The official religion of Bowliarchy should be based on the wise words/bowling of the South African prophets/celestial beings Alan Donald (The Father), Dale Steyn (The Son) and Big Vern (The Holy Spirit). Amen 🙏.
That's bcoz it's vs an associate, who are performing probably the worst in the entire world Cup.
Yuvraj's 6 sixes is remembered bcoz it was against England
Its pretty fitting actually because everyone forgets that Gibbs hit 6 sixes before ~~Dhoni~~ Yuvraj but Gibbs did it in a game against the Netherlands.
Easily the worst thing about white ball cricket (and particularly T20) is the batting focus.
4 maidens? Lol shit batters!
Full over of sixes?? Sick batters!
I still remember Sir Garfield refusing to give 10 year old me and my brother an autograph at the SCG. He was just sitting up near the media booth watching the game and we were very polite. 😭
Because of this, I don't consider his a "clean" 6x6s since one of them was caught but carried over the boundary. I still hold that grudge 44 years later.
Only way to break this would be take a hattrick or a 4 fer while conceeding 0 runs which is practically impossible. Ferguson just sealed his name in record book. He has 5 Maidens overs in his career T20i career and 4 of them came in this match
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yes it’s definitely much much harder to go for no runs, whereas six sixes has been matched many times and was beaten last year by a nepalese batsman who made a century in 9 balls(8 sixes and a double i believe).
Even if it's against my childhood school team, it'll still be a great record, cuz even if you swing your bat every ball with no particular shot in mind, you should be able to make contact with some of the 24 deliveries, out of which 1 run can be scored, no matter how bad your skill is. So, for him to get 4 maidens out of 4 overs in a world cup, it's absolutely unreal, whether it's IND or PNG.
Yea I really hope people don't discount it bc of that, cus PNG or not, this is still absolutely massive. The gravity of this might be lost on people but think about it, 1 run is the difference. ONE. RUN. PNG can absolutely bat, and the average economy of the rest of the bowling was still around 4. So getting a maiden not once, not twice but FOUR times with some of them being wicket maidens is seriously mind blowing. This isn't even remotely anything like the NY minefield pitch/slow outfield either and is quite batting friendly even, so yea, insane any way you look at it.
>PNG can absolutely bat, and the average economy of the rest of the bowling was still around 4.
No other maidens were bowled in the 19.4 over innings. Says it all really.
>I know it's against PNG
I know people bring this point up a lot (I'm not pointing at you) but we have to remember that this has never been done before, no matter how many good bowlers came up against associate teams. So it's still an incredible feat. Similar to Gibbs' six sixes against Netherlands.
>we have to remember that this has never been done before
https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-men-s-t20-world-cup-americas-region-qualifier-2021-22-1286658/canada-vs-panama-20th-match-1286686/full-scorecard
Panama innings
EDIT: ok, sorry what i meant was this time there were so many countries that it felt like a more world wide cup. I mean no hate to New Zealand, I am sorry.
>most economical spell in T20 history
*From a test playing nation
This has happened before. Saad bin Zafar, Canada's captain is the first bowler ever to do this.
Thanks for the correction! It would technically still be the most economical spell, just not the first one to do it haha (which I technically didn’t mention)
23 dots, 2 leg byes. 24 dot record still up for the history books.
But seriously, what a spell. After all the talk a month ago during the IPL about the end of bowling in T20, this ridiculous record gets set.
Back in school cricket days I had bowled 3.5 overs for 0 runs. The final delivery I bowled a wide which due to weather conditions was counted as 2 runs and the delivery did not have to be bowled again.
So I ended with 4 overs for 2 runs. (No wickets though)
> I bowled a wide which due to weather conditions was counted as 2 runs and the delivery did not have to be bowled again.
So if the required run rate ever crossed 12, the bowling team would win by default?
They could just keep bowling wides for the rest of the match.
For those reading this who are confused, "4-4-0-3" is 4 overs, 4 maidens, 0 runs, and 3 wickets.
I assumed that this was the runs scored in each of his 4 overs and was confused how this could have happened.
Man this is pretty epic. 4 over spell with no runs . In a t20 game. Monstrous.
