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Lancashire batsman Jordan Clark has become the first Englishman - and only the fifth player in professional cricket - to hit six sixes in an over.

The 22-year-old's achievement came in a second XI game against Yorkshire at Scarborough, off left-arm spinner Gurham Randhawa.

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Ravi Shastri, and have repeated the feat.

Clark joined Lancashire's academy in 2008 and, after making his one-day debut for the first team in 2010, he was part of the Second XI Trophy-winning side last season.

The Whitehaven-born youngster is yet to make his County Championship debut for the Red Rose county, but has featured in five one-day and nine Twenty20 matches.

He told 91Èȱ¬ Sport: "I was batting against spin, the wicket wasn't a massive turner. I thought I needed to step it up a little bit.

"I hit the first few pretty well, had a chat to my team-mate and I just carried on really."

He added: "I put them all the same way, over leg. I thought he was going to try to mix it up, especially the last two balls but they just landed in the same spot.

"I just remember feeling a bit of pressure on the last ball and thinking: 'I have got to have a crack'.

"I just remember a lot of the lads were cheering and there was a lot of noise in the dressing room."

Clark, who finished the day 70 not out to help Lancashire to a lead of 64 with five first-innings wickets remaining, hopes his feat can help him to cement a first XI place.

He said: "Hopefully, six sixes is a massive bonus, trying to produce a big score was my main aim, hopefully it will turn a few heads."

Sobers and Shastri's accomplishments came in domestic first-class cricket, the latter for Bombay.

South Africa opener Gibbs's feat at the 2007 World Cup was the first time it had been achieved in international cricket, while India all-rounder Yuvraj joined the select group at the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 later that year - with