India, April 28 -- A county league match in Staffordshire moved from routine Saturday cricket to statistical folklore when Penkridge fast bowler Myles Davis produced one of the rarest bowling bursts the game can offer.

Davis took six wickets in six consecutive legal deliveries against Pelsall in the Premier Division of the Staffordshire County League, turning a chase that was still alive into an innings that collapsed almost before anyone could understand what was happening.

Penkridge had not built the sort of total that usually guarantees control. They were bowled out for 168 after choosing to bat first, leaving Pelsall with a realistic target. At 49-2 after eight overs, the visitors were still in the contest. The equation was demandin...