Six sixes, but where are the balls?
ESPNcricinfo staff
25-Feb-2013
BBC
On August 31, 1968, Garry Sobers hit six sixes off Malcolm Nash in an over, and nearly 40 years on there's still a doubt over the ball (or balls?) that sailed over the boundary. The issue is raised in a new book Six of the Best – Cricket's Most Famous Over, reports thisisnottingham.co.uk. Read more here.
On the same website, Sobers reveals his mindset:
"As Malcolm prepared to bowl, I remembered the two versions of how to get quick runs. Everton Weekes used to tell me that if I kept the ball on the ground no one could catch me while Sir Learie Constantine preferred the alternative, saying if you hit it up in the air and out of the ground nobody could catch it anyway. On that occasion, I chose Lord Constantine's version."
WalesOnline reports that TV would have missed the moment, had it not been for Cardiff-born TV producer John Norman.
Poor Nash's career is mostly remembered by this one incident, but he wasn't totally disappointed, another report on the same website suggests.
“They’ll make a movie,” he said.
“What will they call it?” a teammate responded.
“Gone With The Wind?”
Ivo Tennant looks at the occasion in the Times.
Mathew Varghese is sub-editor (stats) at Cricinfo