Mike procter: Cricket News & Match Updates

The 25-year-old Akash smashed eight consecutive sixes while racing to a record-breaking fifty in only 11 balls, surpassing the previous best set by Leicestershire’s Wayne White, who reached fifty in 12 balls in 2012. Before that, Clive Inman had held the record since 1965 with a 13-ball fifty.

He achieved the feats on the second day of Meghalaya's Plate Group game in the Ranji Trophy against Arunachal Pradesh in Surat. He also became only the third player in first-class cricket history to hit six consecutive maximums in an over, joining West Indies legend Sir Garfield Sobers and former India all-rounder Ravi Shastri. South Africa’s Mike Procter also hit six sixes in a row, but across two different overs.   Read More...