RT Ponting, Australia v New Zealand at Auckland 2004/05
96 : DR Martyn, Australia v South Africa at Brisbane 2005/06
90* : HH Gibbs, South Africa v West Indies at Johannesburg 2006/07
89* : JM Kemp, South Africa v New Zealand at Johannesburg 2006/07
89* : GC Smith, South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg 2005/06
88 : ST Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka v Kenya at Johannesburg 2006/07
81 : Nazimuddin, Bangladesh v Pakistan at Gymkhana 2006/07
80 : PD Collingwood, England v West Indies at The Oval 2006/07
79 : KP Pietersen, England v Zimbabwe at Cape Town 2006/07

Fastest 50

58 (12b): Yuvraj Singh, India v England at Durban 2006/07
61 (20b): Mohammad Ashraful, Bangladesh v West Indies at Johannesburg 2006/07
65 (21): DPMD Jayawardene, Sri Lanka v Kenya at Johannesburg 2006/07

Highest Strike Rates

213.88 : Jehan Mubarak (SL)
196.87 : Marlon Samuels (WI)
183.82 : Mohammad Ashraful (BAN)
175.00 : Andrew Symonds (AUS)
167.34 : Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)

Best bowling analysis

7-4 : MR Gillespie, New Zealand v Kenya at Durban 2006/07
18-4 : Mohammad Asif, Pakistan v India at Durban 2006/07
19-4 : Shahid Afridi, Pakistan v Scotland at Durban 2006/07
20-4 : DL Vettori, New Zealand v India at Johannesburg 2006/07
22-4 : PD Collingwood, England v Sri Lanka at Southampton 2006
24-4 : J Lewis, England v Australia at Southampton 2005
25-4 : Umar Gul, Pakistan v Scotland at Durban 2006/07
29-4 : MS Kasprowicz, Australia v New Zealand at Auckland 2004/05
31-4 : E Chigumbura, Zimbabwe v England at Cape Town 2006/07
34-4 : Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladesh v West Indies at Johannesburg 2006/07

Most dismissals as a wicketkeeper

9 : Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN)
8 : Adam Gilchrist (AUS)
7 : Mark Boucher (SA)
7 : Kamran Akmal (PAK)
7 : Brendon McCullum (NZ)
6 : Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
5 : AB de Villiers (SA)
5 : Matthew Prior (ENG)

Wicket Partnerships

1st wicket : 145, Chris Gayle & Devon Smith (WIN) v South Africa at Johannesburg 2006/07
2nd wicket : 111, Graeme Smith & Herschelle Gibbs (RSA) v Australia at Johannesburg 2006
3rd wicket : 120*, Herschelle Gibbs & Justin Kemp (RSA) v West Indies at Johannesburg 2006/07
4th wicket : 101, Younis Khan & Shoaib Malik (PAK) v Sri Lanka at Cape Town 2006/07
5th wicket : 119*, Shoaib Malik & Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK) v Australia at Johannesburg 2006/07
6th wicket : 77*, Ricky Ponting & Michael Hussey (AUS) v New Zealand at Auckland 2005
7th wicket : 91, Paul Collingwood & Michael Yardy (ENG) v West Indies at London2006/07
8th wicket : 40, Scott Styris & Jeff Wilson (NZL) v Australia at Auckland 2005
9th wicket : 44, Dilhara Fernando & Lasith Malinga (SL) v New Zealand at Auckland 2006
10th wicket : 23, Peter Ongondo & Hiren Varaiya (KEN) v Pakistan at Nairobi 2006/07