6 balls 6 wickets is cricket’s rarest single-over feat, and only two bowlers hold official Guinness ratification for it: Australia’s Aled Carey (2017) and Gareth Morgan (2023).
In April 2026, England’s Myles Davis joined this elite club and became the first adult male in the UK to do it. Meanwhile, no bowler has ever pulled this off in IPL, Test, ODI or T20I cricket.
Below, you will find the verified record list, the recent additions, the busted myths, and the reasons behind it.
Complete List of Bowlers Who Took 6 Wickets in 6 Balls
Across all of organised cricket, six bowlers have been credited with six wickets in six balls, although only two have Guinness World Records ratification. The table below splits the verified cases from the media-reported ones.
| Bowler | Match | Level | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aled Carey (AUS) | Golden Point CC vs East Ballarat CC | Ballarat CA 4th XI, Australia | 21 Jan 2017 | Guinness verified |
| Gareth Morgan (AUS) | Mudgeeraba ND vs Surfers Paradise CC | Gold Coast Premier League Div 3 | 11 Nov 2023 | Guinness verified |
| Myles Davis (ENG) | Penkridge CC vs Pelsall CC | South Staffs County League Premier | 25 Apr 2026 | Media reported |
| Oliver Whitehouse (ENG) | Bromsgrove U-13 vs Cookhill | English youth cricket | Jun 2023 | Media reported |
| Matt Rowe (NZ) | Palmerston North BHS vs Rotorua BHS | NZ schools Super 8 | 22 Mar 2023 | Media reported |
| Harshit Seth (UAE/IND) | DCC Starlets vs Hyderabad Hawks | Karwan U-19 Global T20 | 28 Nov 2021 | Across 3 overs |
| Virandeep Singh (MAS) | Malaysia XI vs Push Sports Delhi | Nepal Pro Club Championship | Apr 2022 | 5 wickets + run-out |
Aled Carey: The First Guinness-Verified 6-in-6 (January 2017)
Aled Carey set the modern benchmark on 21 January 2017, when he took six wickets in six balls for Golden Point Cricket Club against East Ballarat in a Ballarat Cricket Association fourth-team fixture in Victoria, Australia.
Interestingly, Carey was 29 at the time and had been wicketless through his first eight overs of the day. Then everything changed in the ninth over.
His sequence ran like this: catch at first slip, edge to the keeper, LBW, then three clean bowled in a row. Consequently, East Ballarat were dismissed for exactly 40, losing the final six wickets without scoring a run. Match figures: 6 for 20 from nine overs.
Notably, a scorebook official wrote “Perfect” beside the six red crosses in Carey’s bowling analysis. Also, Carey is not related to Australia international wicket-keeper Alex Carey, despite the similar surname.
Gareth Morgan: The Second Verified Holder (November 2023)
Gareth Morgan matched Carey almost seven years later, on 11 November 2023. The Mudgeeraba Nerang & Districts captain bowled the final over of a Gold Coast Premier League Division 3 match at Corbwood No.2 ground, Queensland, against Surfers Paradise.
The drama, however, sat in the timing. Surfers Paradise needed only five runs to win with six wickets in hand when Morgan threw himself the ball.
Then chaos followed. Morgan dismissed opener Jake Garland for 65 off the first ball, followed by five golden ducks: four caught and the last two bowled. As a result, the chase collapsed from 174/4 to 174 all out, sealing a four-run victory.
“It was very surreal,” Morgan told ABC. “When I saw the stumps go back on the last ball I couldn’t believe it.” Subsequently, Guinness ratified his entry alongside Carey’s.
Myles Davis: The Penkridge Sensation (April 2026)
Myles Davis produced the most recent 6 balls 6 wickets spell on 25 April 2026, playing for Penkridge Cricket Club against Pelsall in the South Staffordshire County League Premier Division.
The 22-year-old electrician finished with figures of 7 for 16 from six overs as Penkridge sealed a 116-run win. Importantly, according to Penkridge chairman John Price, this is the seventh known case worldwide, and Davis is the first adult male in the UK to do it.
Other Reported Cases of 6 Wickets in 6 Balls
Beyond the three high-profile names above, four more bowlers have been credited with this feat between 2021 and 2023. However, none of these four has been ratified by Guinness, and two carry significant caveats.
Oliver Whitehouse, Bromsgrove (June 2023)
Oliver Whitehouse was a 12-year-old playing for Bromsgrove Cricket Club U-13 against Cookhill. In one over, he took six wickets in six balls. Then, in his next over, he added two more wickets, ending with match figures of 2 for 8 from two overs.
Notably, his grandmother is 1969 Wimbledon tennis champion Ann Jones, which drove the story into UK national papers. However, Guinness has not added it to the records page.
Matt Rowe, Palmerston North (March 2023)
Matt Rowe, a 17-year-old at Palmerston North Boys’ High School, took all six wickets in his fifth over against Rotorua Boys’ High School at Tauranga during a New Zealand schools Super 8 tournament on 22 March 2023. The sequence: slip catch, four clean bowled, one LBW.
