Garfield Sobers' six sixes in an over, Glam. v Notts., Swansea, 1968
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- Garry Sobers made a significant mark on cricket history, not least as the man who first achieved the perfect six - six sixes in an over.
The 1968 season was nearing its conclusion when Nottinghamshire, captained by Sobers, travelled to St Helen's in Swansea to meet Glamorgan. The home side were a distant second to Yorkshire in the Championship, with Nottinghamshire back in fifth. But a victory for the visitors would lift them into fourth and win Sobers a bet and a case of champagne.
Nottinghamshire won the toss and batted, making reasonable progress on the Saturday. At 308 for 5, Sobers decided that quick runs were needed for a declaration that would allow his bowlers a crack at the Glamorgan top order before the close.
Runs came quickly, and then Sobers really opened up. The victim was Malcolm Nash, a 23-year-old left-arm seamer who was experimenting with spin bowling.
"The captain asked me if I fancied having a go at bowling some slow-left armers," Nash told The Guardian recently. "Sobers came along and quickly ended my slow-bowling career. It was a pretty short experiment."
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My late dad, who was a reserved man, ran round our lounge in celebration after the six sixes over hit by Garry Sobers- I remember it so well. I have now had the pleasure of meeting the great man - it was a privilege and I would guess my dad would still be cheering from heaven.
The cameras were the from BBC Wales who regularly covered Glamorgan home matches at this time. Therefore, Grandstand was able to relay the broadcast because of BBC Wales live coverage. I was 15 at the time and was one of the fortunate members of the crowd that day along with my father.
I remember hearing a memorable quote from Nash, a while after the event when asked to comment on Sober's extraordinary achievement, he said "Aye, but he couldn't have done it without me." Well why not take some credit for it.
Wilfred Wooller - a smashing commentator
One of the greatest things ever recorded on film!
The greatest cricketer of all time!
its incredible you have found a good quality foootage of a county match...and that of 1968
I remember this report on black and white TV. Gary Sobers was sublime with the bat. A major first in cricket.
I think the bowler should be congratulated for his sense of fair play. He must have known that he was on course to being hit six for six but rather than bowl a no ball for the last bowl, he decided to bowl fairly. How many modern day bowlers would have done that?
Probably would have been 7 sixes if he had
that last shot is still travelling! never get tired of watching this "36 in an over".
Wow how amazing is the commentary for the last six “it’s gone way down to Swansea”
Malcolm Nash took 993 wickets at 25.87 in first class cricket, a record many would be immensely proud of. There's a lot more to him than this over, though I suppose if you are going to be hit for 6 sixes in an over, then having it performed by the greatest cricketer of all time is no bad thing.
And it got Malcolm Nash into the record books. He was a very good bowler who could have played a test cricket as he was a useful late middle order batsman. Perhaps the selectors thought he was a bit too slow for test cricket.
Yeah just like Stuart broad; he went on to become one of the greats
I can remember watching this with Dad, I was 11 and as the footage shows, it was an amazing feat.
Malcolm Nash RIP
In 1977, Frank Hayes of Lancashire scored 6-4-6-6-6-6 for 34 runs in an over. At the time it was second only to Sobers’ record. The opponents in the county championship fixture were Glamorgan and the bowler was Malcolm Nash.
Love that commentary. "My goodness gracious" :D
I don't know much about cricket, but I do understand what it would be like to see one US baseball player hit 6 home runs! Amazing! Thanks @clutterbells for the share!
I was lucky to see him bat in Hyderabad India long time ago still cherish His memories.
This guy is coming to my school next month
Gary Sobers visiting a school!! You guys are very lucky - I hope you made the best out of the opportunity!
Gary was up there hacking like a cane cutter. Today they'd call it "agricultural" shots.
Its weird to think who searches out an obscure video from 50 years ago to give it a dislike :)
Those were the old days when cricket was really a treat to watch.Will we ever see some more of those good cricket from the W. I.?
We can only hope and pray that the West Indies find their pride and form again.
