Pollard Hits Six Sixes Off Hat-trick Man Dananjaya In T20 Triumph
03/04/21 AT 2:54 AM
West Indies captain Kieron Pollard on Wednesday became only the third man to hit six sixes in an international over in his team s four-wicket Twenty20 victory over Sri Lanka.
The feat came in the sixth over of a bizarre West Indies innings, bowled by off-spinner Akila Dananjaya who moments earlier in his previous over had been celebrating taking a hat-trick.
Pollard followed in the footsteps of South Africa s Herschelle Gibbs against the Netherlands in the 2007 World Cup and India s Yuvraj Singh, who also achieved the feat in the 2007 Twenty20 World Cup against England.
Pollard hits 6 sixes in an over as Dananjaya goes from hero to zero
04 Mar 2021 - 17:48
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Akila Dananjaya went from hero to zero in the space of two overs, claiming a hat-trick before being smashed for six sixes by Kieron Pollard as West Indies beat Sri Lanka by four wickets in their first Twenty20 international at Antigua on Wednesday.
Pollard strode out to the crease in the fourth over after Dananjaya had dismissed Evin Lewis, Chris Gayle and Nicholas Pooran off consecutive deliveries to leave West Indies reeling at 52-3 in pursuit of 132.
But the West Indies skipper tore into unconventional off-spinner Dananjaya in his next over, taking 36 runs and becoming only the third man to hit six sixes in an international match, emulating Herschelle Gibbs and Yuvraj Singh.
LONDON: Sri Lanka spinner Akila Dananjaya will be allowed to resume bowling in international cricket following remedial work on his action, the International Cricket Council announced.