Tim Southee left Brian Lara behind in terms of hitting most sixes in Test cricket.
The Sri Lankan team managed to clean sweep the series by defeating New Zealand in the 2-match Test series at home. The second match of this series was played at Galle ground, which the Sri Lankan team won by an innings and 154 runs on the fourth day itself. In this match, a very poor performance was seen from the batsmen of the Kiwi team, in which in the first innings the team was limited to a score of only 88, whereas in the second innings they managed to score 360 runs. In this match, New Zealand team captain Tim Southee did a great miracle with the bat instead of the ball, in which he has now overtaken the legendary player Brian Lara in terms of hitting the most number of sixes in Test cricket.
Saudi reached number 7 in terms of hitting sixes, just a few steps behind Sehwag
Tim Southee scored 10 runs in the second innings of the New Zealand team in the second test match in which he hit a four and a six. On the basis of this six, Tim Southee has now reached number 7, leaving behind Brian Lara in terms of hitting most sixes in Test cricket. Now 89 sixes have been registered in the name of Tim Southee, in which he is only 2 sixes behind the legendary Indian player Virender Sehwag. In such a situation, Saudi can leave Sehwag behind in the Test series against India starting from October 16.
Players who hit most sixes in test cricket
- Ben Stokes (England) – 131 sixes
- Brendon McCullum (New Zealand) – 107 sixes
- Adam Gilchrist (Australia) – 100 sixes
- Chris Gayle (West Indies) – 98 sixes
- Jacques Kallis (South Africa) – 97 sixes
- Virender Sehwag (India) – 91 sixes
- Tim Southee (New Zealand) – 89 sixes
- Brian Lara (West Indies) – 88 sixes
Difficult for New Zealand to reach the final of the World Test Championship
The New Zealand team was successful in winning the title in the first edition of the World Test Championship, but their better performance was not seen in the second edition and now something similar is being seen in the third edition as well. Due to facing a clean sweep in the Test series against Sri Lanka, the Kiwi team has now moved straight from 4th place to 7th in the points table of the World Test Championship, hence their hopes of reaching the final are almost over.
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