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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
SixesCountriesVenueSeason
27Pak (18) v Ind (9)Faisalabad2005-06
23NZ (13) v Eng (10)Christchurch2001-02
22Pak (10) v NZ (12)Karachi1976-77
19WI (18) v Eng (1)St.John's1985-86
19Ind (8) v Pak (11)Madras1986-87
19Aus (17) v Zim (2)Perth2003-04
19NZ (14) v SA (5)Auckland2003-04
19Pak (14) v Eng (5)Faisalabad2005-06

Most sixes by a side in a Test
SixesCountriesVenueSeason
18WI v EngSt.John's1985-86
18Pak v IndFaisalabad2005-06
17Aus v ZimPerth2003-04
16Eng v AusBirmingham2005
15Pak v NZLahore2001-02
14SL v NZAuckland1990-91
14NZ v SAAuckland2003-04
14Pak v EngFaisalabad2005-06

Most sixes in a series
6sForVsSeasonTests
51EngAus20055
49PakInd2005-063
47WIAus2002-034
47WIPak1976-775
41SAWI2003-044
40NZEng2001-023
40IndWI1974-755

Most sixes in a three match series
6sForVsVenue
49Pak*Ind2005-06
40NZ*Eng2001-02
39NZ*SA2003-04
37Ind*Aus2000-01
33Pak*Eng2005-06
32Ind*Aus1997-98
31NZ*Aus1999-00
31NZ*Aus2004-05

Most sixes by a batsman in a series
6sBatsmanForVsSeason
14Wasim Raja PakWI*1976-77
14A Flintoff Eng*SA2003
14ML Hayden Aus*Zim2003-04
14K Pietersen Eng*Aus2005
14Shahid Afridi Pak*Ind2005-06
13CL Cairns NZ *Aus1999-00
13NJ Astle NZ *Eng2001-02

* - series venue


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