''Hit for Six'' is a 2007
Barbadian sports drama film starring
Andrew Pilgrim and
Rudolph Walker. A
West Indian cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
player, once accused of
match fixing
In organized sports, match fixing is the act of playing or officiating a match with the intention of achieving a pre-determined result, violating the rules of the game and often the law. There are many reasons why match fixing might take place, ...
, fights to play in an international tournament and earn the respect of his estranged father, a former player.
The film also included
West Indies cricket team players
Tino Best,
Philo Wallace
Philo Alphonso Wallace (born 2 August 1970) is a Barbados, Barbadian cricketer who played for the West Indian cricket team, West Indies.
Having first attempted to get into cricket in 1990, he made the big time in 1997–98 after hitting 198 runs ...
,
Everton Weekes,
Wes Hall,
Desmond Haynes,
Gordon Greenidge, England cricket player
Roland Butcher, Television cricket commentators
Tony Cozier and
Fazeer Mohammed
Fazeer Mohammed is a Trinidadian cricket commentator and journalist. Mohammed has commentated since 1987, and is best known for his commentary on the West Indies cricket team. In December 2015, Mohammed was banned from speaking to West Indies p ...
.
Notes
Barbados cricket film hit for six BBC News, Friday, 20 April 2007, 15:50 GMT 16:50 UK
References
2007 films
Cricket films
Films set in the Caribbean
Films shot in Barbados
2000s sports drama films
2007 drama films
2000s English-language films
English-language sports drama films
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