Batting Most Sixes Innings

Cricket Records in 1980s in Test matches

Most sixes in an innings

Player	Runs	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
IVA Richards	110	87	58	7	7	189.65	West Indies	v England	St John's	11 Apr 1986	Test # 1045
CG Greenidge	213	534	384	20	7	55.46	West Indies	v New Zealand	Auckland	27 Feb 1987	Test # 1070
IT Botham	118	123	102	13	6	115.68	England	v Australia	Manchester	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
RJ Shastri	121	388	287	9	6	42.16	India	v Australia	Wankhede	15 Oct 1986	Test # 1054
AR Border	153	209	184	16	5	83.15	Australia	v Pakistan	Lahore	18 Mar 1980	Test # 879
IT Botham	66	78	48	2	5	137.50	England	v India	Delhi	23 Dec 1981	Test # 914
Imran Khan	117	192	121	9	5	96.69	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	03 Jan 1983	Test # 945
MA Holding	59	73	55	3	5	107.27	West Indies	v England	Leeds	12 Jul 1984	Test # 991
Imran Khan	135	-	230	14	5	58.69	Pakistan	v India	Chennai	03 Feb 1987	Test # 1066
Wasim Akram	62	-	102	6	5	60.78	Pakistan	v India	Chennai	03 Feb 1987	Test # 1066
Javed Miandad	271	558	465	28	5	58.27	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Feb 1989	Test # 1116
CL King	100	129	109	10	4	91.74	West Indies	v New Zealand	Christchurch	22 Feb 1980	Test # 875
ST Clarke	35	30	18	1	4	194.44	West Indies	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	08 Dec 1980	Test # 888
AME Roberts	50	84	75	3	4	66.66	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	13 Feb 1981	Test # 896
IT Botham	208	276	226	19	4	92.03	England	v India	The Oval	08 Jul 1982	Test # 930
IVA Richards	61	-	36	5	4	169.44	West Indies	v India	Kingston	23 Feb 1983	Test # 949
BL Cairns	32	19	20	1	4	160.00	New Zealand	v England	The Oval	14 Jul 1983	Test # 957
MA Holding	34	-	58	1	4	58.62	West Indies	v India	Chennai	24 Dec 1983	Test # 972
WB Phillips	120	227	197	14	4	60.91	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	30 Mar 1984	Test # 986
MA Holding	69	114	80	8	4	86.25	West Indies	v England	Birmingham	14 Jun 1984	Test # 989
A Ranatunga	135	341	208	14	4	64.90	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	22 Mar 1986	Test # 1043
MA Holding	73	103	63	6	4	115.87	West Indies	v England	St John's	11 Apr 1986	Test # 1045
IT Botham	138	249	174	13	4	79.31	England	v Australia	Brisbane	14 Nov 1986	Test # 1057
Ijaz Faqih	105	332	272	7	4	38.60	Pakistan	v India	Ahmedabad	04 Mar 1987	Test # 1071
Wasim Akram	43	61	42	2	4	102.38	Pakistan	v England	Leeds	02 Jul 1987	Test # 1077
Abdul Qadir	61	132	104	6	4	58.65	Pakistan	v England	Karachi	16 Dec 1987	Test # 1086
CG Greenidge	141	362	265	14	4	53.20	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1088
NS Sidhu	116	295	195	12	4	59.48	India	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	12 Nov 1988	Test # 1107
BL Cairns	30	35	18	1	3	166.66	New Zealand	v West Indies	Dunedin	08 Feb 1980	Test # 873
DL Haynes	122	263	199	18	3	61.30	West Indies	v New Zealand	Christchurch	22 Feb 1980	Test # 875
Imran Khan	56	127	138	3	3	40.57	Pakistan	v Australia	Lahore	18 Mar 1980	Test # 879
KJ Hughes	117	205	209	14	3	55.98	Australia	v England	Lord's	28 Aug 1980	Test # 885
MA Holding	58	104	78	5	3	74.35	West Indies	v England	St John's	27 Mar 1981	Test # 901
Haroon Rasheed	153	323	242	16	3	63.22	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	05 Mar 1982	Test # 923
N Kapil Dev	89	77	55	13	3	161.81	India	v England	Lord's	10 Jun 1982	Test # 928
GM Ritchie	106	293	216	9	3	49.07	Australia	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	30 Sep 1982	Test # 936
Zaheer Abbas	126	279	205	12	3	61.46	Pakistan	v Australia	Faisalabad	30 Sep 1982	Test # 936
KJ Hughes	137	379	316	12	3	43.35	Australia	v England	Sydney	02 Jan 1983	Test # 944
Javed Miandad	126	276	200	10	3	63.00	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	03 Jan 1983	Test # 945
N Kapil Dev	100	142	95	13	3	105.26	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	11 Mar 1983	Test # 952
M Amarnath	91	201	-	6	3	0.00	India	v West Indies	Bridgetown	15 Apr 1983	Test # 954
IT Botham	103	157	103	14	3	100.00	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	25 Aug 1983	Test # 960
Zaheer Abbas	85	257	246	8	3	34.55	Pakistan	v India	Nagpur	05 Oct 1983	Test # 963
AME Roberts	68	220	181	5	3	37.56	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	10 Dec 1983	Test # 971
CG Greenidge	120	270	189	10	3	63.49	West Indies	v Australia	Georgetown	02 Mar 1984	Test # 979
CH Lloyd	76	111	77	8	3	98.70	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	30 Mar 1984	Test # 986
LRD Mendis	94	123	97	9	3	96.90	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	23 Aug 1984	Test # 994
LRD Mendis	111	197	143	11	3	77.62	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	23 Aug 1984	Test # 994
CH Lloyd	114	208	154	14	3	74.02	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	23 Nov 1984	Test # 999
PH Edmonds	48	88	81	4	3	59.25	England	v India	Wankhede	28 Nov 1984	Test # 1001
