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Napier smashes Twenty20 record 16 sixes for Essex Eagles
Graham Napier of the Essex Eagles smashed 16 Sixes in his amazing innings of 152no - a World Record for a Twenty20 match. Essex Eagles beat Sussex Sharks in the Southern Division.
You can see why the Twenty20 Cup is pulling in the crowds...
Napier smashes Twenty20 record 16 sixes in unbeaten 152 as Essex thrash Sussex
24th June 2008
Daily Mail
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(At the Ford County Ground, Chelmsford)
ESSEX EAGLES: 242-3
SUSSEX SHARKS: 114
ESSEX EAGLES WIN BY 128 RUNS
Essex Eagles: Pettini, Gallian, Napier, Flower, Dexter, Foster, ten Doeschate, Middlebrook, Masters, Kaneria, Chambers
Sussex Sharks: Nash, Goodwin, Adams, Prior, DR Smith, Yardy, Hodd, Hamilton-Brown, Martin-Jenkins, Liddle, Kirtley
All-rounder Graham Napier smashed a Twenty20 world record 16 sixes in a brutal 152no as Essex thrashed Sussex by 128 runs at Chelmsford.
Napier's 58-ball knock, which also included 10 fours, was a record for the Twenty20 Cup and second only to New Zealander Brendon McCullum's 158 not out in all matches in the format.
Six appeal: Graham Napier of the Essex Eagles watches one of his big Sixes leaving the Ford County Ground
His innings helped Essex to 242 for three, a target which proved well beyond Sussex as they were bowled out for 114. Maurice Chambers and James Middlebrook took three wickets apiece.
Napier told Sky Sports: "It was awesome, fantastic. I just started to see the ball better, middled one or two and then got into a rhythm."
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