American reacts to the top 5 Furthest Cricket 6's IN HISTORY

[@SteveVidler-c4j]

There was a story about West Indes legendary batsman Viv Richards who came out to bat and was receiving the delivery from a rookie. He missed the entire ball on the first ball and the rookie sarcastically said "If you don't know what the ball looks like, it's red with white stitches. On the next delivery Vivi Richards put all his might into it and knocked it clear out of the grounds. He then said back to the rookie "You know what it looks like, now go and find it".

[@maryrhiannon5227]

The way I heard it, it was not a rookie, it was Merv Hughes.

[@leohickey4953]

"Six and out" is a common rule in children's cricket because of the inconvenience of having to go and find the ball. Especially if you're playing near houses with grumpy neighbours (with Beware of the Dog type security) who don't appreciate your play as much as you do.

[@horoldo77]

Yep, backyard rules. six and out, and you have to go get the ball too.

[@chrisharris1522]

with me and my brothers 6 and out was to lower the amount of broken windows, fetching the ball wasn't an issue because you were batting it was one of the brothers that had to go fetch the ball, however a broken window would bring about collective punishment

[@horoldo77]

@@chrisharris1522 For us getting the ball was hard depending on the fence you hit it over. We played in the front yard and across the road was a small farm with an electric fence, and another neighbour had two rottweilers. You learned to pick your shots the hard way.

[@Blanchy10]

A Kookaburra is the brand of the Ball. To wear a Kookaburra is to be hit by the ball.

[@56music64]

First time I have heard that

[@bsg20239]

Yeah that's not correct kookaburra make bats and all equipment

[@Rassskle]

​@@bsg20239 It is correct. Kookaburra might make all the gear, but the question asked was why did the commenter say that Carl Rackeman and his daughter were nearly kookaburrerd ? Answer.......because THE BALL was made by Kookaburra and is called a kookaburra.

[@neuralwarp]

There's a famous English (sic) court case, where some new people moved to a village and sued to stop cricket balls coming through their windows. The great Law Lord Tom Denning ruled that these "Johhny Come Latelys" couldn't stop a centuries old tradition.

[@nickjeffery536]

Part of the reason that there is no "standard" is that for every cricket ground, there are a number of "pitches" in the centre - whereby in this context, the "pitch" is the small area that the wickets and batsmen stand and run in. Because the pitch and crease can be damaged by use - especially in long-form first-class or test matches over multiple days, they need to have alternative pitches to play on so that the groundsmen can work to restore the "used" pitches. This means that sometimes your pitch might be right in the centre of the ground, but on other occasions you could be more to one side of the ground than the other.

[@mej6519]

The wicket changes due the detriation of the pitch after the match is completed, so the boundary changes too. A wicket could dead center of the stadium, and the next match could off center. That's why most cricket grounds are oval in shape to accommodate the change in wicket and boundaries.

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

Whilst visiting a former school roomie in Wales during my summer break from uni, we went to watch the 1st class county cricket match between Notts and Glamorgan, at Singleton Park in Abertawe. We were privilaged to see Sir Gary Sobers, the Barbadian and West Indies all-rounder score six 6s in one over (six balls), the first time this was ever done in first class cricket.

[@BadgerBotherer1]

It occurred at the St. Helen's Cricket and Football Ground, not at Singleton Park, which is a public park (near where I live!) about half a mile away.

[@carisi2k11]

Boundaries can vary in size depending on the ground it is played on. Eden Park for example is one of the smallest grounds and the MCG is one of the largest if not the largest ground.

[@arbabasukalsar4361]

Eden Park in Auckland is hilariously small. Great for hitting sixes down the ground

[@lisasparling1449]

Came here to say this! Very different story to the MCG

[@Jeni10]

Ryan, the cricket pitch is moved as the ground erodes away, so there’s no exact measurement from pitch to boundary. There will be one pitch in use while the others are growing back and being maintained. Google cricket pitches.

[@Ausecko1]

and every ground is a different size, and they're not round so every direction the boundary is a different distance away

[@utha2665]

In international cricket matches though, they will try and have a centre pitch prepared. Club games will usually get the edge pitches and I've even seen two games going on at the same time with overlapping boundaries.

