Tim Southee struck 3 6s in the initial innings of his farewell Test suit, at Hamilton, to inch closer to the elite team of batters with a 100 over-boundaries.
Former New Zealand captain Southee entered his last Test, at the Seddon Park, with 95 6s to his name. He concerned bat at 272-8 among a guard of honour with regarding half an hour’s cricket left on the first day.
He missed out on the initial sphere he dealt with, from Ben Stokes, the leading six-hitter in the background of Test cricket. That wrapped up the more than. In Stokes’s following over, Southee struck 2 looming 6s, over mid-wicket and deep square-leg, prior to taking a solitary off the 5th sphere. He disregarded the initial sphere of the following over, from Gus Atkinson, for 6 too, over mid-wicket, and quasi-edged the following sphere to the factor border.
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However, Atkinson had his vengeance when Southee mistimed a slog off the following sphere and Brydon Carse held the skier. Southee strolled back for a 10-ball 23. The strike price of 230 made it the third-fastest Test innings by a New Zealand batter with a 10-ball cut-off. At 2nd location is an additional Southee strike– the 10-ball 24 not out versus Sri Lanka in 2019.
The secondly of his 3 6s today took Southee to 97 6s, at the same level with Jacques Kallis at 5th location. The 3rd assisted him attract degree with Chris Gayle at 4th location. Two much more 6s– he still has that 2nd innings– will certainly make him the 4th cricketer to the site, while a 3rd will certainly take him previous Adam Gilchrist’s tally.
Three points make Southee’s numbers a lot more amazing. One, he has actually never ever batted in the top 7. Two, he has actually struck 6s regularly than any individual with than any individual. And 3, he has not strike a great deal of fours.
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Most 6s in Test cricket (approximately December 14, 2024)
BF = rounds dealt with, PCT6 = portion of occupation runs in 6s, R46 = proportion of fours to 6s
| Player | Team | Runs | BF | fours | sixes | Balls/ 6 | PCT6 | R46 |
| Ben Stokes | England | 6,692 | 11,208 | 773 | 133 | 84 | 11.9% | 5.8 |
| Brendon McCullum | New Zealand | 6,453 | 9,989 | 776 | 107 | 93 | 9.9% | 7.3 |
| Adam Gilchrist | Australia | 5,570 | 6,796 | 677 | 100 | 68 | 10.8% | 6.8 |
| Chris Gayle | West Indies | 7,214 | 11,970 | 1,046 | 98 | 122 | 8.2% | 10.7 |
| Tim Southee | New Zealand | 2,243 | 2,710 | 215 | 98 | 28 | 26.2% | 2.2 |
| Jacques Kallis | South Africa | 13,289 | 28,903 | 1,488 | 97 | 298 | 4.4% | 15.3 |
| Virender Sehwag | India | 8,586 | 10,441 | 1,233 | 91 | 115 | 6.4% | 13.5 |
| Brian Lara | West Indies | 11,953 | 19,753 | 1,559 | 88 | 224 | 4.4% | 17.7 |
| Angelo Mathews | Sri Lanka | 8,042 | 16,604 | 820 | 88 | 189 | 6.6% | 9.3 |
| Rohit Sharma | India | 4,279 | 7,466 | 471 | 88 | 85 | 12.3% | 5.4 |
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