Match figures: 9 for 12 from six overs. Rotorua were dismissed for 26 and Palmerston North chased it in 2.1 overs. Subsequently, Rowe earned selection for the 2024 ICC Under-19 World Cup squad.
Harshit Seth, Dubai (November 2021)
Harshit Seth, a Delhi-born 16-year-old off-spinner representing Dubai Cricket Council Starlets, took six consecutive wickets during the Karwan U-19 Global T20 on 28 November 2021. Match figures: 8 for 4 from four overs.
Crucially, those six wickets did not all fall in a single six-ball over. Instead, they spread across three of his own overs: one wicket on the last ball of his 3rd over, four on the last four balls of his 5th over, and two on the first two balls of his 7th over. Therefore, it does not strictly meet the single-over definition.
Virandeep Singh, Malaysia (April 2022)
Virandeep Singh delivered the final over of Malaysia Club XI’s match against Push Sports Delhi at Bhairahawa during the Nepal Pro Club Championship in April 2022. Six dismissals fell off six legal deliveries.
However, only five were direct wickets to Singh. The second ball was a run-out, which does not count toward the bowler’s tally. As a result, ESPNcricinfo framed it as “five wickets plus a run-out”, and Guinness did not ratify it.
Has Anyone Taken 6 Wickets in 6 Balls in IPL or International Cricket?
No. Across more than 140 years of organised top-level cricket, no bowler has ever taken six wickets in a single six-ball over in IPL, Tests, ODIs, T20Is or any senior domestic competition.
In fact, the professional ceiling is five wickets in an over, achieved in just three matches recognised by Guinness.
| Bowler | Team | Competition | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Wagner | Otago | New Zealand domestic first-class | 2011 |
| Al-Amin Hossain | Bangladesh CB XI | First-class fixture | 2013 |
| Abhimanyu Mithun | Karnataka | Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy | 2019 |
Meanwhile, the IPL has produced four-wicket overs, but never five. Markande against Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2024 is a recent example of a four-wicket over.
In international cricket, the closest consecutive sequence is Lasith Malinga’s 4-in-4 for Sri Lanka against South Africa at the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup. However, those four wickets spread across the end of one over and the start of the next, not a single over.
Structurally, the reason is simple. International and franchise sides bat seven, eight or nine deep, with specialist tail-enders often capable of seeing out an over. Conversely, club and youth cricket frequently runs out of recognised batters by the eighth wicket.
Busting the Famous 6 Balls 6 Wickets Myths
Two specific stories keep going viral on social media, and both fail basic scorecard verification.
Did Shane Warne Take 6 Wickets in an Over?
No. Shane Warne never took six wickets in a six-ball over. His most famous single-over feat is the Boxing Day Test hat-trick against England in 1994 at the MCG, where he dismissed Phil DeFreitas, Darren Gough and Devon Malcolm with the fourth, fifth and sixth balls of his 13th over.
So that is three wickets in three balls, not six. His career-best Test figures of 8 for 71 came at the Gabba earlier in the same series, but across a full innings spell.
Did Shamar Joseph Take 6 Wickets in an Over?
No. Shamar Joseph‘s viral January 2026 video has been confirmed as digitally manipulated. The clip splices wickets from different overs of the West Indies vs Australia second Test of January 2024 into one continuous reel.
To be clear, Joseph did deliver a genuine seven-wicket spell in that Test, but it was across a full innings rather than a single over.
Why 6 Balls 6 Wickets Is Cricket’s Rarest Single-Over Feat
Three structural reasons explain why this feat almost never happens, even in club cricket.
The Lineup Has to Run Out
Firstly, a bowler needs the opposition to lose six wickets in his own over. So that means the team must enter the over with at least six wickets still in hand, then lose every single one without scoring.
Conversely, in professional cricket the lower order is too well-coached to collapse without a single defensive shot. Therefore, fourth-grade and youth fixtures are where the feat actually lives.
The Captain Has to Keep Faith
Secondly, after each wicket the captain could rotate the bowler. So the over only completes if the captain keeps trusting the man with the ball. As Morgan showed in 2023, sometimes the captain is the bowler himself.
Run-Outs and Wides Reset the Counter
Thirdly, a run-out on the bowler’s delivery does not count to his tally. Also, a wide or no-ball does not legally count as one of the six deliveries. Hence Virandeep Singh’s case missed the threshold.
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Conclusion: Only 2 Bowlers Holds the Record of 6 Wickets in an Over
To wrap up, only two bowlers, Aled Carey and Gareth Morgan, hold official Guinness ratification for 6 balls 6 wickets.
In April 2026, Myles Davis pushed the verified count to three in spirit, although Guinness has yet to add him.
Meanwhile, four other bowlers have been media-credited but unratified. Most importantly, the feat has never happened in IPL or international cricket, where five-wicket overs by Wagner, Al-Amin and Mithun remain the professional ceiling.