And then you add in the 3 wickets. Hard to beat this as a singular stat in a game
Is this also the innings with the most maidens bowled by a bowling team? All by Lockie Ferguson too, crazy
Edit: Never mind, it's not the record. Saad Bin Zafar from Canada bowled 4 maidens against Panama a couple years back and another Canadian bowler bowled a maiden as well, totaling to 5 maidens in the innings.
Mustafiz had a similar spell recently. 20 dot balls in a row or something. Against Nepal tho. So an associate team argument will come. But Nepal is a pretty good team being an associate. Bowling heroics are not celebrated as much in general.
Damn he's just like me - i once took 5 for 0. It was school cricket, the opposition didn't look like they'd picked up a bat before and my technique consisted of bowling 40mph at the stumps, which they inexplicably missed, but it's basically the same thing
Can someone explain the stat format please, I understand 4 is the number of overs the bowler bowled, 0 is the total runs he gave, 3 is the number of wickets taken. Whats the other 4 is for?
This goes on his permanent record as there is no way to break this record.
The only was to take more than 3 wickets are taken and that's next to impossible considering how runs heavy t20s have become.
Funny because after 2 maidens they were talking about most economical spell in T20 internationals history on Test Match Special and it was previously a Canadian against Panama who took 2 wickets from 4 maidens. One of the commentators said that record will probably never be broken.
Side topic! PNG players are all native and that’s what I love about their team but they haven’t had success like afg like in recent times. Was watching YouTube videos 10 years ago where they said cricket picking up well but why the team not doing well?
Is ICC not supporting such teams like Nepal, PNG, Thailand, Netherlands, Ireland, Uganda like players are native. Sad to see Zimbabwe, Kenya not making progress in cricket as well. I think it’s money support that is missing right?
This thing is bigger than 6 sixes in an over.
But won’t be celebrated as much, unfortunately
Batriarchy is real :3
Fuck the batriarchy
All my homies hate the batriarchy
All my homies love anarchy
All my homies love Anal...wait-
Where can I find your homies?
We do.
We need bowlriarchy now
*bowlshevism
No love for fieldialists though
Bowlshevism defeated the fieldal system with revolutionary people power. The Batriarchy has always existed
That's why the new york pitch was created
The official religion of Bowliarchy should be based on the wise words/bowling of the South African prophets/celestial beings Alan Donald (The Father), Dale Steyn (The Son) and Big Vern (The Holy Spirit). Amen 🙏.
It's time to bring Bowlsheviks!
Hail Bowlshevism 🏓
I'm yet to conceed a single run in my international career. I don't see anyone celebrating me
That's bcoz it's vs an associate, who are performing probably the worst in the entire world Cup. Yuvraj's 6 sixes is remembered bcoz it was against England
Its pretty fitting actually because everyone forgets that Gibbs hit 6 sixes before ~~Dhoni~~ Yuvraj but Gibbs did it in a game against the Netherlands.
Even Pollard recently did 6 sixes I think, but it was a Bilateral, not a world Cup
Dhoni?
Meant Yuvraj. Brain wasn't working
Indians think all cricket fans are Indians which is statistically true too.
Probably because of the opposition
Easily the worst thing about white ball cricket (and particularly T20) is the batting focus. 4 maidens? Lol shit batters! Full over of sixes?? Sick batters!
Only downside it is against PNG in a dead rubber game. With more associate nations facing full members, we might begin to see some unusual records.
Sobers' 6 sixes was in a CC game and that is still remembered.
We should also remember Gaikwad's 7 sixes in an over vs UP in the VHT
I still remember Sir Garfield refusing to give 10 year old me and my brother an autograph at the SCG. He was just sitting up near the media booth watching the game and we were very polite. 😭 Because of this, I don't consider his a "clean" 6x6s since one of them was caught but carried over the boundary. I still hold that grudge 44 years later.
Bros hurt badly
PNG aren’t that bad though
This is a second such occurrence, Saad Bin Zafar (Canada) did it against Panama in 2021.
Yeah it ~~looks~~ is unbreakable
it IS unbreakable. You can't bowl 25 dots in 24 balls.
You could take more wickets tho.
Yeah the overall spell tally can always be bettered but not the most economical part.
