New Delhi: England’s Test opener Zak Crawley achieved a unique record in the ongoing Test match between New Zealand and England in Wellington, New Zealand on December 6, Friday. Crawley smashed a six in the first over of the innings against Tim Southee and made history by becoming the second player in Test cricket history to hit a six in the first over of the innings.
New Zealand’s skipper Tom Latham won the toss and elected to bowl first, Crawley is known for his hard-hitting quick start to his team. Southee opened the bowling for Kiwi’s side and bowled his first bowl an inswinger, which caught the inside edge of Crawley’s bat.
Crawley opened his account with two runs in the first delivery. Southee bowled the next delivery outside off, in which Crawley leaned on and drove the ball to mid-off. Crawley looked to gain confidence in the next three deliveries as he defended the bowl well.
Southee bowled an over-pitch delivery outside off stump and Crawley put a great forward stride and reached easily to the ball and banged on with a flat six in the last bowl of the first over. Crawley scored 10 runs in the first over of the Test match which is rarely seen in Test cricket.
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Crawley also became the second batter in Test cricket history to hit a six in the first over of the innings. Previously West Indies legendary batter Chris Gayle smashed two sixes in the first over against Sohag Gazi in 2012.
Gayle hit six in the first ball of the innings against debutant Gazi in 2021. Gayle scored 18 runs in the first over against Bangladesh. Crawley also became the first batter to hit a six in the first over against Seamer.
Harry Brook completes 1000 test runs in 2024
Harry Brook smashed his eighth ton in Test cricket and also completed 1000 test runs in 2024. He became the third batter to score 1000 runs in Test cricket in 2024 after Joe Root and Yashasvi Jaiswal. It was also the second consecutive century for Brook as he scored a century against New Zealand in the first test match.
Brook came in the crease when the English side lost three wickets in 26 runs but he reached the three-figure mark in just 91 balls. Brook was dismissed on 123 runs in 115 deliveries and he got dismissed by a non-communication between him and Chris Woakes.
England’s Test opener Zak Crawley became the second player in Test cricket history by smashing a six in the first over of the innings against New Zealand in Wellington, New Zealand on December 6, Friday. Cricket Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
