{"id":9012,"date":"2025-08-10T16:55:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T11:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=626843"},"modified":"2025-08-10T16:55:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T11:25:38","slug":"aus-vs-sa-1st-t20i-tim-david-smashes-record-eight-sixes-most-by-an-australian-against-south-africa-in-t20is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/aus-vs-sa-1st-t20i-tim-david-smashes-record-eight-sixes-most-by-an-australian-against-south-africa-in-t20is\/","title":{"rendered":"AUS vs SA, 1st T20I: Tim David smashes record eight sixes, most by an Australian against South Africa in T20Is"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"172\" data-end=\"411\">Tim David set a new record for the most sixes by an Australian batter against South Africa in a T20 International, clearing the ropes <strong data-start=\"306\" data-end=\"321\">eight times<\/strong> during his explosive knock of 83 off 52 balls in the <strong data-start=\"375\" data-end=\"408\">AUS vs SA, 1st T20I in Darwin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"413\" data-end=\"769\">The previous best was six sixes, achieved jointly by <strong data-start=\"466\" data-end=\"482\">David Warner<\/strong> (Melbourne, 2009), <strong data-start=\"502\" data-end=\"518\">David Hussey<\/strong> (Johannesburg, 2009), <strong data-start=\"541\" data-end=\"559\">Mitchell Marsh<\/strong> (Durban, 2023) and <strong data-start=\"579\" data-end=\"594\">Travis Head<\/strong> (Durban, 2023). David\u2019s effort not only surpassed these marks but also played a crucial role in lifting Australia to 178 after they were reduced to 75\/6 inside eight overs.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"771\" data-end=\"1084\">His innings featured a mix of brute power and clean timing, highlighted by a massive 109-metre hit that landed on the stadium roof. Despite Australia being bowled out for the first time ever by South Africa in T20Is, David\u2019s record-breaking six-hitting display stood out as the batting highlight of the innings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim David set a new record for the most sixes by an Australian batter against South Africa in a T20\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":374,"featured_media":31785,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/374"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}