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).

How to play an in-swinger?

To play a good swinging ball especially the in-swinger is always tough for even world class batsmen like Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulker. The class of an in swinger has always created problems for a batsman to judge it properly. The most important point to play an in swinger is to timely judge it. Though it seems impossible, but with a little concentration. Here comes the difference between a good player and an average player as a good player has the ability to go after an in swinger in a better way where an average player becomes prey of it and get out. Secondly as an in swinger is targeted to be pitched high, the batsman should play it forward and try to be close to its pitch as much as possible. By this, the deviation of the ball will be reduced after pitching and the batsman can hit the shot comparatively easy. Finally, try to play the delivery with soft hands.

In swingers are a deadly weapon for the pace attackers. Usually a batsman  who has good grip on how to play an in-swinger survives pace attack. A lot of key bowlers from Pakistan, West Indies and Australia have mastered the art of bowling an in-swinger.

Top Test-ODI-T20 Century Scorers of West Indies Cricket

Top Test Century Scorers of West Indies Cricket 

The West Indian team for cricket is also popularly known as the Windies. They are multinational cricket team that is representing 15 different Caribbean countries. During the period of 1970–1990, the West Indies team was considered as the strongest team in the test cricket world because of the number of centuries scored by their players. West Indian cricket team has some of the great world record holder players like Brian Lara and Sir Viv Richards. These two players were best test players of the team due to their centuries and other records.

This team has won the ICC World Cup two times in their span. One was in 1975 and another one in 1979. They have also won the ICC Champions Trophy in 2004. They were also in the semifinals of ICC world T20 2009 game.

• B.C. Lara
• G.S.. Sobers
• I.V.A. Richards
• S. Chanderpaul
• C.H. Lloyd
• C.G. Greenidge
• D.L. Haynes
• R.B. Richardson
• C.L. Walcott
• E.D. Weekes

Top ODI Century Scorers of West Indies Cricket

The game of cricket is considered as national sports of West Indies and Barbados. Lots of West Indians have played many ODIs at Kensington Oval. Barbados has seen players hitting centuries on their ground. They were the players like Ramnaresh Sarwan and Chris Gayle. Barbados is considered as international capital of cricket, and it has also contributed large contingent for the West Indian cricket team. Currently players like Ian Bradshaw and Corey Colleymore are also from Barbados.

You have a good chance to catch the game of cricket and players hitting century at Barbados. It can be any type of match, ODI or test match. Whichever the format of the game is, people are always ready to cheer their batsman that drives for the four or hits the century. At the end of the match you would be surely seeing celebrations.

• C.H. Gayle
• B.C. Lara
• D.L. Haynes
• C.G. Greenidge
• I.V.A. Richards
• S. Chanderpaul
• C.L. Hooper
• W.W. Hinds
• P.V. Simmons
• R.B. Richardson

Top T20 Century Scorers of West Indies Cricket 

The Stanford Twenty 20 cricket tournament is a domestic format of T20 game by West Indian cricket. This tournament is generally held in Caribbean Island in Antigua. This tournament was first held in July and August 2006. It was held in Stanford Cricket ground. There are many different T20 formats that were originally introduced by English cricket. West Indies is one of the most active and popular team in this format of the game. They have many players who have scored centuries as well.

This format of domestic game in West Indies was made possible by Allen Stanford to get the West Indian cricket back on its track. There were total of 19 teams who took part in this game and it was a knockout round. 20 more teams have participated in second tournament where many players have displayed their skills by hitting centuries. Here is a list of top century hitting players of this format of the game.

• C.H. Gayle
• D.J. Bravo
• S. Chanderpaul
• R.R. Sharwan
• D. Ramdin
• D.S. Smith
• K.A. Pollard
• L.M.P. Simmons
• D.J.G. Sammy
• A.D.S. Fletcher

Top Ten Catchers / Fielders in Test-ODI-T20 Cricket

Top Ten Catchers / Fielders in Test Cricket

Test Cricket is a variant of Cricket which is based on figures. Test Cricket requires a lot of passion as the matches are conducted over a period of 5 days, which can prove to be very taxing if the interest in the game is not present.

