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Longest sixes in international cricket
Longest sixes in international cricket












longest sixes in international cricket

The ball hit the roof of the stand and landed back in the ground.īelieve it or not, in international cricket, the longest six has been hammered by a bowler, and that is Australian speedster, Brett Lee. Guptill smashed a Lonwabo Tsotsobe’s delivery for a six that travelled 127 meters over the midwicket boundary. In 2012, Guptill struck a mighty hit at Westpac Stadium in Wellington during a T20I against South Africa. New Zealand’s destructive opening batsman Martin Guptill is quite famous for his attacking cricket and taking the bowlers to the cleaners. The epic hit covered a distance of 120 meters, and it still remains as one of the biggest maximums in the international circuit. One such hit came against New Zealand in a Test match at Perth where Waugh sent a Daniel Vittori’s ball straight down the ground for a massive six. Mark Waugh, one of the elegant and stylish Australian batsman, struck some mighty hits during his playing days.

longest sixes in international cricket

The Pakistani genius smacked it so hard that the ball went over the roof of the stand at the Wanderers Stadium. In his massive list of sixes, Afridi smashed a 120 meter maximum against South Africa in the third ODI at Johannesburg in 2013. Afridi was undoubtedly the most destructive batsman of the modern era. Known as a specialist in six-hitting, Shahid Afridi has smashed 476 sixes in his international career, which is the second-highest after Chris Gayle (534).














Longest sixes in international cricket