ABERGAVENNY’S Malcolm Nash, who achieved sporting immortality as the bowler hit for a world-record six sixes by the legendary batsman Garry Sobers at Swansea in 1968, has sadly passed away.

Nash collapsed while attending a sports dinner in London last night. He was taken to hospital but later died.

Although that single over against Sobers made Nash's name well-known, it did not define his long and distinguished cricketing career.

He always asserted that his strategy against Sobers in Swansea was to tempt the batsman into making a mistake and get caught, which he succeeded in doing with the fifth ball, only for the fielder to then fall over the boundary rope.

Malcolm Nash was a left-arm medium-pace bowler and useful lower-order left-handed batsman who played for Glamorgan. He made his debut for the county in 1966 and retired after the 1983 season. He captained the county in 1980 and 1981. He played for Abergavenny CC prior to being signed by Glamorgan.

A highly regarded bowler, Nash played over 600 matches for Glamorgan between 1966 and 1983, took over 1,300 wickets, made 7,129 runs as a batsman, his top score being 130. He also had an England trial and was unlucky not to receive international recognition.

As former Glamorgan captain Peter Walker said, “People should remember that Malcolm was a wonderful opening bowler. In many of his peers’ minds the best new ball bowler in county cricket.”

Described by his friend John Arlott as “a highly skilful manipulator of medium-pace seam bowling,” Nash’s was a cricketing life full of excitement and incident. It is a life remembered not only for that single over bowled to the best cricketer in the world, but also by much, much more.”