[@nicksykes4575]

Kookaburrasport make a wide range of sports equipment, including cricket balls, so he was saying they were almost hit by a Kookaburra brand ball.

[@dallasr8555]

Every cricket ground is a slightly different size and shape. Same as baseball. BTW have you considered posting these cricket reactions on your Australian channel? Would be very popular there.

[@continental_drift]

What makes you we're not here already?

[@dallasr8555]

@@continental_drift well for starters this channel has 90k subscribers compared to 75k on the Aus channel. I highly doubt 83% of his subscribers on this 'UK and Europe' channel are Australians.

[@RolandjHearn]

The expression, "nearly wore," would be what you would say if something nearly hit you, you would say, "he wore it," if it did hit him. You can also use that expression to mean take responsibility for. The "Kookaburra," is a reference to the ball. Kookaburra is a sporting goods manufacturing brand, and Australian top level balls are all made by Kookaburra. So they often say, "the Kookaburra," when referring to the ball. So "nearly wore the Kookaburra" means they were almost hit by the ball. There may have been some copywrite issues with the actual hit. The footage shown was actually commentators recalling the event some years later.

[@andrewobrien6671]

Grounds have different shapes. So it is dependent upon where the ball goes out

[@trevorkrause7220]

Ryan, you have reacted to a youtube video explaining how the game of AFL (Australian Football League) is played. It mentioned that the Grand Finals are played at the MCG or Melbourne Cricket Ground. AFL is a Winter sport and Cricket is a Summer sport. Cricket batters have at times hit cricket balls on top of the stadium roofs or even beyond during the many games played there over the Summer seasons. The MCG is one of the most prestigious Cricket grounds in the World, of which there are many large Cricket Stadiums, far more than the number of NFL stadiums, and usually of higher quality and quantity of seating and facilities for spectators.

[@aussiepie4865]

Ryan a test match these days goes for a maximum 5 days for men 4 for women. Back in the early 1900’s they had “timeless tests” basically they played until there was a winner. So two innings each and the highest total wins. The rumour has it that a test in South Africa was going on forever and the visiting team had to leave the country because the boat they were getting to go home was going to set sail. It was then decided to make the tests 5 days. Also the fact that one team had scored 900 runs in one innings in a match had a bit to do with the change of rules. But yes “timeless tests” were a thing a century ago.

[@chriswatson7965]

England was only 40 runs short of winning when they abandoned the match. There would have been a result the next morning. The highest team innings score was 5/645 by England not 900. The only 900+ innings scores were Eng 1938 at the Oval against Aus winning in 4 days, and Sri Lanka 1997 at Colombo against Ind resulting in a 5 day draw.

[@Dasyurid]

No, the grounds are all different and can vary a surprising amount. Mostly they’re more oval than round, though not necessarily a symmetrical oval, but then you’ve got grounds like Lord’s in London which is kind of square with rounded corners. And Lord’s is seen as the home of cricket. As for “wore the Kookaburra,” Kookaburra is the main brand of cricket ball in Australia, so the commentator was saying the ball might’ve landed on someone’s head as they walked in.

[@jacoduplooy6219]

Ryan it is so nice to see another fan of cricket. Consider looking up Herchell Gibs hitting six sixes in an over, the 360 degree nan. AB de Villiers, Spinbowling from Shane Warne, and the most popular cricketer of his time, Virat Kholi.

[@JenniferRussell-qw2co]

The Aussies sure love their cricket. That last one left me frustrated too, I wanted to see the swing at the ball, it must have been awesome, 🙇‍♀️ although timing is a huge part of the technique. Ah well, we can just imagine how good it was I guess!! 🙋‍♀️🇬🇧 😂

[@anglosaxon5874]

Every field is different. Also depends where the 'pitch' is as you use different ones as the season progresses [they get worn]. So some boundaries are 'short' and others 'long'. There is no set distance for the field size.

