Pallekele:
Left-hander Thisara Perera hit five sixes and a boundary in the 33rd over sent down by Peterson in the third one-day international in Pallekele.
With the second ball declared a wide, the 35 runs taken in the over fell just one run short of the world record of six sixes hit by South African batsman Herschelle Gibbs off Dutch bowler D. van Bunge during the 2007 World Cup.
Perera's run sequence in the over was six, a wide, six, six, six, four and a six.
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Dhammika Prasad
Younis Khan
Robin Peterson
Mahela Jayawardene
Herschelle Gibbs
Thisara Perera
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Sri Lanka Cricket Team
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