Colombo:All-rounder Thisara Perera became the first Sri Lankan to hit six sixes in an over in any form of professional cricket.
Perera achieved the feat during his unbeaten 13-ball 52 while captaining Sri Lanka Army in a group match against Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club in the Major Clubs Limited Over List A tournament at the Army Ground in Panagoda town on Sunday.
During his knock, which had eight sixes in it, he also smashed the second-fastest half-century in Sri Lankan List A cricket.
The record for fastest fifty is held by former Sri Lanka allrounder Kaushalya Weeraratne, who smashed a 12-ball half-century for Ragana Cricket Club against Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club in November 2005. That knock, an 18-ball 66, consisted of two fours and eight sixes, including five off a single over.
The 31-year-old walked in to bat at No 5 with 20 balls remaining in their innings that was truncated to 41-overs-a-side. Part-time offspinner Dilhan Cooray was the bowler at the receiving end of Perera's onslaught.