Shane
Shillingford's hit five sixes in his rapid 53 not out in Kingston against New
Zealand is indeed a record for any No. 11 in a Test, however the previous mark
of four was shared by
- Bill Voce (England v South Africa in Johannesburg in 1930-31,
- Alan Connolly (Australia v India in Calcutta in 1969-70,
- Sylvester Clarke (West Indies v Pakistan in Faisalabad in 1980-81,
- Mushtaq Ahmed (Pakistan v South Africa in Rawalpindi in 1997-98
- Al-Amin Hossain (Bangladesh v Sri Lanka in Mirpur in 2013-14.
Moreover;
Shillingford was only the 16th No. 11 ever to score a half-century in a Test
cricket, and he got the fifty in just 25 balls a rate beaten only by Jacques
Kallis, who reached his fifty in 24 balls for South Africa against Zimbabwe in
Cape Town in 2004-05. Shillingford was also only the tenth No. 11 to top-score
in a Test innings, a list headed by Ashton Agar with his 98 on debut for
Australia against England at Trent Bridge in 2013.
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| Shane Shillingford the first No. 11 to hit five sixes in a Test innings © WICB Media-Randy Brooks Photo |
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