martin guptill holds the record for most boundaries in an innings in the tournament.
martin guptill holds the record for most boundaries in an innings in the tournament.
who holds the record for most boundaries in an innings in the tournament?
martin guptill
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despite hammond's best attempts, mccabe was able to gain the strike and runs came quickly. mccabe reached his century in 140 minutes and england declined to take the new ball while he was batting. by lunch, he and barnett had added 67 in only 50 minutes, although the latter had made only 20 of these; the total was 6/261, with mccabe on 105. having reached his century, mccabe lifted his scoring rate, scoring his last 132 runs in 95 minutes. boundaries came much more readily and he took 44 runs from a three over spell by leg spinner doug wright. as he ran out of partners, he became more aggressive; in the last ten overs of his innings, he took 80% of the strike and hit 16 boundaries. he was the last man out, attempting to loft the spin of verity, after a final wicket partnership with leslie fleetwood-smith of 77 in 28 minutes, of which he scored 72. he finished with 232 from 235 minutes with 34 boundaries and one six, an innings in which bradman summoned his players not to miss a ball, as "they would never see anything like it again." bradman later said that mccabe "held us all spellbound", and it was reported that the australian captain trembled while watching the innings. while mccabe was at the crease, his partners contributed a total of only 58 runs, meaning that he had outscored them by a ratio of 4:1. upon his return to the pavilion bradman greeted him with the words: "if i could play an innings like that, i'd be a proud man, stan". this has also been reported as bradman saying " i wish i could bat like that". bradman later wrote that "towards the end [of mccabe's innings] i could scarcely watch the play. my eyes filled as i drank in the glory of his shots". it was regarded by english captains arthur gilligan and bob wyatt to be the best innings that they had ever witnessed, as did former england bowler sydney barnes—regarded as one of the best of all time—who said that he would not have been able to stop mccabe. neville cardus said that the innings was one of the greatest in test history. wisden reported that mccabe played "an innings the equal of which has probably never been seen in the history of test cricket; for the best part of four hours he maintained a merciless punishment of the bowling". mccabe's biographer jack mcharg said that the innings “was a sort of encyclopedia of attacking batsmanship, a triumph of character, technique and judgement”. cardus said
stan mccabe