Batting Most Sixes Innings

Cricket Records in 2000s in Test matches

Most sixes in an innings

Player	Runs	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
AC Gilchrist	204	293	213	19	8	95.77	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
CL Cairns	158	214	171	18	7	92.39	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	18 Mar 2004	Test # 1689
AM Blignaut	61	82	58	3	6	105.17	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Cape Town	04 Mar 2005	Test # 1737
A Symonds	72	69	54	5	6	133.33	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2005	Test # 1779
A Flintoff	142	205	146	18	5	97.26	England	v South Africa	Lord's	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
V Sehwag	319	530	304	42	5	104.93	India	v South Africa	Chennai	26 Mar 2008	Test # 1870
MG Johnson	96	189	131	10	5	73.28	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Feb 2009	Test # 1910
MG Johnson	123	154	103	11	5	119.41	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 2009	Test # 1916
RD Jacobs	113	254	215	11	4	52.55	West Indies	v South Africa	Bridgetown	29 Mar 2001	Test # 1541
BC Lara	91	217	199	8	4	45.72	West Indies	v South Africa	St John's	06 Apr 2001	Test # 1542
ML Hayden	131	261	207	12	4	63.28	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
A Flintoff	95	132	104	12	4	91.34	England	v South Africa	The Oval	04 Sep 2003	Test # 1659
ME Trescothick	180	367	248	24	4	72.58	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
CO Browne	68	110	75	5	4	90.66	West Indies	v South Africa	Bridgetown	21 Apr 2005	Test # 1749
MEK Hussey	122	247	203	14	4	60.09	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2005	Test # 1779
A Symonds	55	82	47	3	4	117.02	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	16 Mar 2006	Test # 1789
BJ Haddin	94	208	136	7	4	69.11	Australia	v South Africa	Perth	17 Dec 2008	Test # 1899
A Flintoff	55	84	64	4	3	85.93	England	v South Africa	Leeds	21 Aug 2003	Test # 1656
JDP Oram	90	201	134	9	3	67.16	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	18 Mar 2004	Test # 1689
DPMD Jayawardene	237	563	415	25	3	57.10	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	04 Aug 2004	Test # 1709
A Flintoff	60	147	112	6	3	53.57	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1730
GO Jones	50	81	54	5	3	92.59	England	v South Africa	Centurion	21 Jan 2005	Test # 1736
CH Gayle	317	630	483	37	3	65.63	West Indies	v South Africa	St John's	29 Apr 2005	Test # 1750
ST Jayasuriya	73	131	74	9	3	98.64	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	04 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
CH Gayle	38	78	48	4	3	79.16	West Indies	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2008	Test # 1858
PJ Hughes	160	376	323	15	3	49.53	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	06 Mar 2009	Test # 1913
SR Tendulkar	97	208	163	12	2	59.50	India	v South Africa	Wankhede	24 Feb 2000	Test # 1484
M Azharuddin	102	224	170	13	2	60.00	India	v South Africa	Bengaluru	02 Mar 2000	Test # 1486
DPMD Jayawardene	167	331	288	22	2	57.98	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	20 Jul 2000	Test # 1504
WPUJC Vaas	38	34	26	6	2	146.15	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
PA Strang	38	36	28	4	2	135.71	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Bulawayo	14 Sep 2001	Test # 1563
ML Hayden	122	290	189	18	2	64.55	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
AC Gilchrist	138	172	108	22	2	127.77	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	08 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
Mohammad Yousuf	50	43	29	6	2	172.41	Pakistan	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2003	Test # 1637
D Gough	34	78	48	3	2	70.83	England	v South Africa	Lord's	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
ME Trescothick	219	570	374	32	2	58.55	England	v South Africa	The Oval	04 Sep 2003	Test # 1659
BC Lara	202	439	274	32	2	73.72	West Indies	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1674
DR Smith	105	135	105	15	2	100.00	West Indies	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2004	Test # 1681
SB Styris	170	312	220	24	2	77.27	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	18 Mar 2004	Test # 1689
CL Cairns	69	90	82	9	2	84.14	New Zealand	v South Africa	Wellington	26 Mar 2004	Test # 1692
JDP Oram	34	64	38	3	2	89.47	New Zealand	v South Africa	Wellington	26 Mar 2004	Test # 1692
MS Sinclair	74	223	181	8	2	40.88	New Zealand	v South Africa	Wellington	26 Mar 2004	Test # 1692
V Sehwag	164	328	228	24	2	71.92	India	v South Africa	Kanpur	20 Nov 2004	Test # 1722
V Sehwag	88	189	118	11	2	74.57	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	28 Nov 2004	Test # 1724
GO Jones	73	133	82	10	2	89.02	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1730
ME Trescothick	132	344	261	20	2	50.57	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1730
WW Hinds	213	455	297	34	2	71.71	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005	Test # 1745
RR Sarwan	127	388	279	14	2	45.51	West Indies	v South Africa	St John's	29 Apr 2005	Test # 1750
ML Hayden	137	356	242	17	2	56.61	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2005	Test # 1779
AC Gilchrist	86	156	109	10	2	78.89	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 2006	Test # 1780
RT Ponting	116	273	187	12	2	62.03	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	24 Mar 2006	Test # 1792
B Lee	64	106	68	6	2	94.11	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	31 Mar 2006	Test # 1795
BB McCullum	33	49	38	2	2	86.84	New Zealand	v South Africa	Centurion	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
