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Blair Tickner equals ODI record with four sixes as New Zealand reach 185
New Zealand fast bowler Blair Tickner hit four sixes batting last against India in the first ODI in Auckland.
He scored 34 runs from 23 balls, making him New Zealand’s second-highest scorer in an innings that ended at 185 all out.
His four sixes equalled the ODI record for a No.
11 batter, previously reached by Pakistan’s Mohammad Amir and Naseem Shah.
No.
11 is the final place in a team’s batting order, usually held by a player picked mainly for bowling.
Tickner’s stand of 39 runs with Jacob Duffy helped New Zealand recover from 146 for 9.
The late runs gave New Zealand a total of 185 after the team had lost nine wickets.
The sources do not say what happened next in the match.
Blair Tickner hit four sixes for New Zealand against India in the first ODI in Auckland.
The No. 11 batter scored 34 runs off 23 balls, equalling the record for most sixes by a No. 11 in an ODI innings.
His last-wicket partnership with Jacob Duffy added 39 runs as New Zealand recovered from 146 for nine to reach 185 all out.
Tim Seifert top-scored for New Zealand with 38 runs.
- Who
- Blair Tickner, batting at No. 11 for New Zealand, and India.
- What
- Tickner scored 34 and hit four sixes, equalling the ODI record for a No. 11 batter.
- When
- November 4, 2026.
- Where
- Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand.
- Why
- His runs and last-wicket partnership helped New Zealand recover from 146 for nine and reach 185.
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Tickner and his wife Sarah opened the 13th Stag café in Hastings.
Sarah was diagnosed with leukaemia while the family was in England, and Tickner returned to New Zealand.
Tickner scored 34, including four sixes, as New Zealand made 185 against India in Auckland.
- Tickner's score
- 34 runs off 23 balls
- Sixes
- 4
- New Zealand total
- 185 all out in 40.2 overs
- Last-wicket stand
- 39 runs off 31 balls with Jacob Duffy
- Venue
- Eden Park, Auckland
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