Batting Most Sixes Innings - England

Cricket Records in 1980s in Test matches - England

Most sixes in an innings

Player	Runs	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
IT Botham	118	123	102	13	6	115.68	England	v Australia	Manchester	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
IT Botham	66	78	48	2	5	137.50	England	v India	Delhi	23 Dec 1981	Test # 914
IT Botham	208	276	226	19	4	92.03	England	v India	The Oval	08 Jul 1982	Test # 930
IT Botham	138	249	174	13	4	79.31	England	v Australia	Brisbane	14 Nov 1986	Test # 1057
IT Botham	103	157	103	14	3	100.00	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	25 Aug 1983	Test # 960
PH Edmonds	48	88	81	4	3	59.25	England	v India	Wankhede	28 Nov 1984	Test # 1001
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
IT Botham	57	114	83	5	2	68.67	England	v West Indies	Nottingham	05 Jun 1980	Test # 880
CM Old	24	19	15	2	2	160.00	England	v Australia	Lord's	28 Aug 1980	Test # 885
GA Gooch	153	314	213	21	2	71.83	England	v West Indies	Kingston	10 Apr 1981	Test # 902
IT Botham	142	337	214	12	2	66.35	England	v India	Kanpur	30 Jan 1982	Test # 920
IT Botham	128	199	169	19	2	75.73	England	v India	Manchester	24 Jun 1982	Test # 929
IT Botham	138	236	167	22	2	82.63	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	20 Jan 1984	Test # 975
DW Randall	164	365	269	20	2	60.96	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	20 Jan 1984	Test # 975
IT Botham	70	131	108	10	2	64.81	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	10 Feb 1984	Test # 977
CS Cowdrey	38	57	64	3	2	59.37	England	v India	Delhi	12 Dec 1984	Test # 1004
AJ Lamb	37	39	38	4	2	97.36	England	v India	Delhi	12 Dec 1984	Test # 1004
AJ Lamb	67	136	102	7	2	65.68	England	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1984	Test # 1007
PH Edmonds	36	58	37	3	2	97.29	England	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1985	Test # 1008
IT Botham	60	59	51	10	2	117.64	England	v Australia	Leeds	13 Jun 1985	Test # 1017
IT Botham	18	11	7	1	2	257.14	England	v Australia	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985	Test # 1021
IT Botham	29	50	28	3	2	103.57	England	v West Indies	Kingston	21 Feb 1986	Test # 1036
MW Gatting	183	383	294	20	2	62.24	England	v India	Birmingham	03 Jul 1986	Test # 1048
IT Botham	59	56	36	8	2	163.88	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	21 Aug 1986	Test # 1051
NA Foster	39	89	62	4	2	62.90	England	v Pakistan	Lahore	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1081
IT Botham	27	27	22	1	1	122.72	England	v Australia	Sydney	04 Jan 1980	Test # 868
GB Stevenson	27	33	28	4	1	96.42	England	v India	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
GA Gooch	47	109	78	5	1	60.25	England	v West Indies	Lord's	19 Jun 1980	Test # 881
GA Gooch	123	211	162	17	1	75.92	England	v West Indies	Lord's	19 Jun 1980	Test # 881
P Willey	62	144	123	9	1	50.40	England	v West Indies	Manchester	10 Jul 1980	Test # 882
IT Botham	37	57	37	6	1	100.00	England	v West Indies	Leeds	07 Aug 1980	Test # 884
W Larkins	30	118	70	1	1	42.85	England	v West Indies	Leeds	07 Aug 1980	Test # 884
P Willey	102	226	158	15	1	64.55	England	v West Indies	St John's	27 Mar 1981	Test # 901
DI Gower	154	461	403	16	1	38.21	England	v West Indies	Kingston	10 Apr 1981	Test # 902
MW Gatting	16	48	44	0	1	36.36	England	v Australia	Lord's	02 Jul 1981	Test # 904
DI Gower	89	245	207	11	1	42.99	England	v Australia	Lord's	02 Jul 1981	Test # 904
RW Taylor	9	17	16	0	1	56.25	England	v Australia	Lord's	02 Jul 1981	Test # 904
P Willey	12	29	20	1	1	60.00	England	v Australia	Lord's	02 Jul 1981	Test # 904
IT Botham	149	219	148	27	1	100.67	England	v Australia	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
IT Botham	29	39	28	3	1	103.57	England	v India	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
IT Botham	55	136	97	8	1	56.70	England	v India	Bengaluru	09 Dec 1981	Test # 912
IT Botham	31	80	53	2	1	58.49	England	v India	Eden Gardens	01 Jan 1982	Test # 916
DI Gower	89	256	198	12	1	44.94	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
PJW Allott	41	68	51	2	1	80.39	England	v India	Lord's	10 Jun 1982	Test # 928
IT Botham	67	123	105	8	1	63.80	England	v India	Lord's	10 Jun 1982	Test # 928
DW Randall	126	353	290	11	1	43.44	England	v India	Lord's	10 Jun 1982	Test # 928
AJ Lamb	107	260	202	8	1	52.97	England	v India	The Oval	08 Jul 1982	Test # 930
NG Cowans	36	68	55	5	1	65.45	England	v Australia	Perth	12 Nov 1982	Test # 938
AJ Lamb	46	109	89	5	1	51.68	England	v Australia	Perth	12 Nov 1982	Test # 938
IT Botham	40	68	40	6	1	100.00	England	v Australia	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
