KKR-Buy Tom Banton Smashes Five Sixes in an Over in Big Bash League Game Against Sydney Thunder (Watch Video)
The innings would certainly delight Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) management and fans alike after the 21-year-old was snapped up by the two-time Indian Premier League (IPL) champions for his base price of Rs 1 crore in the recently held league auctions in Kolkata. Banton has played three T20Is for England, scoring 56 runs.
Brisbane, January 6: England's dashing opener Tom Banton underlined why he is rated so highly in T20 cricket by smashing a 19-ball 56 for Brisbane Heat, the second fastest half-century in Big Bash League (BBL) history, in a rain-shortened match against Sydney Thunder here on Monday. Banton also hit a series of five sixes in one over after playing a dot in the first ball.
Banton's hurricane knock was studded with two fours and seven sixes as he helped his team reach 119/4 in eight overs. Cricket Week Recap: From Leo Carter’s Six Sixes to Marnus Labuschagne’s Double Hundred to James Anderson’s Record Fifer, a Look at Finest Individual Performances.
Watch: Tom Banton Smashes Five Sixes in a Row.
The innings would certainly delight Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) management and fans alike after the 21-year-old was snapped up by the two-time Indian Premier League (IPL) champions for his base price of Rs 1 crore in the recently held league auctions in Kolkata. Banton has played three T20Is for England, scoring 56 runs.
Earlier on Sunday, Canterbury batsman Leo Carter had achieved a rare feat as he had smashed six sixes in an over to becoming only the fourth batsman to do so in T20s.
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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