Batting Most Sixes Career

Cricket Records in 1980s in Test matches

Most sixes

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
IVA Richards (WI)	1980-1989	78	112	8	5113	208	49.16	6350+	71.25	15	28	7	603+	56
IT Botham (ENG)	1980-1989	75	124	4	4051	208	33.75	6326	64.03	10	19	12	499	56
CG Greenidge (WI)	1980-1989	75	123	12	5094	223	45.89	9246+	48.45	12	25	7	568+	39
Imran Khan (PAK)	1980-1989	54	71	16	2430	135*	44.18	4295+	52.17	5	13	4	233+	37
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1980-1989	80	118	9	3353	163	30.76	2996+	83.51	5	17	11	362+	32
MA Holding (WI)	1980-1987	45	54	8	685	73	14.89	845+	65.20	-	5	12	47+	31
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1980-1989	76	110	7	5642	280*	54.77	10401+	47.54	16	26	3	486+	28
BL Cairns (NZ)	1980-1985	29	40	3	581	64	15.70	903	64.34	-	1	5	49	22
CH Lloyd (WI)	1980-1985	44	61	6	2881	161*	52.38	4171+	55.69	8	17	1	284+	22
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1980-1989	53	80	14	2040	151*	30.90	3466	58.85	2	10	7	235	20
AR Border (AUS)	1980-1989	97	164	30	7386	205	55.11	17365+	42.26	20	40	4	765	20
K Srikkanth (IND)	1981-1989	39	64	3	1927	123	31.59	2333+	65.96	2	12	6	201+	19
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1985-1989	29	34	6	468	66	16.71	744+	56.04	-	2	8	38+	18
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1980-1984	50	86	3	2989	213	36.01	6558+	44.89	6	14	8	307	18
RJ Shastri (IND)	1981-1989	69	104	14	3036	142	33.73	5198+	37.51	8	11	9	225+	17
AME Roberts (WI)	1980-1983	18	24	6	472	68	26.22	856+	45.32	-	2	1	35+	16
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1980-1989	57	66	9	914	61	16.03	1872+	44.39	-	3	6	84+	16
M Amarnath (IND)	1982-1988	43	68	7	2912	138	47.73	3998+	42.02	9	15	6	226+	15
MD Marshall (WI)	1980-1989	63	79	7	1430	92	19.86	2437+	53.18	-	8	10	149+	15
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1980-1985	41	58	7	2460	215	48.23	4187+	56.86	6	11	5	255+	14
DL Haynes (WI)	1980-1989	81	139	16	5074	184	41.25	10411+	42.79	12	28	7	525+	14
A Ranatunga (SL)	1982-1989	26	46	2	1621	135*	36.84	1760+	50.68	2	12	3	117+	13
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1980-1987	65	106	9	4475	236*	46.13	7378+	42.45	12	20	6	378+	13
PA de Silva (SL)	1984-1989	17	31	2	974	167	33.58	764+	48.03	3	3	-	71+	12
LRD Mendis (SL)	1982-1988	24	43	1	1329	124	31.64	991+	61.04	4	8	2	78+	11
GM Ritchie (AUS)	1982-1987	30	53	5	1690	146	35.20	4254+	38.38	3	7	1	158	11
AJ Lamb (ENG)	1982-1989	57	100	9	3098	137*	34.04	6387	48.50	9	12	6	406	11
MW Gatting (ENG)	1980-1989	66	114	14	3859	207	38.59	8254	46.75	9	18	12	482	10
RA Harper (WI)	1983-1989	24	31	3	532	74	19.00	1236+	43.04	-	3	5	52	9
SM Patil (IND)	1980-1984	29	47	4	1588	174	36.93	2103+	62.38	4	7	4	184+	9
J Garner (WI)	1980-1987	49	56	13	486	46	11.30	1025+	45.07	-	-	12	39+	9
