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Blair Tickner takes Arshdeep Singh for three sixes in an over

New Zealand's last batter supplies an unlikely boundary spree in a fast-starting highlights clip from the first ODI against India.

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New Zealand Cricket Story of November 6, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 136,696 views a day, 24 times a normal first day on this channel (5,620).

Tickner Goes Big in Career-Best Knock

What can the last man in the batting order do with a little room to swing? Blair Tickner's answer at Eden Park is to send Arshdeep Singh into the stands repeatedly, including three sixes in a single over.

New Zealand Cricket's "Tickner Goes Big in Career-Best Knock" puts the number eleven at the centre of the action. Tickner finishes with 34 off 22 balls, turning a position usually associated with trying to survive into an opportunity to attack.

The clip begins with a hard-hit four that brings up New Zealand's hundred and fifty. A pulled six off Gurnoor Brar follows, before Tickner really gets going against Arshdeep. The third six of that over prompts the commentator's verdict: "That's the biggest!"

The highlights have drawn around 120,000 views before their first day is complete, far beyond the channel's usual opening-day audience for regular videos. In the comments, viewers discuss the room India's bowlers give Tickner to swing, while one recalls watching the innings from the stadium.

India's batting is drawing attention on the channel too: the separate Short "Virat Kohli Dominates Run Chase" has also made an unusually quick start. But this clip belongs to the tailender, right up to Brar taking his wicket and delivering an emphatic celebration.

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What viewers say

Watched this live from stadium it was brilliant
@anshveersingh8506See it on YouTube
Thank you Tickner for this important knock❤
@AllahGanj-n2oSee it on YouTube
Doesnt matter if he is number 11 .. Was swinging the bat hard and smashed a few out. So Brar was doing the right thing to not bowl at Stumps as he had seen Arshdeeps 4 outta the park ... Nonetheless a good battle to watch. Enjoyed the aggression from bat and ball.
@bharath3890See it on YouTube

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