Batsmen who have scored 50 plus boundary sixes in Tests
LRPL Taylor apart from becoming New Zealand’s top run getter in tests and also the top run getter at home in tests has scored 51 boundary sixes in his test career as at the end of Sydney test against Australia. He is 38th batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 50 plus boundary sixes. The following table list all the 38 batsmen.
No | Player | Teams | Span | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | C | HC | 6s |
1 | BB McCullum | NZl | 2004-2016 | 101 | 176 | 9 | 6453 | 302 | 38.64 | 12 | 31 | 107 |
2 | AC Gilchrist | Aus | 1999-2008 | 96 | 137 | 20 | 5570 | 204* | 47.60 | 17 | 26 | 100 |
3 | CH Gayle | Win | 2000-2014 | 103 | 182 | 11 | 7214 | 333 | 42.18 | 15 | 37 | 98 |
4 | JH Kallis | SAF+ICC | 1995-2013 | 166 | 280 | 40 | 13289 | 224 | 55.37 | 45 | 58 | 97 |
5 | V Sehwag | Ind+ICC | 2001-2013 | 104 | 180 | 6 | 8586 | 319 | 49.34 | 23 | 32 | 91 |
6 | BC Lara | Win+ICC | 1990-2006 | 131 | 232 | 6 | 11953 | 400* | 52.88 | 34 | 48 | 88 |
7 | CL Cairns | NZl | 1989-2004 | 62 | 104 | 5 | 3320 | 158 | 33.53 | 5 | 22 | 87 |
8 | IVA Richards | Win | 1974-1991 | 121 | 182 | 12 | 8540 | 291 | 50.23 | 24 | 45 | 84 |
9 | A Flintoff | Eng+ICC | 1998-2009 | 79 | 130 | 9 | 3845 | 167 | 31.77 | 5 | 26 | 82 |
10 | ML Hayden | Aus | 1994-2009 | 103 | 184 | 14 | 8625 | 380 | 50.73 | 30 | 29 | 82 |
11 | Misbah-ul-Haq | Pak | 2001-2017 | 75 | 132 | 20 | 5222 | 161* | 46.62 | 10 | 39 | 81 |
12 | KP Pietersen | Eng | 2005-2014 | 104 | 181 | 8 | 8181 | 227 | 47.28 | 23 | 35 | 81 |
13 | MS Dhoni | Ind | 2005-2014 | 90 | 144 | 16 | 4876 | 224 | 38.09 | 6 | 33 | 78 |
14 | RT Ponting | Aus | 1995-2012 | 168 | 287 | 29 | 13378 | 257 | 51.85 | 41 | 62 | 73 |
15 | TG Southee | NZl | 2008-2019 | 71 | 104 | 10 | 1662 | 77* | 17.68 | 0 | 5 | 72 |
16 | CH Lloyd | Win | 1966-1985 | 110 | 175 | 14 | 7515 | 242* | 46.67 | 19 | 39 | 70 |
17 | Younis Khan | Pak | 2000-2017 | 118 | 213 | 19 | 10099 | 313 | 52.05 | 34 | 33 | 70 |
18 | SR Tendulkar | Ind | 1989-2013 | 200 | 329 | 33 | 15921 | 248* | 53.78 | 51 | 68 | 69 |
19 | IT Botham | Eng | 1977-1992 | 102 | 161 | 6 | 5200 | 208 | 33.54 | 14 | 22 | 67 |
20 | CG Greenidge | Win | 1974-1991 | 108 | 185 | 16 | 7558 | 226 | 44.72 | 19 | 34 | 67 |
21 | BA Stokes | Eng | 2013-2020 | 61 | 112 | 4 | 3906 | 258 | 36.16 | 8 | 21 | 67 |
22 | AB de Villiers | SAF | 2004-2018 | 114 | 191 | 18 | 8765 | 278* | 50.66 | 22 | 46 | 64 |
23 | CL Hooper | Win | 1987-2002 | 102 | 173 | 15 | 5762 | 233 | 36.46 | 13 | 27 | 63 |
24 | DPMD Jayawardene | Srl | 1997-2014 | 149 | 252 | 15 | 11814 | 374 | 49.84 | 34 | 50 | 61 |
25 | N Kapil Dev | Ind | 1978-1994 | 131 | 184 | 15 | 5248 | 163 | 31.05 | 8 | 27 | 61 |
26 | ST Jayasuriya | Srl | 1991-2007 | 110 | 188 | 14 | 6973 | 340 | 40.07 | 14 | 31 | 59 |
27 | SC Ganguly | Ind | 1996-2008 | 113 | 188 | 17 | 7212 | 239 | 42.17 | 16 | 35 | 57 |
28 | Wasim Akram | Pak | 1985-2002 | 104 | 147 | 19 | 2898 | 257* | 22.64 | 3 | 7 | 57 |
29 | AD Mathews | Srl | 2009-2019 | 84 | 151 | 21 | 5704 | 160 | 43.87 | 9 | 34 | 56 |
30 | DA Warner | Aus | 2011-2020 | 84 | 155 | 7 | 7244 | 335* | 48.94 | 24 | 30 | 56 |
31 | Imran Khan | Pak | 1971-1992 | 88 | 126 | 25 | 3807 | 136 | 37.69 | 6 | 18 | 55 |
