Going, going, gone! The biggest six in cricket

 

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Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi unofficially holds the document for the longest six in cricket records whilst he cleared 158 metres toward South Africa within the 1/3 ODI at Johannesburg on March 17, 2013. Pakistan out of place that during shape through 34 runs regardless of Afridi scoring 88 off simply forty eight balls, chasing a giant 344 set through the South Africa cricket team. The biggest six in cricket came in the fourth ball of the 35th over.

 Shahid Afridi had already hit Ryan McLaren for 12 runs in 4 deliveries. With the pressure mounting, McLaren gave away two extra runs in advance than conceding the six. McLaren gifted Afridi a period ball, and the previous Pakistan captain smashed it over the roof and out of the stadium. Years later, but, the six have become recorded inside the ICC books at a hundred twenty metres. The true file for the longest six in cricket statistics belongs to Australia’s Brett Lee, who crossed the rope with the aid of the usage of some 130-135m.

 This came against the West Indies in 2005 in a Test healthful at the Gabba. The shot went see you later that it landed inside the parking place and it's miles stated that the ball travelled nearly 130 five meters. Before Brett Lee, countryman Mark Waugh had cleared the rope via 100 twenty metres in a Test healthy in opposition to New Zealand at Perth in 1999.

Mark Waugh hit Daniel Vettori straight away down the floor for a large six. That identical 12 months, Pakistan’s Ijaz Ahmed changed into taking on India in a traumatic chase at Mohali. Two sixes have been hit within the whole recreation and each got here through Ijaz Ahmed’s bat. One six came off a more youthful Virender Sehwag’s ball and it crossed the boundary by 115 metres.

No.	Also read : 10 WORLD CIRCKET RECORDS THAT CAN NEVER BE BROKEN Player	Team	Distance (metres)	Year
1	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	158m (unofficial)	Also read :Another Record For BABAR AZAM After Achieving ICC ODI No.1 Ranking 2013
2	Brett Lee	Australia	130-135m	2005
3	Martin Guptill	New Zealand	Also read :Going, going, gone! The biggest six in cricket 127m	2012
4	Mark Waugh	Australia	120m	1999
5	Also read : 10 WORLD CIRCKET RECORDS THAT CAN NEVER BE BROKEN Ijaz Ahmed	Pakistan	115m	1999

Other notable longest sixes in international cricket

Chris Gayle vs Australia (120-125m)

Corey Anderson vs India (120m)

Yuvraj Singh vs Australia (119m)