[@JohanMeischke]

The comentator re car is a former nz test cricket called ian smith who many regard as one of the best wicket keepers in the game and a handy lower order batsman😂

[@proskipper1]

Cricket grounds vary in size and shaped - also the wickets/crease (where the batters stand) also varies game to game to avoid wear and tear on the grass.

[@Tully_23_32]

The Southern Hemisphere play with Kookaburra balls, including the West Indies. The rest of the world play with The Duke ball. Kookaburra obvs is an Australian brand & made because of the name & The Duke ball is made in England

[@peterhoz]

Cricket fields are different sizes, just like baseball. Similarly, as batting is from both ends (alternating after each over), the distances can vary. Add to that, there's usually multiple pitches side by side in different states of readiness - remember the pitch is grass too, but mowed very short, rolled flat, and subject to higher traffic causing wear and tear. So subsequent matches will use different pitches, but the boundaries generally are static. So for example hitting to the south end may be up to a 22 yard difference depending on the orientation of the pitch (usually never changes per field), and which end you're at (alternates each over). Then another 20 odd tmyaeds from the far left pitch to the far right one. Tests will aim for one of the central pitches. So add all that up and no there is no set distance for a six.

[@michaelfink64]

Cricket grounds vary in size and shape (some almost circular, some quite elliptical), believe it or not. The record for the longest test match is 9 days. They are limited to 5 days now. Kookaburra is the brand of the cricket balls used in Australia (the #1 was by Brett Lee at the Gabba - Woolloongabba in Brisbane). Yes, 6 and out is a common rule in backyard cricket because if you hit it over the fence into the neighbour's yard, there's a fair chance that you won't get the ball back. Another one is if it bounces off a wall, you have to catch it with one hand for it to be out.

[@Jeni10]

Cricket balls are harder than baseballs.

[@blackletter2591]

They are like hockey balls. Real hockey balls.

[@GreyDingo]

Before Test Matches were limited to 5 days, a game could have continued indefinitely until both sides had played two innings (an innings ending when all batsmen are "out"). There's an old Australian movie from the 30's(?) with a pair of batters scoring a couple of hundred runs when one hits the ball into a well, with the fielding team spending hours trying to retrieve it. They run for so long until one becomes exhausted, so his fellow batter puts him into a wheelbarrow and carts him up and down the pitch to keep scoring runs. It was a fun bit of farce, but parodied the idea that a game could have gone on forever. 😂

[@aplund]

The unlimited time games were called untimed tests. Mostly rain extended the games and practicality finally finished them (e.g. teams would miss the boat home).

[@johnirwing2571]

The playing surface of a cricket wicket is not normally in the centre but is central. A new wicket is cut for each game in order that imperfections from previous games do not interfere with the current one ( players spicked shoes, ball bounces etc). You can often see previous wicket as the ground is lighter or has less grass than its surroundings. Also cricket grounds are neither the same size or necessarily the same shape. The premise is both teams are playing in the same ground and have to deal with the same conditions.

[@JenniferRussell-qw2co]

Cricket grounds vary in size, with the biggest being used for the test cricket, and other top games. A village pitch would be much smaller than, say, Lord's in London

[@Villainous_Bounty]

Another great video from yourself. Maybe react to some more modern day 6's. Obv the video quality will be much better and you may get a better appreciation for how the ball flies

[@B-A-L]

I'm just here to watch Ryan bang his head on the camera! Cricket boundaries vary according to the ground and the format. In the European Cricket T10 series the boundaries are so small that a Dutch player scored 157 runs in 10 overs. To put that into perspective that's an average total score in T20 played by the best nations in the world!

[@norsehall309]

G'day Ryan, after braking 5 of mums windows l was band from back yard Cricket 🏏🏏🏏

[@DeepThought9999]

Oops! Looks like you spent too much time and effort playing sports (well) but you gave insufficient time (or attention) to spelling lessons. Try using the following: • breaking (brakes are things used while “braking” to slow you down before you crash into other things and break them); • mum’s (an apostrophe is needed to indicate possession of the window, rather than having multiple “mums”); • banned (a “band” is a group of people formed to play music or alternatively it can be a thin strap used to link one object to another to hold them both in place relative to each other or it is used to impart motion from one object to another if the band between the linked objects is circular and therefore endless). You’re welcome. (you’re is a contraction of “you are”)

[@rocketrabble6737]

​@@DeepThought9999I would have added that it is normal practice to write 'backyard' as the noun, rather than "back yard."