JDP Oram	133	285	169	18	2	78.69	New Zealand	v South Africa	Centurion	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
SP Fleming	262	576	423	31	2	61.93	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	27 Apr 2006	Test # 1800
DPMD Jayawardene	123	359	248	11	2	49.59	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	04 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
CK Kapugedera	63	89	77	9	2	81.81	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	04 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
Z Khan	37	107	80	3	2	46.25	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
CH Gayle	46	96	49	2	2	93.87	West Indies	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2008	Test # 1858
V Sehwag	17	32	20	1	2	85.00	India	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	03 Apr 2008	Test # 1871
V Sehwag	22	15	12	1	2	183.33	India	v South Africa	Kanpur	11 Apr 2008	Test # 1873
Mushfiqur Rahim	65	117	86	9	2	75.58	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Nov 2008	Test # 1895
BJ Haddin	46	117	68	4	2	67.64	Australia	v South Africa	Perth	17 Dec 2008	Test # 1899
BJ Haddin	37	83	54	1	2	68.51	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Feb 2009	Test # 1910
PJ Hughes	115	190	151	19	2	76.15	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	06 Mar 2009	Test # 1913
GP Swann	85	139	81	10	2	104.93	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
N Hussain	16	61	38	2	1	42.10	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2000	Test # 1482
AJ Stewart	73	179	140	10	1	52.14	England	v South Africa	Centurion	14 Jan 2000	Test # 1483
SC Ganguly	31	58	42	4	1	73.80	India	v South Africa	Wankhede	24 Feb 2000	Test # 1484
NR Mongia	19	22	10	3	1	190.00	India	v South Africa	Wankhede	24 Feb 2000	Test # 1484
ST Jayasuriya	148	192	156	24	1	94.87	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	20 Jul 2000	Test # 1504
A Ranatunga	54	129	77	9	1	70.12	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Kandy	30 Jul 2000	Test # 1505
DPMD Jayawardene	101	217	183	14	1	55.19	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	06 Aug 2000	Test # 1507
MS Sinclair	150	397	321	23	1	46.72	New Zealand	v South Africa	Gqeberha	30 Nov 2000	Test # 1519
KC Sangakkara	74	269	213	8	1	34.74	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
DNT Zoysa	10	22	11	0	1	90.90	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
RS Kaluwitharana	32	41	30	4	1	106.66	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529
CL Hooper	35	97	65	2	1	53.84	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	09 Mar 2001	Test # 1534
BC Lara	19	50	42	2	1	45.23	West Indies	v South Africa	St John's	06 Apr 2001	Test # 1542
M Dillon	24	122	77	1	1	31.16	West Indies	v South Africa	Kingston	19 Apr 2001	Test # 1544
A Flower	142	289	200	21	1	71.00	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Harare	07 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
A Flower	199	590	470	24	1	42.34	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Harare	07 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
SV Carlisle	49	265	201	4	1	24.37	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Bulawayo	14 Sep 2001	Test # 1563
GW Flower	44	85	84	6	1	52.38	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Bulawayo	14 Sep 2001	Test # 1563
H Masakadza	42	99	97	7	1	43.29	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Bulawayo	14 Sep 2001	Test # 1563
HH Streak	31	66	59	3	1	52.54	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Bulawayo	14 Sep 2001	Test # 1563
VVS Laxman	32	50	30	4	1	106.66	India	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	03 Nov 2001	Test # 1564
A Nehra	17	31	29	1	1	58.62	India	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	03 Nov 2001	Test # 1564
SR Tendulkar	155	233	184	23	1	84.23	India	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	03 Nov 2001	Test # 1564
JL Langer	116	332	246	15	1	47.15	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
ML Hayden	21	44	32	2	1	65.62	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 2002	Test # 1582
ML Hayden	105	240	198	14	1	53.03	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 2002	Test # 1582
JL Langer	126	276	211	19	1	59.71	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 2002	Test # 1582
SK Warne	37	50	46	6	1	80.43	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 2002	Test # 1582
SK Warne	12	16	8	1	1	150.00	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
ML Hayden	96	219	141	15	1	68.08	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	08 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
RT Ponting	47	116	69	5	1	68.11	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	08 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
RT Ponting	100	261	160	16	1	62.50	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	08 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
SK Warne	63	102	65	10	1	96.92	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	08 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
ME Waugh	30	67	47	3	1	63.82	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	15 Mar 2002	Test # 1595

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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:

South Africa v England at Durban, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1944]

Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1943]

South Africa v England at Centurion, 1st Test, Dec 16-20, 2009 [Test # 1942]