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Most sixes in an innings
Player	Runs	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Wasim Akram	257*	490	363	22	12	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1996	Test # 1336
NJ Astle	222	231	168	28	11	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002	Test # 1594
ML Hayden	380	622	437	38	11	Australia	v Zimbabwe	Perth	9 Oct 2003	Test # 1661
WR Hammond	336*	318	-	34	10	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	31 Mar 1933	Test # 226
CL Cairns	120	122	96	10	9	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Auckland	20 Jan 1996	Test # 1323
Inzamam-ul-Haq	329	579	436	38	9	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	1 May 2002	Test # 1600
TG Southee	77*	48	40	4	9	New Zealand	v England	Napier	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1868
CH Gayle	333	653	437	34	9	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Galle	15 Nov 2010	Test # 1977
NS Sidhu	124	280	223	9	8	India	v Sri Lanka	Lucknow	18 Jan 1994	Test # 1244
AC Gilchrist	204*	293	213	19	8	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
B Sutcliffe	80*	112	-	4	7	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
IVA Richards	110*	87	58	7	7	West Indies	v England	St John's	11 Apr 1986	Test # 1045
CG Greenidge	213	534	384	20	7	West Indies	v New Zealand	Auckland	27 Feb 1987	Test # 1070
CL Cairns	158	214	171	18	7	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	18 Mar 2004	Test # 1689
A Flintoff	167	274	191	17	7	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	29 Jul 2004	Test # 1708
KP Pietersen	158	285	187	15	7	England	v Australia	The Oval	8 Sep 2005	Test # 1763
Shahid Afridi	103	111	80	7	7	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	13 Jan 2006	Test # 1781
BC Lara	216	422	262	22	7	West Indies	v Pakistan	Multan	19 Nov 2006	Test # 1816
CH Gayle	197	514	396	20	7	West Indies	v New Zealand	Napier	19 Dec 2008	Test # 1900
AB de Villiers	163	313	196	12	7	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	19 Mar 2009	Test # 1916
V Sehwag	293	366	254	40	7	India	v Sri Lanka	Mumbai (BS)	2 Dec 2009	Test # 1937
Harbhajan Singh	111*	174	116	7	7	India	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	12 Nov 2010	Test # 1975
JH Sinclair	104	-	-	-	6	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	8 Nov 1902	Test # 77
IVA Richards	192*	321	-	20	6	West Indies	v India	Delhi	11 Dec 1974	Test # 747
Haroon Rasheed	108	214	176	10	6	Pakistan	v England	Hyderabad (Sind)	2 Jan 1978	Test # 813
IT Botham	118	123	102	13	6	England	v Australia	Manchester	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
RJ Shastri	121*	388	287	9	6	India	v Australia	Mumbai	15 Oct 1986	Test # 1054
WJ Cronje	82	70	63	8	6	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
CD McMillan	142	238	179	13	6	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
JN Rhodes	103*	104	95	8	6	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	15 Jan 1999	Test # 1441
CL Cairns	69	115	83	4	6	New Zealand	v Australia	Wellington	24 Mar 2000	Test # 1491
Wasim Akram	100	160	89	8	6	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Galle	21 Jun 2000	Test # 1501
ML Hayden	203	474	320	15	6	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Mar 2001	Test # 1539
ST Jayasuriya	145	214	164	13	6	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (PSS)	21 Jul 2002	Test # 1609
HH Gibbs	228	383	240	29	6	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	2 Jan 2003	Test # 1637
V Sehwag	309	531	375	39	6	India	v Pakistan	Multan	28 Mar 2004	Test # 1693
AM Blignaut	61	82	58	3	6	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Cape Town	4 Mar 2005	Test # 1737
AC Gilchrist	121	183	126	12	6	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	10 Mar 2005	Test # 1739
Shahid Afridi	122	179	95	9	6	Pakistan	v West Indies	Bridgetown	26 May 2005	Test # 1752
Shahid Afridi	92	109	85	6	6	Pakistan	v England	Faisalabad	20 Nov 2005	Test # 1772
A Symonds	72	69	54	5	6	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2005	Test # 1779
Shahid Afridi	156	208	128	20	6	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	21 Jan 2006	Test # 1782
AC Gilchrist	144	294	212	15	6	Australia	v Bangladesh	Fatullah	9 Apr 2006	Test # 1797
Mohammad Rafique	65	57	53	2	6	Bangladesh	v Australia	Chittagong	16 Apr 2006	Test # 1799
MS Dhoni	69	51	52	4	6	India	v West Indies	St John's	2 Jun 2006	Test # 1805
MS Dhoni	100*	154	154	3	6	India	v Sri Lanka	Mumbai (BS)	2 Dec 2009	Test # 1937
CH Gayle	102	102	72	9	6	West Indies	v Australia	Perth	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1941
AB de Villiers	135*	-	168	13	6	South Africa	v West Indies	Basseterre	18 Jun 2010	Test # 1961
AB de Villiers	278*	601	418	23	6	South Africa	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	20 Nov 2010	Test # 1979
KP Pietersen	151	212	165	16	6	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	3 Apr 2012	Test # 2039

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England v West Indies at Nottingham, 2nd Test, May 25-29, 2012 [Test # 2044 - Live]
» England 259/2 (68.0 ov, KP Pietersen 72*, AJ Strauss 102*, S Shillingford 0/73) - Stumps

England v West Indies at Lord's, 1st Test, May 17-21, 2012 [Test # 2043]

West Indies v Australia at Roseau, 3rd Test, Apr 23-27, 2012 [Test # 2042]

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