[@rocketrabble6737]

​@@DeepThought9999You can find other big sixes in larger stadiums.

[@ianmontgomery7534]

The boundaries can be varied by the use of ropes but the grounds are usually oval so the length is much further than the width. Trent bridge in England is 111metres in width but the Melbourne cricket ground is 133 metres in width -remember these will mean the shortest 'sixes' at these grounds will be around 55 and 66 metres (it also depends which pitch they are using)

[@chriswatson7965]

The longest Test match was 3 - 14 Mar 1939 between England and South Africa played at Durban, South Africa. There were 10 playing days plus two Sundays which were rest days with no play. The match was abandoned as a draw because the boat that the English team was booked on was due to go. Had play continued the most likely outcome was one more day's play with England winning.

[@enemde3025]

The boundary is determined by the size and shape of the ground . Some grounds are bigger than others. It's called a " bowl or ball" NOT a " pitch !!

[@judithstrachan9399]

The pitch being the mown & rolled bit that the ball is bowled along. In many country grounds, the pitch is cement. Much easier to maintain.

[@MartinJames389]

There were a few "timeless tests" up to the 1930s. The last was in 1939 and it wasn't really timeless as England's ship home from South Africa was leaving and the game was a draw after 9 days play over 12 days. The object was to avoid games being ruined by the weather and sides just batting out time for a draw. The last problem rarely occurs nowadays. Most tests nowadays do finish within the allotted 5 days, even of some time is lost to bad light or rain. Even the currently strongest test countries (India, Australia and England) usually get results in games between them. Cricket grounds are all sorts of shapes and sizes and the pitch you're playing on may not be in the middle of the square, so it's common to have a shorter boundary on one side than on the other. A uniform 75m boundary is optimal, but rare. It's the same for both teams. What may not be the same for both teams is how fast or slow the outfield is. A wee shower may not hold up play for long (or even at all in club cricket) but the damp outfield afterwards is going to be slower. Not so many fielders required back to defend the boundary, more in the slips or other close positions to make sarky remarks at the batters and - who knows - maybe even take a catch. Tests (internationals) are up to 5 days. First-class domestic cricket is 4 days. The rest is junk in pyjamas, in my view. The Kookaburra is an Aussie make of ball (apart from being an Aussie bird) They have artificial machine-made centres. They don't swing as much as the the more traditional English Dukes balls. 6 = out is for when it goes in Mrs Snodgrass's garden or when you break a school window. At least it used to be.

[@I_Evo]

Cricket grounds vary in size just like a ballpark/baseball park does in the US. Therefore just like the distance to score a home run varies so does that to score a six.

[@perryschafer5996]

Up until the 80s or 90s, 5 day test matches had a rest day on the 4th day (usually a Sunday).

[@richardhamblin7886]

Yep the timeless tests from the 1930s theoretically could go on forever. IIRC the last one was in South Africa in 1938 and it still ended in a draw after 9? days (because the English team had to catch the next boat home)

[@mikeythehat6693]

Test Matches (where the players wear white clothing) go for 5 days, but they also come in a series of 3 or 5 games, so potentially a test match series could go for a month ( or more with days off in between games) before a winner is decided. Cricket "Ovals" come in different shapes and sizes, the size that you "googled" would have been the average (pretty much) there is no set size (or even shape).

[@neilcampbell3981]

Different grounds are varying sizes. In Adelaide the boundary square if the wicket is short compared to the MCG which is more oval shaped

[@blackletter2591]

Cricket is played in multi-purpose stadia, typically cricket/Australian rules football AFL. Therefore there is some variatio in size.

