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
V Sehwag	293	366	254	40	7	115.35	India	v Sri Lanka	Brabourne	02 Dec 2009	Test # 1937
Wasim Akram	100	160	89	8	6	112.35	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Galle	21 Jun 2000	Test # 1501
MS Dhoni	100	154	154	3	6	64.93	India	v Sri Lanka	Brabourne	02 Dec 2009	Test # 1937
Kamran Akmal	158	247	184	8	5	85.86	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	21 Feb 2009	Test # 1909
WW Hinds	113	215	143	8	4	79.02	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Gros Islet	20 Jun 2003	Test # 1648
A Flintoff	77	136	109	10	4	70.64	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	18 Dec 2003	Test # 1675
L Vincent	224	534	348	25	4	64.36	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	11 Apr 2005	Test # 1748
V Sehwag	201	348	231	22	4	87.01	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
Younis Khan	313	760	568	27	4	55.10	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	21 Feb 2009	Test # 1909
Mohammad Yousuf	88	171	131	8	3	67.17	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Peshawar	05 Mar 2000	Test # 1487
DJ Cullinan	112	252	232	12	3	48.27	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
SM Pollock	111	123	106	16	3	104.71	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529
N Hussain	109	298	255	12	3	42.74	England	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	07 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
ME Trescothick	161	296	232	23	3	69.39	England	v Sri Lanka	Birmingham	30 May 2002	Test # 1605
AC Gilchrist	144	252	185	19	3	77.83	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	16 Mar 2004	Test # 1688
Mohammad Ashraful	136	250	184	15	3	73.91	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Chattogram	28 Feb 2006	Test # 1784
Mohammad Rafique	64	114	78	6	3	82.05	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Bogra	08 Mar 2006	Test # 1786
KP Pietersen	142	225	157	20	3	90.44	England	v Sri Lanka	Birmingham	25 May 2006	Test # 1803
AC Gilchrist	67	90	77	7	3	87.01	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1847
Umar Gul	46	89	50	3	3	92.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2009	Test # 1927
Shahid Afridi	31	93	50	2	2	62.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Peshawar	05 Mar 2000	Test # 1487
Shoaib Akhtar	26	60	57	2	2	45.61	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	12 Mar 2000	Test # 1489
Wasim Akram	78	245	204	6	2	38.23	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jun 2000	Test # 1499
Younis Khan	32	58	47	2	2	68.08	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jun 2000	Test # 1499
Saeed Anwar	123	339	237	12	2	51.89	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Galle	21 Jun 2000	Test # 1501
L Klusener	118	243	219	13	2	53.88	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	30 Jul 2000	Test # 1505
Z Khan	45	44	40	5	2	112.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1559
BC Lara	74	196	154	8	2	48.05	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	21 Nov 2001	Test # 1570
BC Lara	221	436	354	23	2	62.42	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	29 Nov 2001	Test # 1572
SM Pollock	99	252	170	9	2	58.23	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Nov 2002	Test # 1626
SB Styris	63	172	140	5	2	45.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	25 Apr 2003	Test # 1641
AF Giles	18	33	32	0	2	56.25	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	02 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
RL Johnson	26	45	29	1	2	89.65	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	02 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
ML Hayden	130	310	211	12	2	61.61	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	08 Mar 2004	Test # 1685
AC Gilchrist	31	61	41	0	2	75.60	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Mar 2004	Test # 1691
JL Langer	166	405	295	13	2	56.27	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Mar 2004	Test # 1691
DS Lehmann	153	358	269	14	2	56.87	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Mar 2004	Test # 1691
AC Gilchrist	35	49	34	2	2	102.94	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Cairns	09 Jul 2004	Test # 1706
ML Hayden	117	275	184	14	2	63.58	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Cairns	09 Jul 2004	Test # 1706
GC Smith	65	199	125	4	2	52.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	11 Aug 2004	Test # 1710
Mohammad Yousuf	46	99	64	5	2	71.87	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	28 Oct 2004	Test # 1719
HJH Marshall	160	323	250	22	2	64.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Napier	04 Apr 2005	Test # 1746
BB McCullum	99	190	156	10	2	63.46	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Napier	04 Apr 2005	Test # 1746
Mohammad Ashraful	42	50	41	5	2	102.43	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	20 Sep 2005	Test # 1766
MS Dhoni	51	83	51	5	2	100.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	10 Dec 2005	Test # 1776
IK Pathan	93	207	143	10	2	65.03	India	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	10 Dec 2005	Test # 1776
Mohammad Rafique	40	60	49	3	2	81.63	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Chattogram	28 Feb 2006	Test # 1784
Shoaib Malik	148	488	369	21	2	40.10	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Mar 2006	Test # 1794
A Flintoff	33	37	29	3	2	113.79	England	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	11 May 2006	Test # 1802
KP Pietersen	158	301	205	19	2	77.07	England	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	11 May 2006	Test # 1802
