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Originally Posted by ammark
Mahir, can you find out for 1996 Wills World Cup too? jayasuriya, kaluwitharana, gurusinha, de silva and ranatunga were on a roll then with 6s and 4s. In fact they came with the strategy of going over the top in the first 15 overs if I remember correctly.
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Sure. I will try and compile the numbers for all the WCs whose scorecards have sixes recorded properly.
And Yes, it indeed was the Lankan opening duo who redefined aggression during early overs in the mid-90s - first step towards a changed game of cricket in the smaller version. Test matches have changed too, if I am not too carried away, with recent big-hitting top-order batsmen like Sehwag, Gayle scorings tons with a very high SR.