AJ Lamb	29	70	66	3	1	43.93	England	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1983	Test # 944
IT Botham	38	36	33	6	1	115.15	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	28 Jul 1983	Test # 958
AJ Lamb	58	100	83	9	1	69.87	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	28 Jul 1983	Test # 958
NG Cowans	7	16	20	0	1	35.00	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	25 Aug 1983	Test # 960
MW Gatting	14	47	44	0	1	31.81	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	25 Aug 1983	Test # 960
NA Foster	18	101	80	2	1	22.50	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	10 Feb 1984	Test # 977
IT Botham	22	70	54	1	1	40.74	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	02 Mar 1984	Test # 978
DW Randall	65	207	157	6	1	41.40	England	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	12 Mar 1984	Test # 981
IT Botham	38	80	66	4	1	57.57	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	14 Jun 1984	Test # 989
IT Botham	81	165	111	9	1	72.97	England	v West Indies	Lord's	28 Jun 1984	Test # 990
IT Botham	45	76	61	7	1	73.77	England	v West Indies	Leeds	12 Jul 1984	Test # 991
NG Cowans	14	14	12	2	1	116.66	England	v West Indies	Manchester	26 Jul 1984	Test # 992
AJ Lamb	107	266	195	10	1	54.87	England	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	23 Aug 1984	Test # 994
MW Gatting	48	46	48	6	1	100.00	England	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1984	Test # 1007
IT Botham	85	133	117	12	1	72.64	England	v Australia	Lord's	27 Jun 1985	Test # 1018
DI Gower	215	452	314	25	1	68.47	England	v Australia	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985	Test # 1021
DI Gower	16	18	10	1	1	160.00	England	v West Indies	Kingston	21 Feb 1986	Test # 1036
AJ Lamb	49	120	67	8	1	73.13	England	v West Indies	Kingston	21 Feb 1986	Test # 1036
P Willey	71	196	104	9	1	68.26	England	v West Indies	Kingston	21 Feb 1986	Test # 1036
DI Gower	90	251	104	10	1	86.53	England	v West Indies	St John's	11 Apr 1986	Test # 1045
GA Gooch	114	355	280	12	1	40.71	England	v India	Lord's	05 Jun 1986	Test # 1046
DI Gower	26	68	52	1	1	50.00	England	v India	Birmingham	03 Jul 1986	Test # 1048
DR Pringle	44	106	95	5	1	46.31	England	v India	Birmingham	03 Jul 1986	Test # 1048
MW Gatting	26	118	104	2	1	25.00	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Jul 1986	Test # 1049
JG Thomas	10	39	30	0	1	33.33	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	07 Aug 1986	Test # 1050
BC Broad	116	307	263	12	1	44.10	England	v Australia	Adelaide	12 Dec 1986	Test # 1060
IT Botham	16	15	13	2	1	123.07	England	v Australia	Sydney	10 Jan 1987	Test # 1065
MW Gatting	96	210	161	10	1	59.62	England	v Australia	Sydney	10 Jan 1987	Test # 1065
IT Botham	48	129	69	5	1	69.56	England	v Pakistan	Manchester	04 Jun 1987	Test # 1075
PH Edmonds	23	32	30	2	1	76.66	England	v Pakistan	Manchester	04 Jun 1987	Test # 1075
JE Emburey	20	29	18	1	1	111.11	England	v Pakistan	Birmingham	23 Jul 1987	Test # 1078
JE Emburey	58	179	141	8	1	41.13	England	v Pakistan	Birmingham	23 Jul 1987	Test # 1078
JE Emburey	53	128	116	6	1	45.68	England	v Pakistan	The Oval	06 Aug 1987	Test # 1079
PAJ DeFreitas	15	56	52	0	1	28.84	England	v Pakistan	Lahore	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1081
DJ Capel	24	91	86	3	1	27.90	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	16 Dec 1987	Test # 1086
JE Emburey	70	164	128	8	1	54.68	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	16 Dec 1987	Test # 1086
JE Emburey	74	345	255	6	1	29.01	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	16 Dec 1987	Test # 1086
BN French	31	151	110	3	1	28.18	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	16 Dec 1987	Test # 1086
GA Gooch	84	430	240	8	1	35.00	England	v West Indies	The Oval	04 Aug 1988	Test # 1102
AJ Lamb	63	123	75	6	1	84.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	25 Aug 1988	Test # 1103
NA Foster	39	100	68	4	1	57.35	England	v Australia	Manchester	27 Jul 1989	Test # 1124
DE Malcolm	9	13	15	0	1	60.00	England	v Australia	Nottingham	10 Aug 1989	Test # 1125
IT Botham	0	20	20	0	0	0.00	England	v Australia	Sydney	04 Jan 1980	Test # 868
G Boycott	8	15	12	1	0	66.66	England	v Australia	Sydney	04 Jan 1980	Test # 868
G Boycott	18	59	42	1	0	42.85	England	v Australia	Sydney	04 Jan 1980	Test # 868
JM Brearley	7	64	45	0	0	15.55	England	v Australia	Sydney	04 Jan 1980	Test # 868
JM Brearley	19	116	85	0	0	22.35	England	v Australia	Sydney	04 Jan 1980	Test # 868
GR Dilley	4	13	12	1	0	33.33	England	v Australia	Sydney	04 Jan 1980	Test # 868
GR Dilley	22	52	45	2	0	48.88	England	v Australia	Sydney	04 Jan 1980	Test # 868

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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]