At The Oval on Thursday, Dimitri Mascarenhas hit Yuvraj Singh [Images] for five consecutive sixes in the 50th over of England [Images] innings.
There has been only one performance better than this in entire history of one-day internationals.
This was when South Africa's Herschelle Gibbs [Images] smashed six sixes in one over off Dutch bowler Daan van Bunge at the 2007 World Cup earlier this year.
Sri Lanka's [Images] Sanath Jayasuriya has twice hit four sixes in a single over, against Aamir Sohail in 1996 and Chris Harris in 2001.
The following table lists the batsmen hitting most consecutive sixes in a single over:
| Sixes | Batsman | Bowler | Teams | Venue | Year |
| 6 | H Gibbs | D van Bunge | SA v Ned | Basseterre | 2007 |
| 5 | D Mascarenhas | Yuvraj Singh | Eng v Ind | The Oval | 2007 |
| 4 | S Jayasuriya | Aamir Sohail | SL v Pak | Singapore | 1996 |
| 4 | Zaheer Khan [Images] | H Olonga | Ind v Zim | Jodhpur | 2000 |
| 4 | S Jayasuriya | C Harris | SL v NZ | Sharjah | 2001 |
| 4 | S Pollock | J Franklin | SA v NZ | Perth | 2002 |
| 4 | Mashrafe Mortaza [Images] | D Mongia | BD v Ind | Mirpur | 2007 |
| 4 | Shahid Afridi [Images] | C Bandara | Pak v SL | Abu Dhabi | 2007 |
Note: Zaheer Khan's sequence was interrupted by a wide ball
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