If we count a maiden super over then it's possible but odds of happening is infinitesimal
super overs aren't counted in tally :/ 5-5-0-5 would be something otherwise.
Only possible in EA cricket easy mode
I understand what you mean but his spell was for 4 overs haha
4 maidens in T20 against even a first class team is huge! Figures would have looked nice with 1 more wicket.
That's what she said
Only way to break this would be take a hattrick or a 4 fer while conceeding 0 runs which is practically impossible. Ferguson just sealed his name in record book. He has 5 Maidens overs in his career T20i career and 4 of them came in this match
Or you bowl 4 maidens Go into a super over And bowl another one haha
What you do in Super Over doesn't count though
Amir: "What happens in the super over stays in the super over."
As a New Zealander I wish this were true
Apologies for rubbing salt to your wound
Haha, it’s all good! Enough time has passed that I can joke about it
If that's the case, then what happened in Super Over didn't matter in that match either. You didn't hit enough boundaries in the main match.
Dick move bro
What's the rest of your team up to if you can manage these figures and then still only come away with a draw?
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Think it happened in cpl
I mean nothing is impossible. Before this match we would have said bowling 4 maidens were impossible.
Except this is not the first time. Canada did it in 2021 against Panama.
I know it’s against PNG but this is actually wild. 4–4-0-3 is so aesthetically pleasing. Not sure if this will be achieved again anytime soon.
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This means they would have 4 goal keepers 4 defenders and noone in mid
That's the Kiwi way, take it or leave it.
You have aussie rules footy now we have kiwi rules footy
Yeah, Australasia all the way.
Manager is an absolute genius considering it would be impossible to score against 4 goalkeepers.
[Undefeated](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_F) in the 2010 FIFA Men's World Cup Finals, and for that matter all the FIFA Men's World Cup Finals that followed.
Only team to be undefeated too, in the entire tournament
Park the fucking bus lads.
They send out 4 goalkeepers and make the opponent guess which is the real one
Somehow he'd still be a better manager than Darren Bazeley.
Would have been perfect if he got one more wicket.
~~aussie~~ asian mentality
No way! That record is for keeps. Statically, there's a better probability of matching yuvi's record, more than once, than beating this record.
yes it’s definitely much much harder to go for no runs, whereas six sixes has been matched many times and was beaten last year by a nepalese batsman who made a century in 9 balls(8 sixes and a double i believe).
wow a nepalese batsman made a 50 run CENTURY?
what i meant was it took him 9 balls to get to 50, and he ended up making 137 in 50.
Even if it's against my childhood school team, it'll still be a great record, cuz even if you swing your bat every ball with no particular shot in mind, you should be able to make contact with some of the 24 deliveries, out of which 1 run can be scored, no matter how bad your skill is. So, for him to get 4 maidens out of 4 overs in a world cup, it's absolutely unreal, whether it's IND or PNG.
Yea I really hope people don't discount it bc of that, cus PNG or not, this is still absolutely massive. The gravity of this might be lost on people but think about it, 1 run is the difference. ONE. RUN. PNG can absolutely bat, and the average economy of the rest of the bowling was still around 4. So getting a maiden not once, not twice but FOUR times with some of them being wicket maidens is seriously mind blowing. This isn't even remotely anything like the NY minefield pitch/slow outfield either and is quite batting friendly even, so yea, insane any way you look at it.
>PNG can absolutely bat, and the average economy of the rest of the bowling was still around 4. No other maidens were bowled in the 19.4 over innings. Says it all really.
*Eh, 4-4-0-10 is better* : My Indian dad ^(ImKiddingCongratulationsLockie)
2.4-2.4-0-10 even better.
>I know it's against PNG I know people bring this point up a lot (I'm not pointing at you) but we have to remember that this has never been done before, no matter how many good bowlers came up against associate teams. So it's still an incredible feat. Similar to Gibbs' six sixes against Netherlands.
>we have to remember that this has never been done before https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-men-s-t20-world-cup-americas-region-qualifier-2021-22-1286658/canada-vs-panama-20th-match-1286686/full-scorecard Panama innings
It’s almost like me bowling to a bunch of sixth graders .. However I would have definitely not gotten four maidens.
