Worcestershire's Ross Whiteley became the sixth male cricketer to hit six sixes in an over when he achieved the feat in Sunday's Natwest T20 Blast match against Yorkshire at Headingley.
"It was the right time in the game for me to go for it. It was all or nothing," Whiteley said.
"Unfortunately for the bowler it was a short boundary on the leg-side.
"I hit the first out of the screws and needed to keep going for the team, not for that achievement. It's something I never really thought I'd do in professional cricket."
Despite Whiteley's heroics, Worcestershire lost by 37 runs.
Image: Worcestershire's Ross Whiteley
Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images
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