On 14 January 1898, John Darling, later to be captain of Australia entered the record books for a piece of trivia - he had just whacked a ball out of the Adelaide Oval. This "first" had taken 54 Tests to happen. By the end of the Test, which Australia won by an innings, he had done it twice more.
What did Darling enter the books for?
What in the rule book back then ensured his effort became the first?
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He hit the first six. Till then, the ball crossing the ropes would fetch batsmen only 5 runs. It had to go out of the ground to be considered a 6.
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