Bredon McCullum fell short of 5 runs to hit the fastest 200 in a test match but his innings of 195 did manage to get his name up in another record. McCullum hit 11 sixes in his innings of 195 against Sri Lanka on the Day 1 of the Test match. This feat helped him to take the 5th position in the list of players to hit most number of 6’s in a single innings of a Test Match.
Let us have a look at list of players to hit most number of sixes in a single innings of a Test Match as many surprises await you:
|
Player |
Runs |
BF |
4s |
6s |
Opp |
Ground |
Match Date |
|
Wasim Akram (Pak) |
257* |
363 |
22 |
12 |
Zim |
Sheikhpura |
17 Oct 1996 |
|
Nathan Astle (NZ) |
222 |
168 |
28 |
11 |
Eng |
Christchurch |
13 Mar 2002 |
|
Matthew Hayden (Aus) |
380 |
437 |
38 |
11 |
Zim |
Perth |
9 Oct 2003 |
|
Brendon McCullum (NZ) |
202 |
188 |
21 |
11 |
Pak |
Sharjah |
26 Nov 2014 |
|
Brendon McCullum (NZ) |
195 |
134 |
18 |
11 |
SL |
Christchurch |
26 Dec 2014 |
|
Wally Hammond (Eng) |
336* |
– |
34 |
10 |
NZ |
Auckland |
31 mar 1933 |
|
Chris Cairns (NZ) |
120 |
96 |
10 |
9 |
Zim |
Auckland |
20 Jan 1996 |
|
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) |
329 |
436 |
38 |
9 |
NZ |
Lahore |
1 May 2002 |
|
Tim Southee (NZ) |
77* |
40 |
4 |
9 |
Eng |
Napier |
22 Mar 2008 |
|
Chris Gayle (WI) |
333 |
437 |
34 |
9 |
SL |
Galle |
15 Nov 2010 |
*Stat updated till 26 December, 2014
You wouldn’t believe but it’s true. Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram tops this list with 12 sixes in his unbeaten innings of 257 against Zimbabwe. This would be one of those few matches where Akram would have helped the team with the bat than the ball. Bredon McCullum is the only player to be featured in this list twice as a month before in a Test Match against Pakistan McCullum had scored 202 and hit 11 sixes.
Chris Gayle, who is considered to be one of the most ferocious hitters of the ball, is on the 10th position. However, another shocking addition in the list is of Kiwi bowler, Tim Southee with 9 sixes in his innings of 77 against England.
Southee is also the only player in this, who hasn’t scored a century in the inning and has yet made it to the list of players to hit most number of sixes.