MV Boucher	65	123	102	7	2	63.72	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	04 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
SM Pollock	57	106	70	5	2	81.42	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	04 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
CD Cumming	43	66	57	4	2	75.43	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	07 Dec 2006	Test # 1820
MEK Hussey	133	354	249	13	2	53.41	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	08 Nov 2007	Test # 1845
KD Karthik	20	32	22	1	2	90.90	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
Mashrafe Mortaza	63	109	89	8	2	70.78	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Chattogram	03 Jan 2009	Test # 1905
Yasir Arafat	50	158	129	2	2	38.75	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	21 Feb 2009	Test # 1909
Shoaib Malik	134	372	240	13	2	55.83	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2009	Test # 1927
V Sehwag	131	181	122	18	2	107.37	India	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1935
Yuvraj Singh	67	151	105	4	2	63.80	India	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1935
Inzamam-ul-Haq	9	30	21	0	1	42.85	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Peshawar	05 Mar 2000	Test # 1487
Inzamam-ul-Haq	58	214	163	7	1	35.58	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Peshawar	05 Mar 2000	Test # 1487
Saeed Anwar	74	241	191	9	1	38.74	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Peshawar	05 Mar 2000	Test # 1487
Inzamam-ul-Haq	138	335	243	17	1	56.79	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	12 Mar 2000	Test # 1489
Shahid Afridi	74	136	92	12	1	80.43	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	12 Mar 2000	Test # 1489
Waqar Younis	16	33	36	1	1	44.44	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	12 Mar 2000	Test # 1489
Waqar Younis	39	129	101	4	1	38.61	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	12 Mar 2000	Test # 1489
Younis Khan	61	136	104	8	1	58.65	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	12 Mar 2000	Test # 1489
Moin Khan	47	162	116	5	1	40.51	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jun 2000	Test # 1499
Mohammad Yousuf	41	138	123	4	1	33.33	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Galle	21 Jun 2000	Test # 1501
Younis Khan	116	363	281	9	1	41.28	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Galle	21 Jun 2000	Test # 1501
DJ Cullinan	114	274	231	12	1	49.35	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	20 Jul 2000	Test # 1504
JH Kallis	29	86	79	2	1	36.70	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	20 Jul 2000	Test # 1504
DJ Cullinan	6	13	17	0	1	35.29	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	30 Jul 2000	Test # 1505
JH Kallis	87	237	208	6	1	41.82	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	30 Jul 2000	Test # 1505
SM Pollock	20	51	46	2	1	43.47	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	30 Jul 2000	Test # 1505
JN Rhodes	33	85	66	2	1	50.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	30 Jul 2000	Test # 1505
DJ Cullinan	59	139	116	7	1	50.86	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
ND McKenzie	13	19	16	1	1	81.25	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
L Klusener	97	211	143	13	1	67.83	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
ND McKenzie	47	132	109	5	1	43.11	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
MV Boucher	38	64	45	6	1	84.44	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529
DJ Cullinan	48	106	64	7	1	75.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529
ND McKenzie	103	267	191	11	1	53.92	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529
SC Ganguly	30	148	103	2	1	29.12	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1559
Harbhajan Singh	17	32	20	1	1	85.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1559
Mohammad Sharif	19	17	13	3	1	146.15	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 2001	Test # 1561
BC Lara	130	259	215	14	1	60.46	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	29 Nov 2001	Test # 1572
HK Olonga	18	39	46	1	1	39.13	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	04 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
DA Marillier	15	23	27	1	1	55.55	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
Inzamam-ul-Haq	99	300	228	6	1	43.42	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	06 Mar 2002	Test # 1592
Shahid Afridi	70	170	111	9	1	63.06	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	06 Mar 2002	Test # 1592
Waqar Younis	25	38	28	4	1	89.28	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	06 Mar 2002	Test # 1592
Younis Khan	46	90	66	8	1	69.69	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	06 Mar 2002	Test # 1592
N Hussain	68	272	186	6	1	36.55	England	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	16 May 2002	Test # 1603
ME Trescothick	23	23	14	3	1	164.28	England	v Sri Lanka	Manchester	13 Jun 2002	Test # 1606
SP Fleming	274	653	476	28	1	57.56	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	25 Apr 2003	Test # 1641
MJ Horne	42	121	95	3	1	44.21	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	25 Apr 2003	Test # 1641
MH Richardson	85	329	260	7	1	32.69	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	25 Apr 2003	Test # 1641
PJ Wiseman	16	7	7	2	1	228.57	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	25 Apr 2003	Test # 1641

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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]