Most Sixes in Test Cricket

Test Cricket is known for testing the patience level of batsmen and slow run rates. We don’t see much aggression from batsmen in this format of cricket. But there are some batsmen who don’t fear losing their wicket and play fearless cricket. Hitting boundaries is an easy task for them. Let’s look at the batsmen with the Most Sixes in Cricket.

List of Batsmen with Most Sixes in Test Cricket

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
BA Stokes (ENG)	2013-2022	89	162	5602	258	36.14	9504	58.94	12	28	14	668	107
BB McCullum (NZ)	2004-2016	101	176	6453	302	38.64	9989	64.60	12	31	14	776	107
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	1999-2008	96	137	5570	204*	47.60	6796	81.95	17	26	14	677	100
CH Gayle (WI)	2000-2014	103	182	7214	333	42.18	11970	60.26	15	37	15	1046	98
JH Kallis (ICC/SA)	1995-2013	166	280	13289	224	55.37	28903	45.97	45	58	16	1488	97
V Sehwag (ICC/IND)	2001-2013	104	180	8586	319	49.34	10441	82.23	23	32	16	1233	91
BC Lara (ICC/WI)	1990-2006	131	232	11953	400*	52.88	19753	60.51	34	48	17	1559	88
CL Cairns (NZ)	1989-2004	62	104	3320	158	33.53	5815	57.09	5	22	7	365	87
IVA Richards (WI)	1974-1991	121	182	8540	291	50.23	9613+	69.77*	24	45	10	952+	84
A Flintoff (ENG/ICC)	1998-2009	79	130	3845	167	31.77	6197	62.04	5	26	17	513	82
ML Hayden (AUS)	1994-2009	103	184	8625	380	50.73	14349	60.10	30	29	14	1049	82
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK)	2001-2017	75	132	5222	161*	46.62	11726	44.53	10	39	9	511	81
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2005-2014	104	181	8181	227	47.28	13255	61.72	23	35	10	985	81
MS Dhoni (IND)	2005-2014	90	144	4876	224	38.09	8249	59.11	6	33	10	544	78
TG Southee (NZ)	2008-2022	88	126	1855	77*	16.13	2240	82.81	0	5	15	187	76
AD Mathews (SL)	2009-2022	100	178	6953	200*	45.14	14416	48.23	13	38	4	716	75
RT Ponting (AUS)	1995-2012	168	287	13378	257	51.85	22782	58.72	41	62	17	1509	73
CH Lloyd (WI)	1966-1985	110	175	7515	242*	46.67	6942+	56.68*	19	39	4	712+	70
Younis Khan (PAK)	2000-2017	118	213	10099	313	52.05	19375	52.12	34	33	19	1082	70
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1989-2013	200	329	15921	248*	53.78	29437+	54.04*	51	68	14	2058+	69

Ben Stokes of England currently tops the list, surpassing Brendon McCullum of New Zealand. Stokes now has 107 sixes in test cricket, followed by 100 sixes by McCullum. Virendra Sehwag, MS Dhoni, and Sachin Tendulkar are the only Indians in the list of Top 20 batsmen with the most sixes in Test Cricket. Viru has 91 sixes, Dhoni has 78 sixes, whereas the master blaster Sachin has 69 sixes in Test Cricket.

One surprising name in this list is the fast bowler from New Zealand, Tim Southee, who has 76 sixes in Test Cricket. He has more sixes than some greats like Ricky Ponting, Clive Lloyd, and Sachin Tendulkar among others.

Also Read: Most Runs in Test Cricket

Most Sixes in an Innings of Test Cricket

Player	Runs	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Wasim Akram	257*	490	363	22	12	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1996	Test # 1336
YBK Jaiswal	214	324	236	14	12	India	v England	Rajkot	15 Feb 2024	Test # 2530
NJ Astle	222	231	168	28	11	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002	Test # 1594
ML Hayden	380	622	437	38	11	Australia	v Zimbabwe	Perth	9 Oct 2003	Test # 1661
BB McCullum	202	279	188	21	11	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Sharjah	26 Nov 2014	Test # 2147
BB McCullum	195	202	134	18	11	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	26 Dec 2014	Test # 2151
BA Stokes	258	338	198	30	11	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2016	Test # 2197
WR Hammond	336*	318	–	34	10	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	31 Mar 1933	Test # 226
CL Cairns	120	122	96	10	9	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Auckland	20 Jan 1996	Test # 1323
Inzamam-ul-Haq	329	579	436	38	9	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	1 May 2002	Test # 1600
TG Southee	77*	48	40	4	9	New Zealand	v England	Napier	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1868
CH Gayle	333	653	437	34	9	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Galle	15 Nov 2010	Test # 1977
SO Hetmyer	93	–	92	1	9	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	30 Nov 2018	Test # 2331
NS Sidhu	124	280	223	9	8	India	v Sri Lanka	Lucknow	18 Jan 1994	Test # 1244
AC Gilchrist	204*	293	213	19	8	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
KC Sangakkara	319	551	482	32	8	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	4 Feb 2014	Test # 2117
JO Holder	202*	284	229	23	8	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	23 Jan 2019	Test # 2342
BA Stokes	135*	330	219	11	8	England	v Australia	Leeds	22 Aug 2019	Test # 2357
MA Agarwal	243	–	330	28	8	India	v Bangladesh	Indore	14 Nov 2019	Test # 2366
B Sutcliffe	80*	112	–	4	7	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
IVA Richards	110*	87	58	7	7	West Indies	v England	St John’s	11 Apr 1986	Test # 1045

Wasim Akram, the Pakistani Cricket Legend, holds the record for most sixes in an innings in test. To everyone’s surprise, he smashed 12 sixes in his innings against Zimbabwe at Sheikhpura in 1996.

Recently, Yashasvi Jaiswal joined this list after his staggering score of 214 against England on 15 Feb 2024. During his knock, he smashed 12 sixes, including 3 sixes off an over of James Anderson.