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A series of towering sixes
Rajneesh Gupta |
February 02, 2006 21:04 IST
The just-concluded India - Pakistan Test series will go down in the record books as the series of sixes.
There were 49 sixes hit in the series -- 37 by Pakistan's batsmen and 12 by India's.
The first Test, in Lahore [Images], saw 13 sixes being hit -- 12 by Pakistan and one by India.
The second Test, in Faisalabad, had a world record 27 -- 18 for the hosts and 9 for the visitors.
The final Test, in Karachi, where there was some assistance for the bowlers, had nine -- 7 for Pakistan and two for India.
Shahid Afridi [Images] alone hit 14 sixes and equalled the existing world record of most sixes in a series.
Mohammad Yousuf [Images] (7), Abdul Razzaq [Images] (6), Shoaib Akhtar [Images] (4), Kamran Akmal (2), Shoaib Malik [Images] (1), Inzamam-ul Haq (1), Younis Khan (1) and Faisal Iqbal [Images] (1) were the others to hit sixes.
For India, Mahendra Singh Dhoni led the table with 4 sixes -- all coming in one innings, at Faisalabad.
Irfan Pathan [Images] (3), Harbhajan Singh [Images] (2), Virender Sehwag [Images] (1), Zaheer Khan [Images] (1) and Yuvraj Singh [Images] (1) were the other Indians to clear the boundary line.
The 49 sixes is the second-highest tally of sixes in a series.
The 2005 Ashes had seen 51 sixes, but there were five Tests played in that series.
The 49 sixes by India and Pakistan batsmen are easily the maximum in a three-match series, eclipsing the previous record of 40 sixes, established in the New Zealand [Images] -- England [Images] series in 2001-02.
The 27 sixes in the second Test at Faisalabad also established a new world record of most number of sixes hit in a Test. The previous record was 23 sixes, in a match between hosts New Zealand and England at Christchurch in 2001-02.
The 18 sixes hit by Pakistan's batsmen in their two innings in the third Test (11 in the first and 7 in the second) also equalled the existing world record of most sixes hit by a side in a Test match.
Most sixes in a Test | Sixes | Countries | Venue | Season |
| 27 | Pak (18) v Ind (9) | Faisalabad | 2005-06 |
| 23 | NZ (13) v Eng (10) | Christchurch | 2001-02 |
| 22 | Pak (10) v NZ (12) | Karachi | 1976-77 |
| 19 | WI (18) v Eng (1) | St.John's | 1985-86 |
| 19 | Ind (8) v Pak (11) | Madras | 1986-87 |
| 19 | Aus (17) v Zim (2) | Perth | 2003-04 |
| 19 | NZ (14) v SA (5) | Auckland | 2003-04 |
| 19 | Pak (14) v Eng (5) | Faisalabad | 2005-06 |
Most sixes by a side in a Test
| Sixes | Countries | Venue | Season |
| 18 | WI v Eng | St.John's | 1985-86 |
| 18 | Pak v Ind | Faisalabad | 2005-06 |
| 17 | Aus v Zim | Perth | 2003-04 |
| 16 | Eng v Aus | Birmingham | 2005 |
| 15 | Pak v NZ | Lahore | 2001-02 |
| 14 | SL v NZ | Auckland | 1990-91 |
| 14 | NZ v SA | Auckland | 2003-04 |
| 14 | Pak v Eng | Faisalabad | 2005-06 |
Most sixes in a series
| 6s | For | Vs | Season | Tests |
| 51 | Eng | Aus | 2005 | 5 |
| 49 | Pak | Ind | 2005-06 | 3 |
| 47 | WI | Aus | 2002-03 | 4 |
| 47 | WI | Pak | 1976-77 | 5 |
| 41 | SA | WI | 2003-04 | 4 |
| 40 | NZ | Eng | 2001-02 | 3 |
| 40 | Ind | WI | 1974-75 | 5 |
Most sixes in a three match series
| 6s | For | Vs | Venue |
| 49 | Pak* | Ind | 2005-06 |
| 40 | NZ* | Eng | 2001-02 |
| 39 | NZ* | SA | 2003-04 |
| 37 | Ind* | Aus | 2000-01 |
| 33 | Pak* | Eng | 2005-06 |
| 32 | Ind* | Aus | 1997-98 |
| 31 | NZ* | Aus | 1999-00 |
| 31 | NZ* | Aus | 2004-05 |
Most sixes by a batsman in a series
| 6s | Batsman | For | Vs | Season |
| 14 | Wasim Raja | Pak | WI* | 1976-77 |
| 14 | A Flintoff | Eng* | SA | 2003 |
| 14 | ML Hayden | Aus* | Zim | 2003-04 |
| 14 | K Pietersen | Eng* | Aus | 2005 |
| 14 | Shahid Afridi | Pak* | Ind | 2005-06 |
| 13 | CL Cairns | NZ * | Aus | 1999-00 |
| 13 | NJ Astle | NZ * | Eng | 2001-02 |
* - series venue