Paul Stirling smashes five consecutive sixes in an over

Irish star Paul Stirling just missed out on becoming a fresh batter to smash six sixes in an over of a T20 match. The 31-year-old right-handed batter hit five consecutive sixes and one four in an over to get 34 runs in a T20 over. His smashing century helped his team to win a game in the ongoing English T20 Blast season.  

Currently, Paul Stirling is serving for Birmingham Bears in the ongoing T20 Blast 2022. Last Thursday (26th May), they played against Northamptonshire at Birmingham, where Bear chose to bat first.

After the powerplay of the first innings, rain interrupted the game. Finally, that T20 game was shortened to a 16-over match for each side. Opener Stirling completed his fifty in 29 balls and then played more aggressively.

Paul Stirling hit 6,6,6,6,6,4 to James Sales

In the 13th over of that innings, Stirling bashed the 19-year-old Northamptonshire’s right-arm medium bowler James Sales for 34 runs. Stirling hit five successive sixes to him as the Irish cricketer was so close to becoming a new batter to smash six sixes in an over. But ultimately, Stirling finished that over with a four.  

6️⃣6️⃣6️⃣6️⃣6️⃣4️⃣ - 34 from an over!@stirlo90 is a cheat code #Blast22 pic.twitter.com/Sy7ByS4wwm

Batter with most runs in an over in English T20 Blast history

Paul Stirling scored 119 runs off 51 balls

Stirling completed his third T20 century in 46 balls with a four. In the 16th over of that innings, he lost his wicket after scoring 119 runs in 51 balls with the help of 9 fours and 10 sixes. Bears ultimately scored 207/3 in 16 overs.

While Northamptonshire had the revised target of 207 in 16 overs, they were bundled out for just 81 runs in 14.2 overs. Bears won that game by 125 runs in the DLS method. 

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