Australia's Latest Teen Sensation Smashes Six Sixes In An Over
Adelaide, Dec 03: Australia's teenage sensation Oliver Davies scripted history on Monday after he smashed six sixes in an over at the U-19 National Championships in Adelaide. Following the U-19 National Championships, South Australian city Adelaide will host the opening match of the four-Test series between India and Australia, starting on Thursday. Ahead of the big challenge at home, Sydney-based teenager Oliver Davies's remarkable knock at Glandore Oval would add to the confidence of the fifth-ranked Australian Test team.
Leading New South Wales Metro cricket team, Davies hit as many as 17 sixes to score a noteworthy knock of 207 runs off 115 balls against Northern Territory.
The 18-year-old batsman, who occasionally bowls off-spin, completed his century off 74 balls, following which he took just 39 balls to reach his double hundred.
Davies displayed the best of the fireworks in the 40th over when he lifted each ball of an over by off-spinner Jack James across the boundary rope. Thanks to those 36 runs, Davies became the first batsman in the history of U-19 Championships to achieve this rare feat.
"After the first two sixes I had it in the back of my head I wanted to give it a crack and it paid off at the end," Davies said after creating history, as quoted by cricket.com.au.
"I was trying to target (the area) from forward square to cow corner and I was just getting down on the back leg, almost before it was even bowled, and trying to slog sweep them over mid-wicket," the NSW Metro captain added.
Davies later claimed a wicket with his off-spin as NSW Metro won the match by 168 runs. After Adelaide blitzkrieg, Davies revealed that he idolises Test batsman Shaun Marsh, who will be seen in action against India in the series Down Under.
Courtesy: ndtv.com
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
2 detained after comment over wedding procession to Dalit house sparks clash in UP's Shahjahanpur
Shahjahanpur (UP) (PTI): Two persons have been detained after a clash broke out allegedly over remarks targeting a Dalit family's wedding procession in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur district, police said on Saturday.
The incident occurred in Lai Kheda village under Tilhar police station area, where a wedding procession from Bareilly had arrived at a Dalit household on April 20.
According to SP Saurabh Dixit, when the procession was near the house of Rajpal Yadav, he allegedly made a remark saying "Now, Dalits will also take out wedding processions riding a buggy", leading to an argument. Yadav's side allegedly turned aggressive, escalating the conflict further.
Police said a scuffle ensued between the two sides. Upon receiving information, police personnel reached the spot and ensured that the procession was conducted peacefully after the incident.
An FIR was registered on Friday against Rajpal Yadav, Sumit, Amit, Surendra, Avdhesh Yadav and five unidentified persons based on a complaint. Rajpal Yadav and his son Sumit have been taken into custody and are being questioned, Dixit said.
The case has been registered under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023 and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, police said.
Dixit said preliminary findings suggest that Yadav, too, was hosting a function and processions from both sides had arrived around the same time. A dispute may have initially arisen due to a narrow passage and attempts to move the processions quickly.
Police have registered the case under relevant sections of the BNS and initiated further probe, officials said.