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1980-1989	71	112	16	4501	166	46.88	6892+	44.31	12	22	7	340+	9
AL Logie (WI)	1983-1989	37	56	6	1707	130	34.14	2726+	56.49	2	9	8	207+	8
PJL Dujon (WI)	1981-1989	64	89	9	2885	139	36.06	5091+	47.24	5	14	5	298+	8
CL Hooper (WI)	1987-1989	16	26	1	639	100*	25.56	1453	43.97	1	3	3	58	7
CA Walsh (WI)	1984-1989	34	43	16	277	30*	10.25	593	46.71	-	-	8	22	7
GS Chappell (AUS)	1980-1984	33	55	6	2712	235	55.34	4961	54.66	9	10	6	289	7
RW Marsh (AUS)	1980-1984	41	62	4	1162	91	20.03	2635	44.09	-	4	6	120	7
GM Wood (AUS)	1980-1988	44	82	5	2421	172	31.44	5651+	41.28	7	8	7	238	7
DI Gower (ENG)	1980-1989	89	157	11	6196	215	42.43	12474	49.67	12	32	4	750	7
ST Clarke (WI)	1980-1982	5	7	2	122	35*	24.40	153	79.73	-	-	-	10	6
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1982-1987	33	44	10	598	64	17.58	1570	38.08	-	1	5	52	6
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1980-1985	29	45	8	1246	125	33.67	2415+	50.80	2	8	4	145+	6
MD Crowe (NZ)	1982-1989	45	76	7	3127	188	45.31	7339	42.60	10	11	7	384	6
JG Wright (NZ)	1980-1989	56	100	4	3271	141	34.07	9235	35.41	7	13	4	380	6
GA Gooch (ENG)	1980-1989	56	105	2	3970	196	38.54	8020	49.50	8	23	7	477	6
NS Sidhu (IND)	1983-1989	13	22	2	685	116	34.25	1412+	45.75	2	3	3	69+	5
RJ Ratnayake (SL)	1983-1989	15	25	4	277	56	13.19	266+	36.84	-	1	3	12+	5
JR Thomson (AUS)	1981-1985	17	27	11	246	28*	15.37	463	53.13	-	-	3	24	5
RMH Binny (IND)	1980-1987	23	35	5	744	83*	24.80	832+	39.66	-	5	5	36+	5
WB Phillips (AUS)	1983-1986	27	48	2	1485	159	32.28	3191+	42.74	2	7	1	171	5
DM Jones (AUS)	1984-1989	30	53	7	2370	216	51.52	4868	48.68	7	9	4	231	5
JV Coney (NZ)	1980-1987	45	73	14	2303	174*	39.03	5345	43.08	3	14	3	231	5
JE Emburey (ENG)	1980-1989	55	81	17	1471	75	22.98	3832	38.38	-	8	13	173	5
CL King (WI)	1980-1980	4	7	1	199	100*	33.16	319	62.38	1	-	1	25	4
Ijaz Faqih (PAK)	1980-1988	5	8	1	183	105	26.14	474	38.60	1	-	2	16	4
AMJ Hilditch (AUS)	1984-1985	9	16	-	621	119	38.81	1240	50.08	2	2	2	68	4
MG Hughes (AUS)	1985-1989	20	24	3	401	72*	19.09	794	50.50	-	2	4	41	4
DW Hookes (AUS)	1980-1985	16	28	3	870	143*	34.80	1433+	57.99	1	5	4	98	4
GRJ Matthews (AUS)	1983-1986	21	34	6	1031	130	36.82	2311	44.61	3	4	1	101	4
DW Randall (ENG)	1980-1984	21	36	1	1370	164	39.14	2777	49.33	5	6	7	138	4
P Willey (ENG)	1980-1986	22	42	6	965	102*	26.80	2330	41.41	2	4	2	125	4
NA Foster (ENG)	1983-1989	28	43	7	410	39	11.38	1092	37.54	-	-	9	50	4
JG Bracewell (NZ)	1980-1989	35	54	10	925	110	21.02	2356	39.26	1	4	11	74	4
JJ Crowe (NZ)	1983-1989	38	64	4	1592	128	26.53	4615	34.49	3	6	6	182	4
Mohsin Khan (PAK)	1981-1986	42	69	6	2427	200	38.52	4134+	50.87	7	9	3	232+	4
IDS Smith (NZ)	1980-1989	49	70	15	1376	113*	25.01	2347	58.62	1	5	7	170	4
