5 Cricketers Who Have Never Hit a Six in Their ODI Career

In modern-day cricket, big hitting is an integral part of the game. Unlike earlier times, the demand for going hammers and tongs for batsmen have increased quite a bit in the recent years. Almost all the modern day batsmen possess the ability to clear the fence on a consistent basis. However, touch play and timing is still regarded as the primary demand of a batsman. Even in the recent times, we have witnessed several batsmen who have shown to play cricketing shots and still get runs on a consistent basis.

In the earlier days, hitting six wasn’t regarded as a necessity for a batsman. However, cricket in the modern days has gone along a substantial way. It will leave in splits if you hear the names of some prominent batsmen of world cricket who hasn’t hit a six in their ODI career.

Here are 5 such batsmen

Callum Ferguson- Australia

The stylish right-handed batsman was never able to cement his place in the Australian middle order. It was especially due to the presence of some big names in international cricket. Very pleasing to watch, Ferguson made his debut for Australia in 2009. While his ODI debut came against New Zealand, he played his only test against South Africa in the same year.

Ferguson went on to play 30 ODI’s for Australia and had a pretty impressive record to boast of. He scored 663 runs at an average of 41.43. His strike rate was also on the higher side. However, he failed to hit a six during his career. He played his last ODI for Australia way back in 2011.

Manoj Prabhakar- India

He played under the shadow of Kapil Dev for the majority of his career. However, there is no denying the fact that Prabhar was an impressive all-rounder. He was nowhere close to Dev but had the ability to contribute with both bat and the ball. Primarily a bowling all-rounder, Prabhar went on to represent India in 1984-1996.

He was a regular feature in the Indian side during the early 1990’s. He finished with a pretty impressive record as an all-rounder. He scored 1600 and 1858 runs in Tests and ODI’s respectively. Despite scoring two centuries in his ODI career, Prabhakar never managed to hit a six in his whole limited-overs career. As a bowler, he managed to bag 96 and 157 wickets respectively.

Geoffrey Boycott- England

Boycott was one of the finest batsmen of his generation. His silken strokeplay and the forward defence were one of the most discussed topics during those time. An opening batsman, Boycott had a prolific career for England especially in the longest format of the game. His style of batting was best suited for this format. He was never a slow batsman. However, he had a different sort of a touch play which was quite different from other batsmen of his generation.

He represented England in 108 Tests and went on to score 8114 runs at an impressive average of 47. He smashed 22 centuries during his Test career. Boycott also represented England in 36 ODI’s. He scored 1082 runs at an average of 36.06. However, he never managed to strike a six in his limited-overs career.

Thilan Samaraweera- Sri Lanka

Samaweera never managed to please the audience with his strokeplay but had a fighting character to his batting style. His strokeplay was never meant to attract crowds. However, he managed to score a considerable amount of runs for Sri Lanka with his solidity in the crease. He was a prolific run-scorer in the middle order especially in the longest format of the game. He never managed to realize his potential in the shorter formats of the game.

Samaweera represented Sri Lanka in 81 Tests from 2000-2013. He scored 5462 runs at an impressive average of 48.76. The resolute batsman also managed to score 14 centuries and 30 half-centuries during his Test career. He also played 53 ODI’s for the island nation scoring 862 runs. Despite scoring a couple of hundreds during his ODI career, Samaweera never managed to hit a six.

Dion Ebrahim

Ebrahim was a regular feature in the Zimbabwe side for 4 years. He had a sound technique and used to open the batting in Tests. However, he was used as a middle-order batsman in ODI cricket. Ebrahim possessed a very sound technique and had the ability to play the long innings. However, he largely failed to realize his potential with the bat.

He made his Test and ODI debut in April 2001 and went on to represent Zimbabwe in 29 Tests and 82 ODI’s. It was his lack of consistency which cost him a place in the national side. He scored 1443 runs in his ODI career which included a century and a half-century. However, he never managed to smash a six during his ODI career.