[@clivejackson3128]

Longest Test Match,,(Wikipedia) The last timeless Test was the Fifth Test between England and South Africa at Durban in 1939,[13] which was abandoned as a draw after nine days of play spread over twelve days, otherwise the England team would have missed the boat for home.[14] This match had started on 3 March. South Africa had set a target of 696 for England to win. By the time England had to leave to catch their boat home, on 14 March, England had reached 654 for 5 (the highest ever first-class fourth innings score).[15] This is the longest Test cricket match on record.

[@Otacatapetl]

One landed in the committee room at Lord's yesterday. Luckily the window was open...

[@emanderson5453]

Fun fact the reason why the boundary is a rope is bc in the 80’s the Aussie’s and S. Africans developed their fielding to grab the ball on the slide then push off the fence to field it back into the infield unfortunately this ended up in a few too many broken legs and that is when they introduced the rope

[@gregoryjohn4]

There is no standard size and dimensions for a cricket field. It could be oval or circular or even irregular in shape. With the introduction of ropes inside the fence, boundaries are significantly shorter than they once were, so more sixes tend to be hit now than was traditionally the case. A six on the MCG is a very big hit. Some other grounds, not necessarily so. A six might be anything from 50 or 60 metres, up to 90 metres or more, depending on the ground and the direction in which the ball is hit.

[@RoxanneHudson-dd3bs]

With the distance from the pitch to the boundary, there's no standard - both teams play on the same pitch so it's an equal playing field no matter the distances.

[@MartyWiggins-x2k]

The longest Test match played was between Australia and England that went for 10 days and only finished because the Australian team had to catch their ship home

[@MartyWiggins-x2k]

The best line in cricket history was said by W.G Grace one of England’s Famous crickets greatest cricketers he was bowled and Grace picked up the bails and said they’ve come to see me bat not you bowl and he continued batting

[@artistjoh]

the Melbourne Cricket ground oval is around 4 and a half acres in size, and is the 11th largest cricket ground in the world. That should give you an idea of how far the ball has to go to be hit out of the ground. The damage to cars shows how dangerous it would be to wear a kookaburra on the head. Distance is a result of speed of delivery, mass and speed of the bat, and the hardness and weight of the ball. A ball bowled at 90 to 100mph can gain a lot of speed off the bat when hit from the center bottom third of the bat.

[@donnajones2199]

The last used footage was from Cricket Australia, they are notorious for not allowing folks to use cricket footage. Some of the best cricket in the world is played on our grounds but you wouldn't know it from KZbin. Therefore, most KZbinrs get to see cricket from India and England, mostly. Grounds around the world vary in size. and the length of the boundaries depend which pitch is being used in the middle (up to 3 pitches are on the major cricket grounds around the world)

[@DM_Andy]

Not sure why it's hard to believe there's no set distance? You understand Baseball and already know that there's some stadiums where it's shorter or longer to score a home run. Wait until you hear about the St Lawrence Lime Tree at Canterbury, a 90ft high tree that was inside the boundary and you had to clear the tree to score a six because the ground rules said if the ball touched any of the branches it was automatically a four.

[@patheddles4004]

#3 (and #1 I think?) came from Brett Lee, who's much better known as a bowler. He's the guy who used to bowl consistently around 100 mph (160+ km/h), ball after ball after ball. And I say "the guy" because no one else has done that in the 30+ years since we got good speed tracking. Shaoib Akhtar has possibly bowled an individual delivery slightly faster than Brett Lee's fastest, and don't get me wrong Akhtar was also frighteningly quick, but he couldn't sustain that pace like Lee could. Shaun Tait could bowl individual deliveries as fast as Lee sometimes, but again couldn't sustain it. And that's literally the end of the list - those are the only three bowlers to break 100 mph at all in the modern era, full stop. Mitchell Starc came close (99.7 mph), and no one else is even in the conversation. There are definitely plenty of Brett Lee videos if you want to react to one - there's one showing a very quick over (just 6 deliveries in a row at ~100mph), and there's compilations of bouncers and wickets and whatever you like. Fair warning though, if you go for a compilation with a name like "Brett Lee injuring batsmen" then you're gonna get exactly that - genuinely lovely guy, but jeez he was dangerous to face.