RB Richardson (WI)	1983-1989	45	76	7	3320	194	48.11	7075+	46.55	10	13	3	413+	4
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1982-1989	56	77	13	2642	119*	41.28	4739+	47.56	7	14	6	283+	4
CG Butts (WI)	1985-1988	7	8	1	108	38	15.42	279	38.70	-	-	1	10	3
DA Stirling (NZ)	1984-1986	6	9	2	108	26	15.42	294	36.73	-	-	-	11	3
WKM Benjamin (WI)	1987-1989	8	10	1	124	40*	13.77	239	51.88	-	-	3	13	3
SP O'Donnell (AUS)	1985-1985	6	10	3	206	48	29.42	471	43.73	-	-	1	19	3
Haroon Rasheed (PAK)	1980-1983	9	11	-	364	153	33.09	707	51.48	1	2	2	46	3
BS Sandhu (IND)	1983-1983	8	11	4	214	71	30.57	185+	62.16	-	2	1	17+	3
WK Lees (NZ)	1980-1983	9	14	2	221	89	18.41	550	40.18	-	1	2	20	3
Ijaz Ahmed (PAK)	1987-1988	13	16	-	457	122	28.56	1083+	41.92	1	2	2	60	3
DN Patel (NZ)	1987-1989	8	16	-	274	62	17.12	750	36.53	-	1	4	23	3
WW Davis (WI)	1983-1988	15	17	4	202	77	15.53	332+	44.87	-	1	2	19+	3
AH Jones (NZ)	1987-1989	10	19	1	751	150	41.72	1943	38.65	1	4	1	58	3
ALF de Mel (SL)	1982-1986	17	28	5	326	34	14.17	387+	40.82	-	-	5	17+	3
NG Cowans (ENG)	1982-1985	19	29	7	175	36	7.95	377	46.41	-	-	5	25	3
Saleem Yousuf (PAK)	1982-1989	25	34	5	878	91*	30.27	1445+	50.10	-	5	2	82+	3
G Fowler (ENG)	1982-1985	21	37	-	1307	201	35.32	3362	38.87	3	8	3	145	3
Shoaib Mohammad (PAK)	1983-1989	26	37	3	1543	203*	45.38	3099+	42.40	4	8	4	154+	3
Yashpal Sharma (IND)	1980-1983	24	40	7	1015	140	30.75	2037+	32.84	1	5	2	77+	3
Ramiz Raja (PAK)	1984-1989	29	46	3	1379	122	32.06	2550+	44.50	2	9	2	132+	3
M Azharuddin (IND)	1984-1989	34	51	3	2224	199	46.33	3387+	51.72	7	9	2	230+	3
J Dyson (AUS)	1980-1984	27	52	7	1258	127*	27.95	3660	34.37	2	4	3	115	3
Manzoor Elahi (PAK)	1984-1987	4	6	1	109	52	21.80	183+	45.35	-	1	1	14	2
JM Wiener (AUS)	1980-1980	4	7	-	148	93	21.14	382	38.74	-	1	-	13	2
CS Cowdrey (ENG)	1984-1988	6	8	1	101	38	14.42	280	36.07	-	-	1	9	2
CM Old (ENG)	1980-1981	5	8	2	94	29	15.66	115	81.73	-	-	2	12	2
Aamer Malik (PAK)	1987-1989	10	12	3	472	117	52.44	1347	35.04	2	2	1	54	2
TJ Zoehrer (AUS)	1986-1987	10	14	2	246	52*	20.50	581	42.34	-	1	-	30	2
RG de Alwis (SL)	1983-1988	11	19	-	152	28	8.00	195+	56.41	-	-	5	12+	2
MA Taylor (AUS)	1989-1989	11	20	1	1219	219	64.15	2766	44.07	4	5	-	125	2
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1988-1989	17	25	6	281	44	14.78	661	42.51	-	-	2	27	2
RJ Bright (AUS)	1980-1986	20	30	6	359	33	14.95	1099	32.66	-	-	5	35	2
RS Madugalle (SL)	1982-1988	21	39	4	1029	103	29.40	1869+	38.89	1	7	4	93+	2

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+ indicates that complete career figures are not known
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:

Australia v Sri Lanka at Hobart, 2nd Test, Dec 16-20, 1989 [Test # 1133]

Pakistan v India at Sialkot, 4th Test, Dec 9-14, 1989 [Test # 1132]

Australia v Sri Lanka at Brisbane, 1st Test, Dec 8-12, 1989 [Test # 1131]