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Darius Visser (born 28 December 1995) is a Samoan cricketer and plays for the Samoa national cricket team in international cricket.

Biography

Visser was born in Auckland, New Zealand, but moved to Sydney, Australia as a child. He is of mixed Samoan and Sri Lankan heritage. His mother is of Samoan heritage

He initially plied his trade as a seam bowler, but persistent injury concerns cut short his bowling ability. He endured stress fractures more often in his early career which forced him to switch to leg spin and it also pushed him to concentrate more on his batting. He began his cricketing career at the Penrith Cricket Club where he initially aspired to be a fast bowler. He also went onto represent University of Sydney and St George District in Sydney grade cricket. He also coaches and guides aspiring cricketers at Sydney University and Newington College.

Career

He made his T20I debut for Samoa against Fiji at the 2024–25 ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier which was reserved as a curtain raiser in the qualification pathway for Oceanian nations in the lead up to the 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

On 20 August 2024, Visser shattered the world record for having scored the most number of runs in a single over of a men's T20I match when he smashed 39 runs, albeit three no balls being added to the record tally off the bowling of Nalin Nipiko during 2024–25 ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier match between Samoa and Vanuatu. Visser also hammered six sixes in the over becoming just the fourth male cricketer to hit six sixes in an over in T20Is after India's Yuvraj Singh, Kieron Pollard of West Indies and Nepal's Dipendra Singh Airee. The previous record for the most runs in a single over in T20I history were held jointly by India's Yuvraj Singh, Kieron Pollard and Nicholas Pooran of the West Indies and Nepal's Dipendra Singh Airee who all tied up with a tally of 36 runs in an over of a men's T20I match. He set the world record during the 15th over of the Samoan batting innings at the cusp of the beginning of the death overs. He also scored his maiden T20I century while batting at number four position during the match against Vanuatu and he eventually became the first player for Samoa to score a century in T20Is. He was dismissed for a score of 132 runs after facing 62 deliveries and he also set a new record for the highest percentage of runs scored by a batter in a team's innings as his knock was 75.86% of Samoa's scoreboard total. He also smashed 14 sixes during his whirlwind knock of 132 runs and it is also the fifth most number of sixes hit by a batsman in a T20I match and the most by a Samoan batter in a T20I match. He scored his maiden international century in only in his third T20I appearance and he also converted his maiden half century in T20I cricket to a century.

See also

• List of Samoa Twenty20 International cricketers

References

1. "Darius Visser Profile – Cricket Player Samoa | Stats, Records, Video". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
2. ^ Vaelei Von Dincklage (21 August 2024). "Samoan cricketer smashes world record". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
3. ^ "Samoa's Darius Visser breaks men's T20I records with 39 runs in an over". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
4. ^ "Record 39 runs in an over in T20Is: Why Samoan Darius Visser's six sixes in an over needs to be celebrated despite small ground and a matting pitch". The Indian Express. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
5. "Samoan breaks T20 record for most runs in an over". NZ Herald. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
6. "Samoan cricketer Darius Visser smacks record-breaking 39 runs in one over". Fox Sports. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
7. "Samoa vs Fiji Cricket Scorecard, 2nd Match at Apia, August 17, 2024". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
8. "Darius Visser: Samoan cricketer sets new Twenty20 International record with 39 runs in a single over". BBC Sport. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
9. "Samoa batter Darius Visser smashes six sixes in a single T20I over which goes for a record 39 runs". AP News. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
10. "39 runs scored from one over as Samoa batter breaks international record". International Cricket Council. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
11. https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/darius-visser-shatters-yuvraj-singh-chris-gayles-world-record-hits-39-runs-in-one-over-in-a-t20i-101724135829329.html
12. "Samoa's Darius Visser smashes sixes in record-breaking EAP T20 Qualifier". CricBuzz. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
13. Pathak, Manasi. "Cricket: Samoa's Darius Visser Hits 39 Runs In An Over To Set Record". Forbes. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
14. "Samoan player smashes most runs in one over at T20 international match". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
15. "Samoa vs VAN Cricket Scorecard, 5th Match at Apia, August 20, 2024". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
16. "Samoa Batter Sets New World Record With 39-Run Over In T20 World Cup Qualifier | Cricket News Today". Wisden. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2024.

External links

• Darius Visser at ESPNcricinfo

• 1995 births
• Living people
• New Zealand people of Samoan descent
• New Zealand people of Sri Lankan descent
• Cricketers from Auckland
• Samoan sportsmen
• Samoa Twenty20 International cricketers