The first six will not count for any runs and, if the batter strike a second during the innings, he will be out.
If you played gully cricket in your childhood, you likely made an uncle or aunty in the neighborhood angry. This may have been because the ball fell inside their compound or hit one of their windows. And it was not uncommon for rules banning hitting towards that direction to be in place.
One of the oldest cricket clubs
Well, guess what? Pesky neighbours are not a problem we gully cricketers have faced alone. Shoreham Cricket Club is an old cricket club in England. It is more than two centuries old. The club has banned sixes due to complaints from neighbours.
Shoreham Cricket Club Bans Sixes After Neighbor Complaints
In 1790, Shoreham Cricket Club, one of the oldest cricket clubs in the world, formed. Their home ground is The Green in Southwick, where players now cannot hit sixes.
Neighbors threatened to call the police.
Reports say the ban on hitting sixes came after a neighbor threatened to call the police. The threat was due to damage to windows, cars, and sheds. The ban has left some cricketers and fans angry and questioning its logic.
How players reacted
“Hitting the bowler for a six is part of the glory of the sport. How can you ban it? It’s ridiculous. To take that away removes the joy of it. “A cricketer said, ‘I don’t agree with tinkering with the rules in this fashion.'”
Some also pointed out that cricket had been played at the same ground long before the houses were built.
“If you buy a house next to a cricket ground. You’ve got to expect a few cricket balls in your garden,” another cricketer said.
