Ross Whiteley

England pacer Chris Jordan was on Thursday named icon player for the Northern Warriors ahead of the Abu Dhabi T10 League starting at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium on November 19.

Sir Garfield Sobers made cricket history on August 31, 1968, by hitting 6 sixes in an over while playing for Nottinghamshire against Glamorgan in the English County Championship. This unprecedented achievement has been replicated by a few cricketers in various competitive formats since then, including Ravi Shastri, Herschelle Gibbs, Yuvraj Singh, and Ross Whiteley.

Custodian of cricket laws, the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), has announced a 12-member squad dominated by English County regulars to play three matches in Pakistan next month under the captaincy of its current president Kumar Sangakkara.

All-rounder Thisara Perera achieved the feat during his unbeaten 13-ball 52 while captaining Sri Lanka Army in a group match against Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club in the Major Clubs Limited Over List A tournament at the Army Ground in Panagoda town on Sunday.

Batting at number five for the US in their second one-day international against Papua New Guinea, Malhotra cleared the ropes six times in the final over of their innings to finish unbeaten on 173.

Southern Brave won the inaugural Hundred competition on Saturday, comfortably beating Birmingham Phoenix in the men's final at a packed Lord's after Oval Invincibles won the women's crown. Southern Brave scored 168/5 from their 100 balls with a bludgeoning 61 from Paul Stirling in 36 balls, while Ross Whiteley smashed 44 from 19 balls late on. In reply, Chasing an imposing total, Phoenix ended up on 136/5.

Pakistan batter Iftikhar Ahmed joined an exclusive club on Sunday, when the right-hander slammed six successive sixes in an over off pacer Wahab Riaz in an exhibition match organised by Pakistan Super League (PSL) at the Nawab Akbar Bugti Stadium in Quetta.

Finishing with 220 not out in 159 balls, including a jaw-dropping 16 sixes besides 10 fours, Maharashtra batter Gaikwad hit a hapless Shiva Singh of Uttar Pradesh for 6-6-6(no-ball)-6-6-6-6 in the over, which also equalled the List-A world record of 43 runs in an over. Gaikwad's blitzkrieg powered Maharashtra to 330/5 in their 50 overs.

Custodian of cricket laws, the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), will play one 50-over game and three T20 matches during their upcoming tour of Pakistan beginning on Thursday.

Ruturaj Gaikwad's cricketing journey reached remarkable milestones on November 28 in consecutive years. In 2022, he hammered an unbeaten 220 in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, including a record-equalling 43 runs in one over with seven sixes. A year later, on the same date, he scored his maiden T20I century against Australia, further solidifying his rising star status.

On August 31, 2024, Priyansh Arya from South Delhi Superstarz hit six sixes in an over during a Delhi Premier League match, replicating Sir Garfield Sobers' historic 1968 feat. Arya scored 120 off 50 balls, helping his team to a total of 308/5, marking only the second time a 300+ score was achieved in T20 cricket.

As is clear from the name, it's cricket with each team facing 10 overs with a typical game lasting 90 minutes. Aimed to "maximise audience's leisure", the league will last just four days and is already underway since December 14 with the final to be played on December 17.