Christchurch: Canterbury batsman Leo Carter achieved a rare feat on Sunday as he became the only fourth batsman to hit six sixes in an over in a T20 match.
In the 16th over of a T20 Super Smash tournament at Hagley Oval here, Carter hammered left-arm spinner Anton Devcich, who was bowling for Northern Districts. It was Carter's heroics which helped Canterbury overhaul a challenging 220-run target with seven balls to spare.
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New Zealand's Leo Carter hit six sixes in a T20 Super Smash game earlier today!pic.twitter.com/iwfSwKMIKR
Carter remained unbeaten on 70 off just 29 balls and his knock was laced with three boundaries and seven hits into the stands.
The other batters who have achieved the feat in T20s are India's Yuvraj Singh (2007), Worcestershire's Ross Whitely (2017) and Afghanistan's Hazratullah Zazai (2018).
Significantly, Garry Sobers and Ravi Shastri had also achieved the feat, however, that came in the first-class cricket.
