Maximum Sixes Record in Test and ODI Cricket

Maximum Sixes Record in Test Cricket   

“He has smashed the ball outside stadium, what a great shot, it’s another six”, the commentator screams after seeing the ball gone out of the stadium. The whole stadium is jubilated and dancing and jumping on their seats. The batsman has hit two consecutive sixes for his team. This is what we usually watch on a regular test match, ODI or now even on T20s. Scoring runs in sixes are always a pleasure to watch and Adam Gilchrist has done it for Australia. Adam Gilchrist has scored 100 sixes up till now. He scored his 100th six in test cricket at Bellerive Oval in Tasmania. He still holds this record as none of the player has equalled this record to date. Next to follow is the West Indies batting star Brian Lara who has scored 88 sixes in his overall career.

Maximum Sixes Record in ODI Cricket   

Pakistan is fortune to have a player like Shahid Khan Afridi who is famous for his hard hitting. Shahid Khan Afridi, most commonly known as Boom Boom Afridi holds the top slot of hitting maximum sixes in One Day International Cricket arena. He has recorded a hefty score of 280 sixes in his career which is the highest in the Cricket World. Next in the queue is Sanath Jayasurya who has registered 270 sixes. Indian striker Saurav Ganguly stands third on the maximum hitters of sixes list. Saurav Ganguly has made 190 sixes and is far behind the top notch record of 280 sixes recorded by Shahid Afridi who is still counting as he has a long way to go.  Fourth and Fifth position in the discussed life is held by Indian Star batsman, Sachin Tendulker (185 sixes) and West Indies’ Chris Gayle (165 sixes).

New Zealand Cricket Team – Profile

Profile for New Zealand team

New Zealand cricket team is also one of the strong cricket team that can challenge the top teams in the cricketing world. The team New Zealand is full of young talent that can perform at the required time. The players like Ross Taylor and Martin Guptill are serious talents that can play the game as per the requirement. The New Zealand is playing under the strong leadership of Daniel Vettori who is in the prime form of his life at the moment. He is scoring runs in the batting and taking wickets in the bowling and guiding his team to the victories. Brendon McCullum is one of the best attacking batsmen in the world who can briskly score the runs and put the opposition in trouble.
The rebel of some New Zealand players for playing ICL Twenty 20 format showed New Zealand down in the ranking and struggle in the world cricket. But, fortunately, ICL bubble went off and rebel players came back to play for New Zealand and that gave the required strength to the team. But, the important factor that has cost the New Zealand team is to find the good young talent that can fill up the boots of great players that retired from New Zealand cricket. Only few players are performing in the team which makes it difficult for New Zealand to win game continuously. Nevertheless, New Zealand can surely provide the challenge to the top teams in upcoming cricket World Cup 2011.

World Cup Cricket Batting Records

Best batting records in Cricket World Cup

Cricketing fans have had the pleasure of watching nine cricket World Cups. During this spectacle, many records are made and broken. The West Indian, Vivian Richards, has the highest batting average in the World Cups at an impressive 63.31. The record for the highest strike rate in the competition is held by the Indian, Kapil Dev, a very dangerous batsman. The fastest fifty was made against Canada by the New Zealander, Brendon McCullum in just 20 balls.

The fastest hundred was made by the legendary Australian batsman, Matthew Hayden. In only 66 balls, he smashed a great century against South Africa.  This is also a record for that fastest hundred made against South Africa, in and out of the World Cup competition. The most number of runs have been scored by another legend, the Indian master, Sachin Tendulkar. His runs in the World Cups total 1796 which includes another record of 673, made in just 11 matches in 2003. This represents the most runs by an individual in a World Cup.

There are also some records that players would rather not lay claim to. Records such as the most ducks in World Cups are hardly something to boast about. By the way, the New Zealander, Nathan Astle holds this record at 22.

Cricket World Cup Records

Cricket World cup is one of the biggest and most awaited tournaments in the history of cricket. Records made during the world cup chronicle some of the outstanding performances of the players. There is no doubt in the fact that cricket is the game of making and breaking records. Following are the categorized records made during all the world cup’s to date.

Scores

• Highest team score: 413/5 – India vs. Bermuda, 2007

• Lowest team score: 36 all out – Canada vs. Sri Lanka, 2003

• Highest successful run chase: 313/7 – Sri Lanka vs. Zimbabwe, 1992

• Highest individual score: 188, Gary Kirsten – South Africa vs. UAE

Teams

• Most consecutive World Cup matches won: 23, Australia 1999-2007

• Most consecutive World Cup matches lost: 18, Zimbabwe 1983-1992

Batting

• Most runs in all Cricket World Cups: 1796 by Sachin Tendulkar

• Most runs by a batsman in a single tournament: 673 in 11 innings, Sachin Tendulkar – 2003 Cricket World Cup

• Quickest century: 66 balls, Matthew Hayden – Australia vs. South Africa

• Fastest fifty: 20 balls, Brendon McCullum – New Zealand vs. Canada

• Highest strike rate in Cricket World Cups: 115.14, Kapil Dev (India)

• Highest average in Cricket World Cups: 63.31, Viv Richards

• Most ducks in Cricket World Cups: 22, Nathan Astle

Bowling

• Most wickets in all Cricket World Cups: 71, Glenn McGrath

• Best bowling figures in a single match: 7/15, Glenn McGrath – Australia vs. Namibia

• Most wickets in consecutive balls: 4, Lasith Malinga – Sri Lanka vs. South Africa

• Most wickets in a single tournament: 26, Glenn McGrath (Australia)

• Lowest economy rate: 3.24, Andy Roberts (West Indies)

• Best strike rate: 27.5, Glenn McGrath (Australia)

Fielding

• Most catches in the Cricket World Cup: 25, Ricky Ponting (Australia)

• Most dismissals by a wicket keeper in the Cricket World Cup: 52, Adam Gilchrist (Australia)

• Most catches in a single match: 4, Mohammad Kaif (India)

• Most dismissals in a single match: 6, Adam Gilchrist (Australia)

• Most catches in a tournament: 11, Ricky Ponting (Australia)

• Most dismissals in a tournament: 12, Adam Gilchrist (Australia)

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