[@jdmanson54]

The number one six was by Brett Lee playing for Australia in a Test match against the West Indies at the Gabba in Brisbane in 2005. Here is a video which shows him hitting the six - kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4mykpqha7GJh9U. The bowler was Daren Powell - a fast medium pace bowler.

[@WaDarkPhoenix]

Regarding the incredulity about boundary length, look at baseball. No stadium is uniform, they all differ.

[@forestgump1880]

Please react to Croatia, country with over 1000 islands, you will love it!

[@Userofinternet7]

The fact that Afridi was bowled out and then got the revenge on Free hit 😂

[@ianharkin2691]

Very weird. They showed the end results of the hits but not the hits themselves! Brett Lee was the batsman in two of those, including the last one. He was known more as a bowler, but when batting, he could hit the ball a very long way.

[@sharonmartin4036]

The longest test cricket match ever lasted 9 days with 680 overs bowled (4080 balls). The teams of South Africa and England endured, and the match earned the name The Timeless Test (1939). A match between India and South Africa in Cape Town in 2023 ended in all but 107 overs (642 balls), making it the shortest ever in history. Currently a test match lasts up to 5 days. There is no set field size in cricket, except for minimums and maximums (obviously). That is why they can only give you an average radius. The kookaburra is the brand of the ball itself.

[@rocketrabble6737]

Cricket grounds are not of uniform size or shape. As it happens, the same applies to baseball grounds. When the land was originally acquired it would be a matter of what ground was available, and subsequently as seating stands were constructed that would have often impingedvon the available area and the shape. Even on individual grounds the boundaries can vary in length according to where the actual 'pitch' is positioned on the cricket 'square' (or table). If the pitch being used is in the centre of the square the boundaries will be roughly the same on each side, but if the pitch is over to one side of the square, then there would be a short boundary one side and a long one on the other side; it is all part of the game. Another variant is that it has become common practise to shorten the boundaries in 'limited overs' games to encourage six-hitting. In the Laws of Cricket, it does not specify the size of grounds, but recommends it should be played on as large an area as is available. Some small town or village grounds can be very small with local rules regarding runs scored from boundaries.

[@perryschafer5996]

In backyard cricket, over the fence was 6 and out.

[@starquip]

have a look at the Size of the MCG , i think it is the biggest

[@MattThomson]

I think from memory it was about 10 days and they had to leave before it finished to catch their boat back to england.

[@juleneyoung5053]

Cricket ground next door to bowling green, , eventually the bowling green hoisted the white flag in “Surrender “😂

[@argierog]

In cricket, as an audience, you can not keep the ball, you need to return it back to the field!

[@MeFreeBee]

I don't see why varying size for a cricket ground should be so surprising as the outfield at Baseball stadiums can also be different shapes and sizes.

[@MrG4george]

Five days max nowadays. Used to be no limit back in the very early days of the game.

[@johnblyth9787]

The longest game ever 10 days in 1939 between South Africa and England. It ended in a draw. One game 9 days, one 8 days, three 7 days

[@danielferguson3784]

There is no fixed distance for the boundary in cricket, because each cricket ground is unique in shape & size. So the boundaries are set by the management of each particular ground. It may be nearer in some parts of the circuit around the batsman than in others, because it does not have to be a perfect circle, but the shape is according to the preference of the management. Cricket used to be played in the grounds of Scarborough Castle, but had to move when people began batting the ball out of the grounds & down the 200 foot cliff into the sea below. Cookaburrah is an Australian cricket ball maker name. There is no standard boundary in Cricket because all grounds are of different shapes according to when & where they were developed, & many are not circular. The boundaries are movable as they are defined by ropes etc, & both sides in a match have to have a go in both positions, fielding & batting, it is the same for each side. The longest Test games do not go beyond the 5 day maximum, but a result is usual before this. The team that has scored most at the end of the 5 days if it comes to that, will be declared will be the winner, even if all their batters have not taken their turn. Test series usually consist of 5 games, so it's the best out of 5 that win the series. It is not too unusual for matches to end in a draw, but a 5 match series has to produce a winning side. T 20 & T 50 games are restricted by the time it takes to bowl the set number of balls. T 20 means each side gets to bowl 20 overs, that is 20 x 6 bowls. T 50 has 50 x 6 bowls per side. These games are played faster than Test cricket, because each side is trying to make as many runs as possible within the limited number of bowls, while the fielding team is trying to get them out to restrict their score. When they change the former fielding team is trying to beat the other teams score without their own batters getting out. The former batting team, now fielding, is trying to get the batters out before they can catch up with the first teams score. In most matches each side has 2 innings , but this may be restricted in limited overs games to just one each.