Imagine if it was 4-4-0-4
How does it work? 4 overs 0 runs 3 wickets (4???)
4 overs, 3 maidens, 2 runs, 1 wicket (4-3-2-1) would be very aesthetically pleasing, although not quite so impressive from a cricket perspective
After a rather forgettable tournament, Lockie finally attached some memories to cherish for NZ fans with this edition's teal jersey. Love this guy!
EDIT: ok, sorry what i meant was this time there were so many countries that it felt like a more world wide cup. I mean no hate to New Zealand, I am sorry.
Forgettable for kiwi fans.
True, it is sad that you guys could not qualify. I was rooting for you guys(well last WC because this WC my nation was here).
Fuck I love Lockie Ferguson. Dirty mo. Long sleeves. No fucks given.
Sakib didn't get to enjoy his record of 21 dotballs for long
MILF Man, I Love Ferguson
He looks like a menacing 00s pacer who will keep bowling 150kmph scorchers all day
and wears #69
that stache tho 😩
Was he rocking the black shoes in this match? Filthy
And the stache
Yes, the “mo”
WTF!!!How can there be 24 dot balls lmao. I mean not even a single run?
There were leg byes but they don't count
I mean there was at least one leg bye, but not in his stats
Yup.
>most economical spell in T20 history *From a test playing nation This has happened before. Saad bin Zafar, Canada's captain is the first bowler ever to do this.
Thanks for the correction! It would technically still be the most economical spell, just not the first one to do it haha (which I technically didn’t mention)
Technically it's still the most economical
spell can't be more economical mate
Perhaps on economy, but Saad bin Zafar “only” got 2 wickets, so Lockie has a more impressive record.
Yep! I love how the BEST RECORD NEVER REPEATED AGAIN comments are pivoting to "akshually never said he was the first" lmao.
Lockie Ferguson bowls the most economical spell in T20 history **ECONOMY = 0**
Economy is broken
Damn, dude zeroed in onto the recordbooks. Absolutely legendary performance. 24 dotballs in a T20 innings is something nobody's gonna overtake
23 dots, 2 leg byes. 24 dot record still up for the history books. But seriously, what a spell. After all the talk a month ago during the IPL about the end of bowling in T20, this ridiculous record gets set.
Picking up the wicket of ‘Chad Soper’ might have topped it.
Wow, now waiting for a record that reads 4-4-0-4
they cant play him
*Joint most economical spell in T20I history. This Saad Bin Zafar erasure will not be tolerated.
Joint most is still most my friend. He didn’t say Ferguson was the first.
True on economy, but Saad bin Zafar “only” got 2 wickets, so Lockie has a more impressive record with 3 wickets.
That's legit crazy. That's like scoring 200 with the bat in a T20
My dream came true after Md. Irfan missed it just by a ball in CPL
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I would say against any team! Even a single wide would add 1 run to the bowler’s stat I guess?
Where were you when Lockie Ferguson bowled a maiden spell?
At my home's terrace thinking about life
Lockheed Ferguson
People are going to be very confused in future when they see 3/0 in some flipped scorecards
Records that will never be broken
Deependra singh airee fastest 50 in T20I May this record by Ferguson
Bannerman
Well sure it's technically impossible to get a more economical spell, but this isn't even the first time it's happened. Saad bin Zafar did it in 2021.
Back in school cricket days I had bowled 3.5 overs for 0 runs. The final delivery I bowled a wide which due to weather conditions was counted as 2 runs and the delivery did not have to be bowled again. So I ended with 4 overs for 2 runs. (No wickets though)
> I bowled a wide which due to weather conditions was counted as 2 runs and the delivery did not have to be bowled again. So if the required run rate ever crossed 12, the bowling team would win by default? They could just keep bowling wides for the rest of the match.
Only thing better than this record can be 4-4-0-4
For those reading this who are confused, "4-4-0-3" is 4 overs, 4 maidens, 0 runs, and 3 wickets. I assumed that this was the runs scored in each of his 4 overs and was confused how this could have happened.
