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Tests - Most Sixes in an Innings

Based on all matches up to and including
Test #1921: Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Galle, Pakistan in Sri Lanka 1st Test, 4 Jul 2009


12  Wasim Akram          257*  Pakistan v Zimbabwe          Sheikhupura          1996/97    
11  NJ Astle             222   New Zealand v England        Christchurch         2001/02    
11  ML Hayden            380   Australia v Zimbabwe         Perth                2003/04    
10  WR Hammond           336*  England v New Zealand        Auckland             1932/33    
 9  CL Cairns            120   New Zealand v Zimbabwe       Auckland             1995/96    
 9  Inzamam-ul-Haq       329   Pakistan v New Zealand       Lahore               2002       
 9  TG Southee            77*  New Zealand v England        Napier               2007/08    
 8  NS Sidhu             124   India v Sri Lanka            Lucknow              1993/94    
 8  AC Gilchrist         204*  Australia v South Africa     Johannesburg         2001/02    
 7  B Sutcliffe           80*  New Zealand v South Africa   Johannesburg         1953/54    
 7  IVA Richards         110*  West Indies v England        St John's            1985/86    
 7  CG Greenidge         213   West Indies v New Zealand    Auckland             1986/87    
 7  CL Cairns            158   New Zealand v South Africa   Auckland             2003/04    
 7  A Flintoff           167   England v West Indies        Birmingham           2004       
 7  KP Pietersen         158   England v Australia          The Oval             2005       
 7  Shahid Afridi        103   Pakistan v India             Lahore               2005/06    
 7  BC Lara              216   West Indies v Pakistan       Multan               2006/07    
 7  CH Gayle             197   West Indies v New Zealand    Napier               2008/09    
 7  AB de Villiers       163   South Africa v Australia     Cape Town            2008/09    
 6  JH Sinclair          104   South Africa v Australia     Cape Town            1902/03    
 6  IVA Richards         192*  West Indies v India          Delhi                1974/75    
 6  Haroon Rasheed       108   Pakistan v England           Hyderabad (Sind)     1977/78    
 6  IT Botham            118   England v Australia          Manchester           1981       
 6  RJ Shastri           121*  India v Australia            Mumbai               1986/87    
 6  WJ Cronje             82   South Africa v Sri Lanka     Centurion            1997/98    
 6  CD McMillan          142   New Zealand v Sri Lanka      Colombo (RPS)        1998       
 6  JN Rhodes            103*  South Africa v West Indies   Centurion            1998/99    
 6  CL Cairns             69   New Zealand v Australia      Wellington           1999/00    
 6  Wasim Akram          100   Pakistan v Sri Lanka         Galle                2000       
 6  ML Hayden            203   Australia v India            Chennai              2000/01    
 6  ST Jayasuriya        145   Sri Lanka v Bangladesh       Colombo (PSS)        2002       
 6  HH Gibbs             228   South Africa v Pakistan      Cape Town            2002/03    
 6  V Sehwag             309   India v Pakistan             Multan               2003/04    
 6  AM Blignaut           61   Zimbabwe v South Africa      Cape Town            2004/05    
 6  AC Gilchrist         121   Australia v New Zealand      Christchurch         2004/05    
 6  Shahid Afridi        122   Pakistan v West Indies       Bridgetown           2005       
 6  Shahid Afridi         92   Pakistan v England           Faisalabad           2005/06    
 6  A Symonds             72   Australia v South Africa     Melbourne            2005/06    
 6  Shahid Afridi        156   Pakistan v India             Faisalabad           2005/06    
 6  AC Gilchrist         144   Australia v Bangladesh       Fatullah             2005/06    
 6  Mohammad Rafique      65   Bangladesh v Australia       Chittagong (CDS)     2005/06    
 6  MS Dhoni              69   India v West Indies          St John's            2006       
 5  SJE Loxton            93   Australia v England          Leeds                1948       
 5  ER Dexter            172   England v Pakistan           The Oval             1962       
 5  JH Edrich            310*  England v New Zealand        Leeds                1965       
 5  DT Lindsay           182   South Africa v Australia     Johannesburg         1966/67    
 5  GT Dowling           239   New Zealand v India          Christchurch         1967/68    
 5  BR Taylor            124   New Zealand v West Indies    Auckland             1968/69    
 5  IT Botham            137   England v India              Leeds                1979       
 5  AR Border            153   Australia v Pakistan         Lahore               1979/80    
 5  IT Botham             66   England v India              Delhi                1981/82    
 5  Imran Khan           117   Pakistan v India             Faisalabad           1982/83    
 5  MA Holding            59   West Indies v England        Leeds                1984       
 5  Imran Khan           135*  Pakistan v India             Chennai              1986/87    
 5  Wasim Akram           62   Pakistan v India             Chennai              1986/87    
 5  Javed Miandad        271   Pakistan v New Zealand       Auckland             1988/89    
 5  PA de Silva          123   Sri Lanka v New Zealand      Auckland             1990/91    
 5  MJ Slater            219   Australia v Sri Lanka        Perth                1995/96    
 5  AC Gilchrist         152   Australia v England          Birmingham           2001       
 5  JH Kallis            157*  South Africa v Zimbabwe      Harare               2001/02    
 5  RD Jacobs            118   West Indies v India          St John's            2001/02    
 5  A Flintoff           142   England v South Africa       Lord's               2003       
 5  V Sehwag             195   India v Australia            Melbourne            2003/04    
 5  JH Kallis            130*  South Africa v West Indies   Cape Town            2003/04    
 5  AC Gilchrist         113   Australia v Pakistan         Sydney               2004/05    
 5  JH Kallis             54   South Africa v Zimbabwe      Cape Town            2004/05    
 5  AC Gilchrist         162   Australia v New Zealand      Wellington           2004/05    
 5  A Flintoff            68   England v Australia          Birmingham           2005       
 5  CH Gayle              83   West Indies v India          Basseterre           2006       
 5  V Sehwag             319   India v South Africa         Chennai              2007/08    
 5  LRPL Taylor          154*  New Zealand v England        Manchester           2008       
 5  CH Gayle             104   West Indies v England        Kingston             2008/09    
 5  Kamran Akmal         158*  Pakistan v Sri Lanka         Karachi              2008/09    
 5  MG Johnson            96*  Australia v South Africa     Johannesburg         2008/09    
 5  MG Johnson           123*  Australia v South Africa     Cape Town            2008/09    

 
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