/ 19 June 1999

KLUSENER IS SIXES KING

LANCE Klusener’s heavyweight bat and cavalier approach have combined to make him the World Cup’s leading six hitter after the first two rounds. Klusener, whose ferocious late order hitting has been a vital ingredient of South Africa’s smooth passage into the semifinals, has cleared the boundary nine times. He leads by one from India’s Saurav Ganguly, the tournament’s top scorer who hit seven of his sixes in his exhilarating innings of 183 against defending champions Sri Lanka. Pakistan’s Moin Khan has hit six; and is followed by his captian Wasim Akram, Australia’s Steve Waugh and Chris Cairns of New Zealand, who have all hit five sixes.