Test Cricket is the longest sport in its kind and it can get very boring for the audience, but this is the form of cricket which helps in finding out the player’s ability in the sport.

The many aspects of cricket are batting, bowling and fielding, fielding being the most important, as it doesn’t only mean catching hold of the ball, but also requires the fielder to be alert all the time and on their toes.

International Test Cricket was earlier slated to be played only among nations, but this aspect was also recently changed by the International Cricket Council.

Top Ten Catchers/Fielders in International Test Cricket are:

1. Rahul Dravid
2. Mark Waugh
3. Ricky Ponting
4. Stephen Fleming
5. Brian Lara
6. Jacques Kallis
7. Mark Taylor
8. Allan Border
9. Mahela Jayawardene
10. Matthew Hayden

Top Ten Catchers / Fielders in ODI Cricket

Fielding has recently come up to be a top priority as a catch dropped now could also mean a match lost much in advance. It has become an art and to master it, one requires a lot of hard work and dedication.
One Day Internationals are also known as Limited Over International due to the limit on the over bowls by each team, which is generally up to 50 overs, thus creating the rush to score well. It is played between two teams at national level.

One Day Internationals are far more exciting than test matches and they manage to attract a decent amount of attention and crowd as not everyone is ready to hang in around for 3-5 days.

Top Ten catchers/fielders in ODI are:

1. Mahela Jayawardene
2. Mohammad Azharuddin
3. Ricky Ponting
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Stephen Fleming
6. Muttiah Muralitharan
7. Allan Border
8. Rahul Dravid
9. Sanath Teran Jayasuriya
10. Carl Hooper

Top Ten Catchers / Fielders in T20 Cricket

20Twenty, also known as T20, is the latest concept in the game of cricket. It is the shortest variant and an enhancement of One Day Internationals. This format of the game makes it very unpredictable.
Fielding does have its own set of restrictions due to the limited over and the way the match goes on. A few balls can turn the game around completely.

T20 has been a successful concept because of the excitement attached to the game. But from a fielder’s perspective, it is not the best platform to showcase their abilities.

The fact that the match lasts for a total of 3.5 hours attracts a lot of people towards it.

Here is the list of the best ten catches in T20:

1. A.B. de Villiers
2. L.R.P.L. Taylor
3. M.E.K. Hussey
4. G.C. Smith
5. D.J. Hussey
6. Shoaib Malik
7. D.A. Warner
8. S.C.G. Broad
9. M.J. Clarke
10. S.P.D. Smith

The Cricketing Greats of Indo-Pak: Tendulkar & Anwar

Tendulkar vs. Anwar- cricket giants

Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar is perhaps the greatest batsman in the world of cricket. He has the record of breaking and making new records. Tendulkar holds the record of scoring the highest number of runs in test matches; a record previously held by the West Indian great Brian Lara. He has scored the most centuries in both Test matches and ODI; another record. His double century in ODI is perhaps the milestone of his career. No one has ever scored a double century in the limited over game. Previously only Pakistan’s Saeed Anwar and Zimbabwe’s Charles Coventry came close with 194 runs..

Tendulkar plays effortlessly all around the wicket and faces the most daunting bowlers with ease. He has got runs not only in India but in every part of the world where cricket is played. He quickly adjusts to the conditions of the wicket and this ability has won him his records.

Tendulkar started his career 20 years ago and still looks strong. Let’s see how many more big knocks the little mater will play before he retires.

Saeed Anwar
Saeed Anwar is the best opener Pakistan has ever produced. The stylish left arm player holds one of the best records of the cricketing world. His technique was simple but lethal, and he has played many matches winning innings for Pakistan. With his impeccable timing and wrist work, he was able to score all over the field. He made history when by scoring 194 runs in an ODI against India in Chennai in 1997. His record was equaled by Zimbabwe batsman Coventry in 2009 and broken by the cricket giant Sachin Tendulkar in 2010. Saeed Anwar has scored centuries against all the teams.

Saeed Anwar was not only a graceful stroke player, he was also a gentleman on the field- a trait sadly lacking among cricketers. The only time he showed aggression was during batting. The death of his daughter in 2001 shook him badly and he took a break from cricket. He never fully recovered from the loss and announced his retirement in 2003.

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