Eoin Morgan completed his maiden✤ World Cup 2019 hundred with his 11th six of an astonishing innings and went on to hit 17 maximums in a sensational 148.
Morgan came to the crease with 20 overs of the innings remaining, England having reacheඣd 164-2 from 29.5🏅 overs.
The English captain 𝄹then set about accelerating towards 400, blasting his way past the one hundred mark off just 57 deliveries and going to make history as the first player to hit 17 sixes in an ODI innings.
With Morgan making his way to the crease alongside Joe Root, England had thei♋r eyes set on 400 and Root joined in the fun with his first six as he too edged towards a century.
After Root was dismissed for 88, Morgan went on to hit his 17th six – a record in ODI cricket – before being dismissed for 148 (71 balls) with the very next ball.
♓Engl♛and finally finished at 397-6 in their full quota of 50 overs.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
It’s a🅺n Eoin Morgan world.. we are ju𒆙st living in it 😍😍😍
— Kate Cross (@katecross16)
Afghanistan ravaged by Hurricane Morgan
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)
💯 for – the fourth-f𓂃astest century in the history of the tournament, it c🔜omes off just 57 balls!
— ICC (@ICC)
RECORD-BREAKER!
Eoin Morgan hits his 17th six of the innings – the🅷 most ever hit in an ODI! |
— ICC Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup)
Seventeen Sixers???? Captain Morgan 🏏🏏🏏💯💯💯
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73)
Eoin Morgan becomes the first international cricketer to smash 100+ runs with sixes…
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket)
17 sixes. 17 x 6 = 102. hit enough♑ maximums to reach a century off sixes alone. Incrꦇedible.
— England's Barmy Army 🏴🎺 (@TheBarmyArmy)
Most sixes in an ODI inns:
17 Morgan
16 Rohit
16 Gayle
16 ABD
15 Watson— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
Eoin Morgan smashes record 17-sixes in a World Cup ✃game!
— betvisa69.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
WORLD RECORD! 🤩
England captain, Eoin Morgan has hit the most number of sixes(17) in an ODI innings! 👏
UNREAL!— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders)
RECORD BREAKER 🙌
1️⃣7️⃣ maximums for🥂 today, the mo𝔍st ever in an ODI! 📈👊
— Middlesex Cricket (@Middlesex_CCC)
., and guide Engla🌞nd to a mammoth total of 397/6
The England skipper broke the rec🐟ord for the maximum sixes (17) in an ODI innings 👏👏
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers)
Most sixes in an ODI innings:
17 EOIN MORGAN v Afghanistan (2019)
16 Rohit Sharma v Australia (2013)
16 AB de Villiers v West Indies (2015)
16 Chris Gayle v Zimbabwe (2015)— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang)
6️⃣6️⃣6️⃣6️⃣6️⃣6️⃣6️⃣6️⃣6️⃣6️⃣6️⃣6️⃣6️⃣꧟6️⃣6️♐⃣6️⃣6️⃣
Yep, that's 17 sixes for – a new record in ODI cricket 🙌
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo)
World record!
1⃣7⃣ sixes in Eoin Morgan's innings is the most maximums ever hit in an individual ODI innings 👏 |
— Wisden (@WisdenCricket)
