Batting Most Sixes Innings - vs South Africa

Players - vs South Africa

Most sixes in an innings

Player	Runs scored in an inns	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
MS Dhoni	132	272	187	12	3	70.58	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	14 Feb 2010	Test # 1952
GP Swann	85	139	81	10	2	104.93	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
PD Collingwood	47	104	61	5	2	77.04	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
Z Khan	33	64	57	4	2	57.89	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
V Sehwag	165	325	174	23	2	94.82	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	14 Feb 2010	Test # 1952
JM Anderson	29	104	78	4	1	37.17	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
PD Collingwood	50	133	88	5	1	56.81	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
KP Pietersen	40	113	79	3	1	50.63	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
IR Bell	140	313	227	10	1	61.67	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
SCJ Broad	20	65	59	1	1	33.89	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
MJ Prior	60	134	81	6	1	74.07	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
GP Swann	22	15	14	2	1	157.14	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
PD Collingwood	71	139	88	12	1	80.68	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
GP Swann	27	43	27	3	1	100.00	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
Harbhajan Singh	39	47	39	6	1	100.00	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
JM Anderson	10	28	23	2	0	43.47	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
IR Bell	2	17	10	0	0	20.00	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
IR Bell	5	23	16	0	0	31.25	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
SCJ Broad	0	7	5	0	0	0.00	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
SCJ Broad	17	34	34	2	0	50.00	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
PD Collingwood	26	159	99	6	0	26.26	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
AN Cook	15	26	17	3	0	88.23	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
AN Cook	12	78	56	1	0	21.42	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
G Onions	4	7	5	1	0	80.00	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
G Onions	1	19	12	0	0	8.33	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
MJ Prior	0	12	9	0	0	0.00	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
MJ Prior	4	44	34	0	0	11.76	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
KP Pietersen	81	191	143	11	0	56.64	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
AJ Strauss	1	5	3	0	0	33.33	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
AJ Strauss	46	138	87	6	0	52.87	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
GP Swann	2	22	15	0	0	13.33	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
IJL Trott	28	170	117	3	0	23.93	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
IJL Trott	69	316	212	7	0	32.54	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
JM Anderson	1	17	4	0	0	25.00	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
PD Collingwood	91	283	215	7	0	42.32	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
AN Cook	118	401	263	11	0	44.86	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
G Onions	2	8	8	0	0	25.00	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
KP Pietersen	31	86	52	4	0	59.61	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
AJ Strauss	54	80	67	9	0	80.59	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
IJL Trott	18	39	31	2	0	58.06	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
JM Anderson	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
JM Anderson	9	62	52	1	0	17.30	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
IR Bell	48	171	121	8	0	39.66	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
IR Bell	78	286	213	10	0	36.61	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
SCJ Broad	0	33	22	0	0	0.00	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
SCJ Broad	25	69	39	4	0	64.10	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
PD Collingwood	19	51	44	3	0	43.18	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
PD Collingwood	40	276	188	4	0	21.27	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
AN Cook	55	153	116	7	0	47.41	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
AN Cook	65	228	136	7	0	47.79	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
G Onions	4	27	9	1	0	44.44	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
G Onions	0	18	11	0	0	0.00	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
MJ Prior	4	9	9	1	0	44.44	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
MJ Prior	76	179	118	9	0	64.40	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
KP Pietersen	0	3	2	0	0	0.00	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
KP Pietersen	6	34	22	0	0	27.27	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
AJ Strauss	2	3	6	0	0	33.33	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
AJ Strauss	45	167	107	7	0	42.05	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
GP Swann	10	22	8	2	0	125.00	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
GP Swann	5	22	17	0	0	29.41	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
IJL Trott	20	58	36	3	0	55.55	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
IJL Trott	42	149	99	4	0	42.42	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
JM Anderson	1	16	11	0	0	9.09	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
JM Anderson	6	22	13	0	0	46.15	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
IR Bell	5	35	17	1	0	29.41	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
IR Bell	35	125	86	6	0	40.69	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
SCJ Broad	1	11	9	0	0	11.11	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
SCJ Broad	13	18	13	2	0	100.00	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
AN Cook	1	14	6	0	0	16.66	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
AN Cook	21	49	31	2	0	67.74	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
MJ Prior	0	3	2	0	0	0.00	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
MJ Prior	14	45	25	2	0	56.00	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
KP Pietersen	7	26	16	1	0	43.75	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
KP Pietersen	12	91	42	2	0	28.57	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
RJ Sidebottom	0	12	6	0	0	0.00	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
RJ Sidebottom	15	37	17	2	0	88.23	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
AJ Strauss	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
AJ Strauss	22	58	45	3	0	48.88	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
GP Swann	20	21	17	3	0	117.64	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
IJL Trott	5	8	8	1	0	62.50	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
IJL Trott	8	15	9	2	0	88.88	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
S Badrinath	6	45	31	1	0	19.35	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
S Badrinath	56	195	139	7	0	40.28	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
MS Dhoni	6	46	29	1	0	20.68	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
MS Dhoni	25	144	112	3	0	22.32	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
G Gambhir	1	6	3	0	0	33.33	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
G Gambhir	12	22	15	2	0	80.00	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
Harbhajan Singh	8	29	16	1	0	50.00	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
Z Khan	2	7	8	0	0	25.00	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
A Mishra	0	11	3	0	0	0.00	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
A Mishra	0	6	9	0	0	0.00	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
V Sehwag	16	25	19	4	0	84.21	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
V Sehwag	109	212	139	15	0	78.41	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
SR Tendulkar	7	25	16	1	0	43.75	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
SR Tendulkar	100	275	179	13	0	55.86	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
I Sharma	0	8	5	0	0	0.00	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
I Sharma	0	7	11	0	0	0.00	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
M Vijay	4	15	13	1	0	30.76	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
M Vijay	32	135	90	4	0	35.55	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
WP Saha	0	5	3	0	0	0.00	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951

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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
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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England vs Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616]

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]