Darren Sammy WTF?!

[Son_Of]

Darren Sammy hit 58* off 24 in the one-dayer against South Africa with 2 fours and 6 sixes. Strike rate 241.66.

He was batting at number nine. West Indies must be wishing they sent him in earlier. They were bowled out for 283 chasing 300 but there were 2 overs left and Sammy was left stranded. He was in the mood to chase off those remaning runs. He came in 2 places below Jerome Taylor - a man with no ODI 50's but nealry 100 ODI wickets. Sammy is an allrounder!

Can anyone think of other substantial innings (50+) by a player where most of the runs came in sixes? 36 out of a total of 58 here. 44 in all boundaries. There are many innings where most of the runs came in boundaries, but maximums I don't know.

I know Yuvi hit 36 in an over once, what was his total that day? And Sir Garry also managed the same feat once.

 

[Archibald&Crooks]

Who was the New Zealander who walloped plenty in short order in a test match against England once? IIRC they were chasing a huge target which didn't look on until this guy played an amazing innings. They still fell short but not by much in the end.

 

[Teemu]

Nathan Astle, wasn't it?

 

[Archibald&Crooks]

Nathan Astle, wasn't it?

Yep, I just looked it up. 222 in 153 balls, 28 fours and 11 sixes. They got to within 99 runs chasing 550.

 

[montylynch]

Graham Napier for Essex the year before last, got 152 from 58 balls. 16 sixes !!

 

[Archibald&Crooks]

Graham Napier for Essex the year before last, got 152 from 58 balls. 16 sixes !!

We have a winner :grin:

 

[Zuben]

Afridi man - 102 off 37 balls - 11 sixes and 6 fours (90 runs from boundaries)

Shahid Afridi Pakistan v Sri Lanka Nairobi 04/10/1996

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[Spurs_Bear]

I got 46* on Saturday.....from 27 balls. I was pleased with this until I saw what Sammy had done!

 

[Son_Of]

Graham Napier for Essex the year before last, got 152 from 58 balls. 16 sixes !!

i remember that

Afridi man - 102 off 37 balls - 11 sixes and 6 fours (90 runs from boundaries)

Shahid Afridi Pakistan v Sri Lanka Nairobi 04/10/1996

i'd rather not remember that :lol:

I got 46* on Saturday.....from 27 balls. I was pleased with this until I saw what Sammy had done!

good knock SB, have some rep and a :beer:

 

[Son_Of]

zuben i just watched that video out of masochism. why did we give him so much slow bowling when he was loving it so much? i understand the theory of attacking spinners buying wickets with runs and all that but this was just feeding the beast!

 

[Zuben]

zuben i just watched that video out of masochism. why did we give him so much slow bowling when he was loving it so much? i understand the theory of attacking spinners buying wickets with runs and all that but this was just feeding the beast!

I imagine it was a bit of shell shock. Afridi was a newbie, started slogging them around ridiculously for a number 3 and they just didn't know how to respond! Who were your other options anyway at that time?

 

[Son_Of]

not a lot really. vaas and pushpakamura i guess