After the inception of T20 cricket, raining boundaries and over boundaries have become a regular sight in the cricket field. People rush to the stadiums in huge numbers to watch players who are capable of producing fours and sixes which has become the latest form of entertainment. On the other hand, its very hard to imagine such a scenario in longest format of cricket, the Test matches. It spans for five days, batsmen take a slow and steady path of scoring runs and moreover Test cricket is losing number of spectators are in progression. Hardly we see batsmen striking a six in Tests but when they actually do its considered to be an ‘extraordinary’ achievement and ‘unique’ spectacle in the cricket field.
Here is a list of top 10 batsmen who have struck the most number of sixes in history of Test cricket:
|
Player |
Matches |
Innings |
Runs |
Highest |
6s |
|
A Gilchrist(Aus) |
96 |
137 |
5570 |
204* |
100 |
|
Chris Gayle(WI,ICC) |
103 |
182 |
7214 |
333 |
98 |
|
J Kallis(SA, ICC) |
166 |
280 |
13289 |
224 |
97 |
|
B McCullum(NZ) |
94 |
163 |
6008 |
302 |
95 |
|
V Sehwag(Ind,ICC) |
104 |
180 |
8586 |
319 |
91 |
|
B Lara(ICC, WI) |
131 |
232 |
11953 |
400* |
88 |
|
C Cairns(NZ) |
62 |
104 |
3320 |
158 |
87 |
|
V Richards(WI) |
121 |
182 |
8540 |
291 |
84 |
|
A Flintoff(ICC, Eng) |
79 |
130 |
3845 |
167 |
82 |
|
M Hayden(Aus) |
103 |
184 |
8625 |
380 |
82 |
*Stats are updated till 2 July, 2015.