Sixes in a Single Test Innings: In Test cricket, patience is the name of the game. If you lack persistence, playing in the longest format of the game will be difficult whether you are a hitter or a bowler. Instead of pressing strokes, batsmen typically concentrate on rotating the strike and attempt to punish a bowler’s blunder. However, occasionally the hitters abandon their reserved demeanor and vent their fury on the bowlers by regularly hitting them out of the park.
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Here are the Test cricket innings with the most sixes:
Wasim Akram – 12 sixes against Zimbabwe, Sheikhupura
Wasim Akram is undoubtedly at the top of this list among all others. Although the left-arm pacer Akram wasn’t a slouch when it came to batting, he wasn’t particularly renowned for being productive either. The former Pakistani great, who is widely regarded as the best left arm bowler to have ever graced the game, was famed for confusing batsmen with his pace and swing. But this time he opted to let the bat, not the ball, do the talking as he savagely attacked Zimbabwe, scoring 257 runs and hitting 12 sixes in the process. He still holds the record for the highest Test innings score by an 8th batsman.
Nathan Astle – 11 sixes against England, Christchurch
Two faultless double century were recorded during the opening Test of England’s visit of New Zealand. In the fourth innings, England set a lofty total of 550 runs for the Kiwis to reach, thanks in large part to Graham Thorpe’s unbeaten 200 off 231 deliveries. When crucial captain Stephen Fleming was gone early in the innings, New Zealand’s comeback didn’t go as planned. At 189/4, it appeared like the Blackcap’s chances were slim, but Nathan Astle had other plans. The all-rounder robbed his way to a 168-ball 222 that featured 11 sixes, and the English bowlers undoubtedly saw the devil himself in him. Astle still retains the record for the quickest double century in a Test match, scoring it in just 153 balls.
Matthew Hayden – 11 sixes against Zimbabwe, Perth
The intimidating Australian was one of the cricket ball’s hardest hitters, making him a terrifying opponent for any bowler in the globe. The aggressive opener performed the innings of his life during the first Test match against Zimbabwe in Adelaide in 2003, bullying the Zimbabwe bowlers with a total of 380 runs, including 11 huge sixes. The 380 scored by the southpaw remains the best ever in a Test match by an Australian.
The top 10 instances of a player hitting more sixes in a single Test inning are listed below:
| PLAYER | NO. OF SIXES | RUNS SCORED | AGAINST | VENUE | YEAR |
| Wasim Akram (PAK) | 12 | 257* | Zimbabwe | Sheikhupura | 1996 |
| Nathan Astle (NZ) | 11 | 222 | England | Christchurch | 2002 |
| Matthew Hayden (AUS) | 11 | 380 | Zimbabwe | Perth | 2003 |
| Brendon McCullum (NZ) | 11 | 202 | Pakistan | Sharjah | 2014 |
| Brendon McCullum (NZ) | 11 | 195 | Sri Lanka | Christchurch | 2014 |
| Ben Stokes (ENG) | 11 | 258 | South Africa | Cape Town | 2016 |
| Wally Hammond (ENG) | 10 | 336* | New Zealand | Auckland | 1933 |
| Chris Cairns (NZ) | 9 | 120 | Zimbabwe | Auckland | 1996 |
| Inzamam Ul Haq (PAK) | 9 | 329 | New Zealand | Lahore | 2002 |
| Tim Southee (NZ) | 9 | 77* | England | Napier | 2008 |
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