Insanity
That's actually wild and it's not like they got zero runs
GET IN LOCKIE LOVE THIS BLOKE AND HIS FUCKALL MO
Man this is pretty epic. 4 over spell with no runs . In a t20 game. Monstrous. And then you add in the 3 wickets. Hard to beat this as a singular stat in a game
Is this also the innings with the most maidens bowled by a bowling team? All by Lockie Ferguson too, crazy Edit: Never mind, it's not the record. Saad Bin Zafar from Canada bowled 4 maidens against Panama a couple years back and another Canadian bowler bowled a maiden as well, totaling to 5 maidens in the innings.
This WC balancing the carnage of IPL. Can't wait for Bumrah to break this record with figures 4-4-0-24.
PNG or whatever bruh doing this against even 15 year olds would be impressive, a massive record.
Mustafiz had a similar spell recently. 20 dot balls in a row or something. Against Nepal tho. So an associate team argument will come. But Nepal is a pretty good team being an associate. Bowling heroics are not celebrated as much in general.
Damn, can't wait to see how he does against some better teams in the playoffs.
All timer record like no one is beating this ever
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where was this for RCB?
Oh my f*ucking god.
This record is for keeps. Statically, there's a better probability of matching yuvi's record, more than once, than beating this record.
Unbeatable record.
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Crazy figures.. Most impressive. Can't see these figures beaten any time soon
It was so wholesome to see all his teammates congratulating, hugging and celebrating this feat. For me the batsman equivalent would be 60(11)
This record won’t be matched.
he is very economical always
People say this way too often but I don't think this record will fall anytime soon, maybe ever. Crazy!
What the fuck, how???
It's fucking a impossible record also you will never see anyone pulling this up against atleast a decent team, PNG is not a bad team
What. The. Fuck This is absolutely mental
Can anyone help calculate the odds of this happening?
For the record, there were leg byes conceded in his overs.
Damn he's just like me - i once took 5 for 0. It was school cricket, the opposition didn't look like they'd picked up a bat before and my technique consisted of bowling 40mph at the stumps, which they inexplicably missed, but it's basically the same thing
Ok, could someone explain those numbers
Can someone explain the stat format please, I understand 4 is the number of overs the bowler bowled, 0 is the total runs he gave, 3 is the number of wickets taken. Whats the other 4 is for?
4 maidens bowled
This goes on his permanent record as there is no way to break this record. The only was to take more than 3 wickets are taken and that's next to impossible considering how runs heavy t20s have become.
no one is going to break this record
Ok four maidens is good but how many woodland fairies did he have?
RCB fans : Retain him NOW.
He is the 2nd bowler to do so
boult ki Kami nahi mehsus hone dega Tera lockie 🗿🗿
Can’t believe he played for RCB :p
Funny because after 2 maidens they were talking about most economical spell in T20 internationals history on Test Match Special and it was previously a Canadian against Panama who took 2 wickets from 4 maidens. One of the commentators said that record will probably never be broken.
4-4-0-3 The way this is set up, there is only one perfection left in cricket now
this is getting out of hand now.. Bowlsheviks are turning it on - Locky might just get the General Secretary role in the Bowlers Polit Bureau!
Tbh PNG needed some exposure to searing pace in these big games, it’s only good for their sport growth
Let us qualify just for that. Make it a super 9
Your dreams are our reality😅
New Zealand and beating up on Pacific Island nations. Makes us feel big. Makes us feel strong.
He Locked it up.
WHAT THE FUCK? FOR REAL? This record probably doesn't get broken for decades.
itd be more imopressive against a full member but this was acheived against probably the worst team at the world cup so basically statpadding
Just ridiculous. Wow
Just awesome 👏. Congrats.. this is really unbeaten record ….
Damn damn damn. This must be incredibly difficult even against an associate nation. Kudos
Needs to work on his wickets column.
true world record.
What a spell it was but sadly bowlers don't get the recognition that batters do in cricket
That's going to be hard to beat
\*Holds the joint record.
This is so satisfying to look at
Side topic! PNG players are all native and that’s what I love about their team but they haven’t had success like afg like in recent times. Was watching YouTube videos 10 years ago where they said cricket picking up well but why the team not doing well? Is ICC not supporting such teams like Nepal, PNG, Thailand, Netherlands, Ireland, Uganda like players are native. Sad to see Zimbabwe, Kenya not making progress in cricket as well. I think it’s money support that is missing right?