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Why the saga of the £22,000 ‘Sobers six-sixes’ ball isn’t over
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Why the saga of the £22,000 ‘Sobers six-sixes’ ball isn’t over
by Alex Capon
The auction catalogue for the 2006 sale described the lot as ‘the ball hit by Sir Garfield Sobers to score his historic six sixes’ in 1968.
BBC Wales Live
New evidence has emerged in the long-running ‘six-sixes’ cricket ball saga.
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