32 | BJ Haddin | Aus | 2008-2015 | 66 | 112 | 13 | 3266 | 169 | 32.98 | 4 | 18 | 54 |
33 | CD McMillan | NZl | 1997-2005 | 55 | 91 | 10 | 3116 | 142 | 38.46 | 6 | 19 | 54 |
34 | Shahid Afridi | Pak | 1998-2010 | 27 | 48 | 1 | 1716 | 156 | 36.51 | 5 | 8 | 52 |
35 | RG Sharma | Ind | 2013-2019 | 32 | 53 | 7 | 2141 | 212 | 46.54 | 6 | 10 | 52 |
36 | Mohammad Yousuf | Pak | 1998-2010 | 90 | 156 | 12 | 7530 | 223 | 52.29 | 24 | 33 | 51 |
37 | KC Sangakkara | Srl | 2000-2015 | 134 | 233 | 17 | 12400 | 319 | 57.40 | 38 | 52 | 51 |
38 | LRPL Taylor | NZl | 2007-2020 | 99 | 175 | 20 | 7174 | 290 | 46.28 | 19 | 33 | 51 |
LRPL Taylor apart from becoming New Zealand’s top run getter in tests and also the top run getter at home in tests has scored 51boundaruy sixes in his test career as at the end of Sydney test against Australia. He is fifth New Zealand batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 50 plus boundary sixes. The following table lists all the five batsmen.
No | Player | Team | Span | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | C | HC | 6s |
1 | BB McCullum | NZl | 2004-2016 | 101 | 176 | 9 | 6453 | 302 | 38.64 | 12 | 31 | 107 |
2 | CL Cairns | NZl | 1989-2004 | 62 | 104 | 5 | 3320 | 158 | 33.53 | 5 | 22 | 87 |
3 | TG Southee | NZl | 2008-2019 | 71 | 104 | 10 | 1662 | 77* | 17.68 | 0 | 5 | 72 |
4 | CD McMillan | NZl | 1997-2005 | 55 | 91 | 10 | 3116 | 142 | 38.46 | 6 | 19 | 54 |
5 | LRPL Taylor | NZl | 2007-2020 | 99 | 175 | 20 | 7174 | 290 | 46.28 | 19 | 33 | 51 |
The following table lists the boundary sixes scored by LRPL Taylor in tests.
No | FI | SI | Runs | 6s | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
1 | 154* | 15 | 169 | 5 | v England | Manchester | 23 May 2008 |
2 | 4 | 46 | 50 | 2 | v West Indies | Napier | 19 Dec 2008 |
3 | 151 | – | 151 | 1 | v India | Napier | 26 Mar 2009 |
4 | 35 | 16 | 51 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 18 Aug 2009 |
5 | 94 | 59 | 153 | 2 | v Pakistan | Dunedin | 24 Nov 2009 |
6 | 30 | 97 | 127 | 5 | v Pakistan | Wellington | 03 Dec 2009 |
7 | 21 | 25 | 46 | 1 | v Australia | Wellington | 19 Mar 2010 |
8 | 138 | 22 | 160 | 4 | v Australia | Hamilton | 27 Mar 2010 |
9 | 78 | 52 | 130 | 2 | v Pakistan | Wellington | 15 Jan 2011 |
10 | 76 | 76 | 152 | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 01 Nov 2011 |
11 | 122* | – | 122 | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Napier | 26 Jan 2012 |
12 | 113 | 35 | 148 | 2 | v India | Bengaluru | 31 Aug 2012 |
13 | 19 | 3 | 22 | 1 | v England | Auckland | 22 Mar 2013 |
14 | 28 | 54* | 82 | 1 | v Bangladesh | Chattogram | 09 Oct 2013 |
15 | 131 | 2* | 133 | 2 | v West Indies | Hamilton | 19 Dec 2013 |
16 | 3 | 41 | 44 | 1 | v India | Auckland | 06 Feb 2014 |
17 | 50 | – | 50 | 2 | v Pakistan | Sharjah | 26 Nov 2014 |
18 | 20 | 48 | 68 | 1 | v England | Leeds | 29 May 2015 |
19 | 124* | 67* | 191 | 3 | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 06 Aug 2016 |
20 | 0 | 32 | 32 | 1 | v India | Indore | 08 Oct 2016 |
21 | 77 | DNB | 77 | 2 | v Bangladesh | Christchurch | 20 Jan 2017 |
22 | 15* | – | 15 | 1 | v South Africa | Dunedin | 08 Mar 2017 |
23 | 0 | 82 | 82 | 1 | v Pakistan | Dubai (DSC) | 24 Nov 2018 |
24 | 200 | – | 200 | 4 | v Bangladesh | Wellington | 08 Mar 2019 |
25 | 53 | 105* | 158 | 2 | v England | Hamilton | 29 Nov 2019 |