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FORMER WEST INDIES cricketer Sir Garfield Sobers on one occasion hit six sixes in one over off the bowling of Malcolm Nash. The last hit went over the stadium roof and out of the ground. But later the bowler Nash claimed that the hit should not have been ruled as a sixer. "By any standards that hit was not a six. It was twelve," he said.
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GEOFF BOYCOTT, now a well known cricket commentator was one of the most technically sound batsmen during his playing days. He loved to bat and hated getting out. One radio commentator said about him: " Boycott's idea of bliss would be to open the innings and bat throughout the day. And then also bat throughout the night - provided he could find any bowler willing to bowl to him."
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BRAZILIAN FOOTBALLER Victor Borba Ferreira, better known as Rivaldo, has established himself as one of the best attacking midfielders in the game. But like many other players he also has several superstitions - one of them being his habit of stepping onto the football field every time with his right foot first. He believes that it brings him good luck.
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FRANCE'S ACE striker Zinedine Zidane had the uncanny ability to conjure up a goal even under very difficult situations. On one occasion his teammate Lizarazu speaking about Zidane's amazing skills said: "Whenever we are up against a rock like defence and don't know what to do, we just follow a formula. We simply give the ball to Zidane and he gets us a goal."
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