Colin Coddington has made history by hitting six sixes in an over.

Coddington achieved the feat during Ringmer Cricket's Club annual match between players living in the north and south of the village.

It could have been even better for the 33-year-old as his sixth six came off a no-ball, which gave him a chance of hitting seven sixes in an over.

Although Coddington went on to score 100 not out, he was unable to dispatch the seventh delivery of the over.

Gary Sobers became famous for hitting six sixes in an over from Malcolm Nash for Nottinghamshire against Glamorgan in 1968. Although the feat has been achieved since in lower levels of cricket, it remains the ultimate achievement for a batsman.

Bowler Dereck Wade, who plays for the 3rd XI league side on Saturdays, had bowled three overs for just 11 runs before Coddington took centre stage.

Coddington, who batted a No. 6, said: "After hitting the first two for six, I was thinking there was a chance. When I hit the fourth, I thought 'I am going for it now whatever happens'. I like to hit my shots. Everything came at the middle of the bat and I just hit it.

"I didn't sink in for a while. It was only a bit later I thought that if I had hit the seventh ball for six, I could have gone down in all the history books.

Ringmer's Sunday team manager David Bush said: "It wasn't just a knockabout game. This club is 150 years old. Some of the guys have been playing for 50 years and nobody can recall this happening before."