Most Sixes In Tests Among Active Cricketers
Published - 16 Jun 2021, 12:29 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:47 AM
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Cricketers hitting a six in Test cricket was a rarity not long ago. They were more into building an innings and hen batting deep and long to notch up a good score and help the team post a good score in the process. However, since the last decade, Test cricket has become enthralling and entertaining. The birth of T20 cricket has a lot to do in batsmen taking a bit more risk to score runs in the longest format of the game too. Thus we get to see a lot more sixes hit in Test cricket in the modern game.
In this article, we list down the names of active cricketers with most sixes in Test cricket. Interestingly, this list does not have names like Chris Gayle, Brendon McCullum, and Virender Sehwag who themselves played over 100 Tests each.
Most Sixes In Tests Among Active Cricketers
Ben Stokes- 79
Stokes leads the list of cricketers with 79 sies to his name. He is one of the few all-rounders who plays all formats for his team and is equally productive in the formats. One of his best Test innings came against Australia in Headingly where he helped them win the game scoring an unbeaten 135 helping England chase down 362 in the fourth innings in the 2019 Ashes series. He scored the last 70 odd runs with Jack Leach scoring 1 off 17 balls in a matchwinning partnership.
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Tim Southee- 73
Southee with 73 sixes is an impressive entry into this elite list of cricketers. He made his international debut way back in 2009 and is still going strong in the format and international cricket overall. He is the only designated bowler in this list of top-class batsmen.
Angelo Mathews- 63
Former Sri Lankan skipper Angelo Mathews has 63 sixes to his name in Test cricket, the third-most among active cricketers. Sri Lankan cricket right now is in a sad state of affairs with the team not winning in recent times. They will be playing a limited-overs series against India in July which includes three ODIs and three T20Is between July 13-25.
Rohit Sharma-59
Rohit is still fresh in his Test career having played just 38 matches so far. His rebirth in the format happened in the World Test Championship where he was promoted as an opener and he scored over 1000 runs in the tournament. He has hit 27 sixes in the tournament and sits fourth in the list of cricketers with the most sixes in Test cricket with 59 maximums.
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David Warner-56
Warner is well and truly an experienced Test batsman. The Australian southpaw has hit 56 sixes in Test cricket. He scored 948 runs in the WTC campaign, the third-highest by an Australian cricketer. Australia lost out on an opportunity of making the finals after they denied touring South Arica for a test series due to COVID concerns resulting in the team losing points. They were in the reckoning before the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2020-21 series began.
Ross Taylor- 55
New Zealand’s most-capped Test player in the current squad, Ross Taylor has hit 55 sixes in his career so far and he sits sixth in the list. Taylor scored 469 runs in the World Test Championship campaign and is one of the biggest hopes for New Zealand’s title dreams. He scored 127 runs in the two-Test match series against England recently.
Ravindra Jadeja-50
Jadeja has exactly 50 sixes to his name in Test cricket, which gets him a place in this elite list. He has transformed himself into one of the top all-rounders in the world at the moment.
He is likely to be a part of the Indian playing XI for the WTC final. As per reports, the pitch for the final will have pace, bounce, and carry making the team selection tricky.
Stuart Broad-49
Broad culminates this elite list of cricketers with the most sixes among active cricketers. He is last on the ladder with 49 maximums Broad is more than a capable batsman and has time and again played important knocks for his team over his long Test career.
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