Did Kieron Pollards six rewrite the record books at Lords?
On Wednesday 9th June 2010, over 10,000 spectators attended Lord’s Cricket Ground to watch the Friends Provident t20 spectacle between the Middlesex Panthers and Somerset. On show were an array of world class cricketing stars, including Adam Gilchrist, Eoin Morgan and Owais Shah within the Middlesex ranks going up against Marcus Trescothic, Craig Keiswetter, Murali Kartik and overseas debutant Kieron Pollard in the Somerset line up – it promised to be a brilliant match! Little did the crowd know that the game they were about to watch could potentially see them witnessing a bit of history in the making, when Pollard smashed Shaun Udal towards the upper tiers of the Lord’s Pavilion. Since then, the debate has been ongoing, as to whether or not Kieron Pollard’s straight six had beaten one of the longest standing and most intriguing personal batting records in the game, set by Australian Albert Trott on 31st July 1899, when he became the first and last man to hit a six clean over the famou