Glamorgan supporters.
awesome footage of a great all rounder, would have loved to see him live- pak fan
With thanks to Michael Simkins that I searched for this.
What an incredible feat!
Apparently the commentator and cameramen were told by the London studios to pack up and go home at tea. Fortunately they kept rolling and commentating!!
Classic clip!
Re upamanyu: I love yuvraj too but gary is an all time great these days bats are probably three times bigger than what they were then gary had to use force
There is a whole book dedicated to this over. Stanley, the bowler was having some success with his experimental spin bowling.
As I understand it from reading about this, it was just very fortunate for people like us that Grandstand had decided to send cameras to the match on this day.
bbc wales televised cricket for the regional news in those days, there were a lot more regional variations then
That's the best it will ever be .
And don't forget Malcolm Nash was a very good bowler who came close to a test cap.
In my childhood this put Swansea on the map.
Swansea was already world renowned before this incident. Look it up on Wiki.
amazing
My old English teacher, a Mr Crook, walked into the ground 20 minutes after he hit the sixth six.
And he later said six sixes is not good cricket............
what a character
we dah best bajans out here
imagine this with a modern bat haha, amazing with those bats and no helmet and minimal protection
It was 31st August 1968 actually.
massive boundry
Sep 1,1968 - Sobers Rewrites Records
Poor Malcolm Nash. The Glamorgan slow-left armer took 993 wickets in First Class cricket, 324 more in limited overs games. But al dat every1 remembers him for is dis one over wen d great Garry Sobers (playing for Nottinghamshire) hit him for 6 sixes, d 1st such occurrence in recognised forms of cricket.
Speaking of d over in 2008, Nash said of d half-tracker he bowled on d sixth ball: “It was the first ball I bowled all day that deserved to be hit for six.”
He was a medium pacer asked to bowl slow by his skipper to improve the over rate. Since he had been experimenting with slow bowling he agreed. And the rest is history.
@pentz1 soo true
...but we won't worry. I recall hearing about this on BBC Grandstand that day.
What impact would he have had if he played T20 cricket i wonder?
There's a storm coming
Who watch in 2019
the bowler was actually a seamer but decided to try hid hand at spin bowling
What is the batsman name
Sir Garfield Sobers. Although he was plain Garfield Sobers in 1968
@StuartMB68 i bowled an over in which 35 runs were being scored including no-balls. It was really embarassing.
Friends the shots had more of batting skills than brute force like others to achieved this feat also - - -
Nah, they only used to have 8 ball overs in Australia (and NZ and South Africa? Not sure about that). England's always had 6 ball overs.
4 ball overs were bowled in England in the late 19th century
Would this have been an 8 ball over?
nah 6 balls. they changed from 8 after the Second World War, i believe
commentator was talking rubbish - it had never been done before
nice memo
Brilliant, Sir Garfield, ATTENTION CRICKET LOVERS , have a good chuckle ,listen to" Tales from a Long Room" ON UA-cam,
That just sounds so Scottish.
:)
1st class cricket :P not in int cric
No-where in the world was bowing 8 ball overs by 1968.
Australia,New Zealand and South Africa all had 8 ball overs until 1978-79.
Australia gave up 8 ball overs in 1979/80
Such a same, this is not colour, anyhow it’s still golden,
I'd have been so embarrassed to have bowled an over like this one ....
Holy fuck, this ground looks like the size of the ones they use for the Hong Kong Super Sixes. What were the dimensions of the ground he was playing at that day?
+Cyrushanleonee St Helens is the same size today as it was then, still hosts competitive first class cricket
St Helens had a large playing surface, with rugby also being played there. The playing areas didn't overlap. International rugby matches were played there on many occasions, and it was the home of Swansea RFC.
It was a combined rugby and cricket ground that could accommodate 40.000 if you allowed fans to spill on to the rugby sections of the ground.
Appreciated but it was not an international match
imagine this with a modern bat haha, amazing with those bats and no helmet and minimal protection
No protection needed against a spinner getting no spin.