IVA Richards	208	374	245	22	3	84.89	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	22 Dec 1984	Test # 1005
G Fowler	201	563	409	22	3	49.14	England	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1985	Test # 1008
MW Gatting	207	504	309	20	3	66.99	England	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1985	Test # 1008
IVA Richards	105	192	147	13	3	71.42	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	26 Apr 1985	Test # 1015
PA de Silva	122	510	-	17	3	0.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	16 Oct 1985	Test # 1026
Sir RJ Hadlee	54	63	45	4	3	120.00	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	08 Nov 1985	Test # 1029
CG Greenidge	45	80	55	4	3	81.81	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	07 Mar 1986	Test # 1039
SM Gavaskar	74	-	79	-	3	93.67	India	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986	Test # 1063
M Amarnath	89	-	-	-	3	0.00	India	v Pakistan	Chennai	03 Feb 1987	Test # 1066
CL Hooper	100	277	171	7	3	58.47	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1088
CG Butts	38	56	53	2	3	71.69	West Indies	v India	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
MD Marshall	72	137	88	6	3	81.81	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	02 Jun 1988	Test # 1098
IVA Richards	146	195	150	21	3	97.33	West Indies	v Australia	Perth	02 Dec 1988	Test # 1110
K Srikkanth	69	206	117	6	3	58.97	India	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	02 Dec 1988	Test # 1111
DL Haynes	112	177	128	11	3	87.50	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	07 Apr 1989	Test # 1118
PA de Silva	75	196	130	9	3	57.69	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Hobart	16 Dec 1989	Test # 1133
Sir RJ Hadlee	103	114	92	11	2	111.95	New Zealand	v West Indies	Christchurch	22 Feb 1980	Test # 875
CG Greenidge	97	249	200	14	2	48.50	West Indies	v New Zealand	Christchurch	22 Feb 1980	Test # 875
Javed Miandad	40	91	71	3	2	56.33	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
AME Roberts	35	76	56	2	2	62.50	West Indies	v New Zealand	Auckland	29 Feb 1980	Test # 877
RW Marsh	71	162	147	8	2	48.29	Australia	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	06 Mar 1980	Test # 878
AR Border	150	393	281	15	2	53.38	Australia	v Pakistan	Lahore	18 Mar 1980	Test # 879
JM Wiener	93	290	209	10	2	44.49	Australia	v Pakistan	Lahore	18 Mar 1980	Test # 879
IT Botham	57	114	83	5	2	68.67	England	v West Indies	Nottingham	05 Jun 1980	Test # 880
KJ Hughes	84	141	99	11	2	84.84	Australia	v England	Lord's	28 Aug 1980	Test # 885
CM Old	24	19	15	2	2	160.00	England	v Australia	Lord's	28 Aug 1980	Test # 885
MA Holding	26	44	38	0	2	68.42	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	13 Feb 1981	Test # 896
CH Lloyd	66	136	83	8	2	79.51	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	13 Mar 1981	Test # 900
IVA Richards	182	383	256	23	2	71.09	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	13 Mar 1981	Test # 900
GA Gooch	153	314	213	21	2	71.83	England	v West Indies	Kingston	10 Apr 1981	Test # 902
GM Wood	72	206	128	8	2	56.25	Australia	v Pakistan	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
SM Patil	31	109	61	3	2	50.81	India	v England	Delhi	23 Dec 1981	Test # 914
Yashpal Sharma	140	497	298	18	2	46.97	India	v England	Chennai	13 Jan 1982	Test # 918
AME Roberts	42	78	58	3	2	72.41	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
IT Botham	142	337	214	12	2	66.35	England	v India	Kanpur	30 Jan 1982	Test # 920
N Kapil Dev	116	173	98	16	2	118.36	India	v England	Kanpur	30 Jan 1982	Test # 920
BL Cairns	19	9	9	1	2	211.11	New Zealand	v Australia	Wellington	26 Feb 1982	Test # 922
BL Cairns	34	32	21	3	2	161.90	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
Sir RJ Hadlee	25	41	41	1	2	60.97	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
GS Chappell	176	266	218	23	2	80.73	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	19 Mar 1982	Test # 926
Imran Khan	39	102	82	3	2	47.56	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
Zaheer Abbas	134	269	148	12	2	90.54	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
IT Botham	128	199	169	19	2	75.73	England	v India	Manchester	24 Jun 1982	Test # 929
SM Patil	129	212	196	18	2	65.81	India	v England	Manchester	24 Jun 1982	Test # 929
N Kapil Dev	97	105	93	14	2	104.30	India	v England	The Oval	08 Jul 1982	Test # 930
Imran Khan	65	138	103	6	2	63.10	Pakistan	v England	Birmingham	29 Jul 1982	Test # 931
Imran Khan	67	171	131	9	2	51.14	Pakistan	v England	Leeds	26 Aug 1982	Test # 933
GM Wood	85	257	172	6	2	49.41	Australia	v Pakistan	Lahore	14 Oct 1982	Test # 937
Javed Miandad	138	416	264	13	2	52.27	Pakistan	v Australia	Lahore	14 Oct 1982	Test # 937
GS Chappell	117	259	174	11	2	67.24	Australia	v England	Perth	12 Nov 1982	Test # 938

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia v Sri Lanka at Hobart, 2nd Test, Dec 16-20, 1989 [Test # 1133]

Pakistan v India at Sialkot, 4th Test, Dec 9-14, 1989 [Test # 1132]

Australia v Sri Lanka at Brisbane, 1st Test, Dec 8-12, 1989 [Test # 1131]