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Most sixes in 1978: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the most sixes in 1978, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
TEST
1978
119 entries
1
8
Haroon Rasheed
PAK
1 clear of Javed Miandad
2
7
Javed Miandad
PAK
1 off the lead
3
6
Kapil Dev
IND
2 off the lead
● LEADS
Haroon Rasheed
PAK
8 · 1 ahead of Miandad
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Rasheed is out on their own
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
17 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
★ RANGE
8
top of the list, down to 0 at the other end
Most sixes — full list
119 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Haroon Rasheed
PAK
8
2
Javed Miandad
PAK
7
3
Kapil Dev
IND
6
4
Zaheer Abbas
PAK
5
4
Imran Niazi
BHR
5
5
Desmond Haynes
WI
4
5
Kim Hughes
AUS
4
6
Peter Toohey
AUS
3
7
Bruce Yardley
AUS
2
7
Jock Edwards
NZ
2
7
Dilip Vengsarkar
IND
2
7
Graham Roope
ENG
2
7
Phil Edmonds
ENG
2
7
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
2
7
Vanburn Holder
WI
2
7
Asif Iqbal
PAK
2
7
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
2
7
Mohsin Khan
HK
2
8
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
1
8
Majid Khan
PAK
1
8
Wasim Bari
PAK
1
8
David Gower
ENG
1
8
Wasim Raja
PAK
1
8
Alvin Kallicharran
WI
1
8
Gordon Greenidge
WI
1
8
Sir Viv Richards
WI
1
8
Norbert Phillip
WI
1
8
John Lever
ENG
1
8
Derek Randall
ENG
1
8
Sylvester Clarke
WI
1
8
Alvin Greenidge
WI
1
8
Clive Lloyd
WI
1
8
Graeme Wood
AUS
1
8
Richard Collinge
NZ
1
8
Ian Callen
AUS
1
8
Karsan Ghavri
IND
1
8
Gary Cosier
AUS
1
8
Graham Yallop
AUS
1
8
Craig Serjeant
AUS
1
9
Surinder Amarnath
IND
0
9
Syed Kirmani
IND
0
9
Wayne Clark
AUS
0
9
Tony Mann
AUS
0
9
David Ogilvie
AUS
0
9
Steve Rixon
AUS
0
9
Rick Darling
AUS
0
9
John Dyson
AUS
0
9
Sam Gannon
AUS
0
9
Jim Higgs
AUS
0
9
Trevor Laughlin
AUS
0
9
Rodney Hogg
AUS
0
9
John Maclean
AUS
0
9
Allan Border
AUS
0
9
Bev Congdon
NZ
0
9
Mark Burgess
NZ
0
9
Dayle Hadlee
NZ
0
9
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
0
9
John Parker
NZ
0
9
Lance Cairns
NZ
0
9
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
0
9
Geoff Howarth
NZ
0
9
Robert Anderson
NZ
0
9
Warren Lees
NZ
0
9
Stephen Boock
NZ
0
9
John Wright
NZ
0
9
Brendon Bracewell
NZ
0
9
Bruce Edgar
NZ
0
9
Maurice Foster
WI
0
9
Derick Parry
WI
0
9
David Murray
WI
0
9
Mike Hendrick
ENG
0
9
Graham Gooch
ENG
0
9
Mike Brearley
ENG
0
9
Geoff Miller
ENG
0
9
Geoff Cope
ENG
0
9
Brian Rose
ENG
0
9
Mike Gatting
ENG
0
9
Clive Radley
ENG
0
9
Sew Shivnarine
WI
0
9
Basil Williams
WI
0
9
Faoud Bacchus
WI
0
9
Malcolm Marshall
WI
0
9
Geoff Boycott
ENG
0
9
Bob Willis
ENG
0
9
Bob Taylor
ENG
0
9
Barry Wood
ENG
0
9
Chris Old
ENG
0
9
Larry Gomes
WI
0
9
Colin Croft
WI
0
9
Joel Garner
WI
0
9
Irvine Shillingford
WI
0
9
Richard Austin
WI
0
9
Raphick Jumadeen
WI
0
9
Sir Andy Roberts
NZ
0
9
Shafiq Ahmed
PAK
0
9
Liaqat Ali
PAK
0
9
Abdul Qadir
PAK
0
9
Sikander Bakht
PAK
0
9
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
0
9
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
0
9
John Emburey
ENG
0
9
Mushtaq Mohammad
PAK
0
9
Talat Ali
PAK
0
9
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
0
9
Sadiq Mohammad
PAK
0
9
Deryck Murray
WI
0
9
Anshuman Gaekwad
IND
0
9
Bobjee Narasimha Rao
IND
0
9
Bob Simpson
AUS
0
9
Jeff Thomson
AUS
0
9
Geoff Dymock
AUS
0
9
Alan Hurst
AUS
0
9
Erapalli Prasanna
IND
0
9
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
IND
0
9
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
IND
0
9
Bishan Bedi
IND
0
9
Chetan Chauhan
IND
0
9
Ashok Mankad
IND
0
9
Gundappa Viswanath
IND
0
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