Most sixes in Test cricket: The English vice-captain is well in line to have the record of most sixes in Test cricket to his name.
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England Test vice-captain Ben Stokes’ 11th Test century not just powered his team to a 507/9 dec. innings total in the ongoing second Test against West Indies in Barbados but also aided him in achieving a couple of personal milestones.
Stokes, who became the 23rd English batter to complete 5,000 Test runs, also jumped three spots in the list of most sixes in Test career by virtue of hitting as many as six sixes last night.
Stokes, who played an exquisite on-drive off West Indies pacer Jayden Seales to hit his first boundary, managed to score frequent boundaries in the first hour. However, it was right before the lunch break that Stokes changed gears to hit three sixes off West Indies spinner Veerasammy Permaul and one against pacer Alzarri Joseph.
It was right after the lunch break that Stokes registered a 114-ball Test century by running a single off Seales. Stokes, who also hit 11 fours at the Kensington Oval on Day 2, ended up with a whirlwind 120 (128) at a strike rate of 93.75. Readers must note that all that Stokes took to reach from a half-century to a century were 42 deliveries.
Most sixes in Test cricket (updated on February 25, 2023)
It was during the first Test match of England’s tour of New Zealand 2023 when Stokes had hit a six to leave behind former New Zealand captain and current England head coach Brendon McCullum and attain the top spot.
| Batters | Innings | Runs | SR | Sixes |
| Ben Stokes (ENG) | 165 | 5679 | 59.19 | 109 |
| Brendon McCullum (NZ) | 176 | 6453 | 64.6 | 107 |
| Adam Gilchrist (AUS) | 137 | 5570 | 81.95 | 100 |
| Chris Gayle (WI) | 182 | 7214 | 60.26 | 98 |
| Jacques Kallis (SA) | 280 | 13289 | 45.97 | 97 |
| Virender Sehwag (IND) | 180 | 8586 | 82.23 | 91 |
| Brian Lara (WI) | 232 | 11953 | 60.51 | 88 |
| Chris Cairns (NZ) | 104 | 3320 | 57.09 | 87 |
| Vivian Richards (WI) | 182 | 8540 | 69.77* | 84 |
| Andrew Flintoff (ENG) | 130 | 3845 | 62.04 | 82 |
| Matthew Hayden (AUS) | 184 | 8625 | 60.1 | 82 |
Who has hit most sixes in Test cricket for India? (updated on February 25, 2023)
Other than former opener Virender Sehwag (91), Indian batters with maximum sixes in Test cricket are Mahendra Singh Dhoni (78), Sachin Tendulkar (69), Rohit Sharma (68), Kapil Dev (61), Sourav Ganguly (57), Rishabh Pant (55) and Ravindra Jadeja (55).
