<P> In 2012, during the First Test against Bangladesh in Dhaka, West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle became the first player to hit a six off the first ball in a Test cricket match . </P> <P> On 31 August 1968, Garfield Sobers became the first man to hit six sixes off a single six - ball over in first - class cricket . The over was bowled by Malcolm Nash in Nottinghamshire's first innings against Glamorgan at St Helen's in Swansea . Nash was a seam bowler but decided to try his arm at spin bowling . This achievement was caught on film . </P> <P> On 16 March 2007, in a match between South Africa and the Netherlands at the 2007 Cricket World Cup, Herschelle Gibbs became the first person to hit six sixes off an over in a One Day International match . The over was bowled by Dutch leg - spinner Daan van Bunge . </P> <P> On 24 April 2013, in a second XI game for Lancashire against Yorkshire at Scarborough, Jordan Clark hit six sixes off left - arm spinner Gurham Randhawa . </P>

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