[@tallthinkev]

65 miles, the fact the ball landed in a coal wagon is neither here nor there

[@jvvoid]

Every ground in the world is a different size and shape to the others.. There's no standard - one of the infinite variables in cricket. The top-class balls in Aus are made by Kookaburra.

[@John-jw8rx]

Love the flags in the thumbnail 🙄

[@hl6876]

Cookaburra is a type of cricket ball

[@andrewdunckley]

you should watch AB de Villiers in the Pink Drive match... a festival of 6's...

[@alisonlinnell8943]

Cricket grounds vary in size and shape.

[@andrewhazlewood4569]

Don’t say fast pitch - that means the grass strip they are playing on is dry and cut short grass that has been heavy rolled. Fast ball is what you mean and it is a term you already know from fastball in baseball.

[@easyezzington]

You don't bat In the middle of a cricket field. If you hit the ball backwards the boundary is the length of the pitch shorter than if you hit it back towards the bowler. It's not the same distance from the batsman all the way around.

[@sage6336]

Boundaries vary

[@johnpaepke5847]

where was the monster hit by mark Waugh at the waca that hit the commentary box window

[@erichalfbee503]

A shame they didnt show one of Bothams during the 81 Ashes when the commentator said "he's hit that through the confectionery stand and out again". Glad I wasnt working there!. If you want to see a real piece of sporting history, watch Bothams Ashes. "The Ashes" is the most famous Test cricket competition (a series of now 5 test matches) played for by England v Australia. It must be the worlds smallest trophy. I tiny urn signifying the ashes of burnt stumps after English cricket "died" when Australia beat them. Botham was an all rounder and captained England for the 1st Test match of the services at Lords. He played badly himself and England lost. When he came off the Lords Members didnt acknowledge him. A real low. He was stripped of the captaincy but remained in the team. Without having to worry about the captaincy he let loose with the ball and the bat taking 8 wickets in one innings and scoring 149 not out in another. A few others contributed massively but Botham went from villain to hero winning man of the series. Well worth a watch, loads of vids on KZbin.

[@tariqsyed6011]

The longest six hit by Shahid Afridi from Pakistan, 158 meters

[@benjaminparkinson5255]

His talk about test cricket 5 days

[@GeneralUserYoutube]

He looks like Jos Butler

[@stevepage5813]

143 Metres is probably about 158 Yards. (one Metre = 39 inches)

[@owenlynch9361]

I hope they sent the bill to Brett Lee for the windscreen

[@allanheslop4493]

Your baseball grounds have different sizes

[@jwnomad]

And that is why you watch to the end before you hit the subscribe button

[@stevenreed5514]

Why are you surprised of the varying sizes of cricket grounds. Baseball arenas are also inconsistent in size.

[@dangermus74]

Baseball do not have standard sized field either.

[@JohanMeischke]

No the max is 5 days known as a test match

[@VonDutch68]

Dude , the grounds sizes vary around world. And no they dont make it up. Some of these grounds are over 100 years old.

[@davidwilliams6525]

All cricket ovals are different in size.

[@tigersharkzh]

Wrong link to original in the description. It leads to a completely different video about catches, not hits.

[@mattbentley9270]

Do baseball WHACKS go that far too ?

[@deanwimbridge9318]

All grounds are different

[@Userofinternet7]

No Shahid Afridi 😢😊

[@dek123]

Every ground is different, in your thumbnail you have the UK flag, it should be an English flag.

[@MieuxRust]

weren't you a lawyer in law and order ?

[@ashgolf01]

Fast delivery... not pitch