Blair Tickner smashed four sixes in his 34-run knock against India in Auckland, joins Mohammad Amir and Naseem Shah in elite ODI listRead on to know the full story.
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Blair Tickner equals world record: New Zealand fast bowler Blair Tickner turned out to be the surprise hero with the bat in the 1st ODI against India at Eden Park, AucklandThe No.11 batter, who had never hit a six in international cricket before, smashed 4 huge sixes and equalled a big world record.
Tickner scored a brilliant 34 runs off just 23 balls with 1 four and 4 sixesWith this knock, he equalled the record for most sixes by a No.11 batter in an ODI inningsBefore him, only two batters had done this in ODI history.
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Tickner Joins Mohammad Amir and Naseem Shah in elite list
Blair Tickner has now joined Pakistan fast bowlers Mohammad Amir and Naseem Shah in a very special list.
Mohammad Amir had hit 4 sixes in his 58-run knock off 28 balls against England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham in 2016Naseem Shah had smashed 4 sixes in his 51-run knock off 44 balls against New Zealand at Hamilton in 2025Naseem had come in as a concussion substitute for Haris Rauf in that match.
Now Tickner has become the third No.11 batter in ODI history to hit 4 sixes in one inningsInterestingly, all three knocks came in losing causes.
How Tickner smashed Arshdeep Singh and Gurnoor Brar
Tickner walked out to bat when New Zealand were in big trouble at 146/9 in 35.1 oversGlenn Phillips had just been dismissed for 30 by Arshdeep Singh.
Tickner started slowlyHe played three dot balls, then opened his account with a fourHis first six came against Gurnoor BrarHe smashed Brar over the very short long-on boundary for a maximum.
But the real fireworks came against Arshdeep SinghIn Arshdeep’s last over, Tickner went on a rampageHe first hit a slot ball over long-on for a sixThen he smashed another six over long-offArshdeep then bowled a wide and a yorker, but Tickner was not going to stopOn the fourth ball, he hit another six over long-onArshdeep ended up giving away 23 runs in that over, even after taking 4 wickets in the match.
Tickner and Jacob Duffy added a superb 39-run partnership for the last wicketThis was the highest partnership of the New Zealand inningsWithout Tickner, New Zealand would have been bowled out for less than 150.
Tickner misses New Zealand record by just 1 run
Tickner needed just 1 more run to break the record for most runs by a No.11 Kiwi batter in ODIsBefore him, three New Zealand No.11 batters had scored 34 runs.
In 1994, Chris Pringle had scored an unbeaten 34 off 22 balls against West Indies in GuwahatiIn 2007, Jeetan Patel had scored 34 off 38 balls against Sri Lanka in the ODI World Cup semi-finalNow Tickner has also scored 34 and joined them.
His 34 is also the second-highest score by a No.11 batter against India in ODIsThe record belongs to West Indies legend Joel Garner, who had scored 37 runs at Old Trafford, Manchester in the 1983 World Cup.
This was Tickner’s highest score in international cricketHe has batted 19 times in international cricket before this, and his previous best was just 18 not out.
Before this match, Tickner had hit only 9 sixes in his whole career – first-class, List A and T20s combinedHe had hit only 3 sixes in white-ball domestic cricket before November 4He made his professional debut in March 2015.
In the end, Tickner was dismissed by Gurnoor Brar after some fun banter between the twoBut by then, he had already created history and given New Zealand a fighting total of 185.
