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Most sixes in 1981: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the most sixes during the 1981 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ALL FORMATS
1981
127 entries
1
16
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
9 clear of Sir Viv Richards
2
7
Sir Viv Richards
WI
9 off the lead
2
7
Allan Border
AUS
9 off the lead
● LEADS
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
16 · 9 ahead of Richards
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Botham is out on their own
● NATION IN FRONT
India
11 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
★ RANGE
16
top of the list, down to 0 at the other end
Most sixes — full list
127 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
16
2
Sir Viv Richards
WI
7
2
Allan Border
AUS
7
3
Michael Holding
WI
6
3
Mike Gatting
ENG
6
3
Sandeep Patil
IND
6
4
Sir Andy Roberts
NZ
5
4
Graeme Wood
AUS
5
4
Jeremy Coney
NZ
5
5
Kapil Dev
IND
4
6
Rod Marsh
AUS
3
6
Lance Cairns
NZ
3
6
Gordon Greenidge
WI
3
6
Graham Gooch
ENG
3
7
Peter Willey
ENG
2
7
Clive Lloyd
WI
2
7
David Gower
ENG
2
7
Geoff Lawson
AUS
2
7
Jeff Thomson
AUS
2
7
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
2
8
Doug Walters
AUS
1
8
Ian Smith
NZ
1
8
Kim Hughes
AUS
1
8
Gary Troup
NZ
1
8
Jock Edwards
NZ
1
8
John Wright
NZ
1
8
Bruce Edgar
NZ
1
8
Everton Mattis
WI
1
8
Bob Taylor
ENG
1
8
Kirti Azad
IND
1
8
Yashpal Sharma
IND
1
8
Imran Niazi
BHR
1
9
Wasim Raja
PAK
0
9
Javed Miandad
PAK
0
9
Sikander Bakht
PAK
0
9
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
0
9
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
0
9
Mohsin Khan
HK
0
9
Mansoor Akhtar
PAK
0
9
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
0
9
Rizwan-uz-Zaman
PAK
0
9
Tahir Naqqash
PAK
0
9
Ashraf Ali
PAK
0
9
Chetan Chauhan
IND
0
9
Gundappa Viswanath
IND
0
9
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
0
9
Madan Lal
IND
0
9
Karsan Ghavri
IND
0
9
Syed Kirmani
IND
0
9
Dilip Vengsarkar
IND
0
9
Dilip Doshi
IND
0
9
Shivlal Yadav
IND
0
9
Roger Binny
IND
0
9
Ravi Shastri
IND
0
9
Yograj Singh
IND
0
9
Tirumalai Srinivasan
IND
0
9
Kris Srikkanth
IND
0
9
Chris Old
ENG
0
9
Mike Hendrick
ENG
0
9
Bob Woolmer
ENG
0
9
Mike Brearley
ENG
0
9
Geoff Miller
ENG
0
9
John Lever
ENG
0
9
Brian Rose
ENG
0
9
Jeff Dujon
WI
0
9
Geoff Boycott
ENG
0
9
Derek Underwood
ENG
0
9
Alan Knott
ENG
0
9
Keith Fletcher
ENG
0
9
Bob Willis
ENG
0
9
Alvin Kallicharran
WI
0
9
Larry Gomes
WI
0
9
Colin Croft
WI
0
9
Joel Garner
WI
0
9
Desmond Haynes
WI
0
9
David Murray
WI
0
9
Faoud Bacchus
WI
0
9
Malcolm Marshall
WI
0
9
John Emburey
ENG
0
9
David Bairstow
ENG
0
9
Graham Dilley
ENG
0
9
Wayne Larkins
ENG
0
9
Graham Stevenson
ENG
0
9
Chris Tavaré
ENG
0
9
Bill Athey
ENG
0
9
Paul Downton
ENG
0
9
Roland Butcher
ENG
0
9
Robin Jackman
ENG
0
9
Paul Allott
ENG
0
9
Paul Parker
ENG
0
9
Geoff Cook
ENG
0
9
Jack Richards
ENG
0
9
Geoff Humpage
ENG
0
9
Jim Love
ENG
0
9
Majid Khan
PAK
0
9
Wasim Bari
PAK
0
9
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
0
9
Zaheer Abbas
PAK
0
9
John Reid
NZ
0
9
Paul McEwan
NZ
0
9
John Bracewell
NZ
0
9
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
0
9
Geoff Howarth
NZ
0
9
Terry Alderman
AUS
0
9
Trevor Chappell
AUS
0
9
Martin Kent
AUS
0
9
Mike Whitney
AUS
0
9
Dirk Wellham
AUS
0
9
Shaun Graf
AUS
0
9
Mark Burgess
NZ
0
9
John Dyson
AUS
0
9
Rick Darling
AUS
0
9
Bruce Laird
AUS
0
9
Bruce Yardley
AUS
0
9
Jim Higgs
AUS
0
9
Rodney Hogg
AUS
0
9
Max Walker
AUS
0
9
Graham Yallop
AUS
0
9
Len Pascoe
AUS
0
9
Ray Bright
AUS
0
9
Greg Chappell
AUS
0
9
Dennis Lillee
AUS
0
9
Bharath Reddy
IND
0
9
Martin Snedden
NZ
0
9
Gary Robertson
NZ
0
9
Brian McKechnie
NZ
0
9
John Parker
NZ
0
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