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Most sixes in 1987: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The most sixes in 1987 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
1987
177 entries
1
27
Sir Viv Richards
WI
level with Wasim Akram
1
27
Wasim Akram
PAK
2
23
Gordon Greenidge
WI
4 off the lead
● LEADS
Sir Viv Richards
WI
27 · level with Akram
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on most sixes
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
6
The mark at number ten — 167 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
West Indies
9 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented
Most sixes — full list
177 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Sir Viv Richards
WI
27
1
Wasim Akram
PAK
27
2
Gordon Greenidge
WI
23
3
Dean Jones
AUS
17
4
Imran Niazi
BHR
14
5
Abdul Qadir
PAK
12
6
John Emburey
ENG
10
6
Kapil Dev
IND
10
6
Navjot Sidhu
IND
10
7
Ravi Shastri
IND
9
7
Kris Srikkanth
IND
9
7
Dilip Vengsarkar
IND
9
8
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
8
8
Javed Miandad
PAK
8
8
Manzoor Elahi
PAK
8
9
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
7
9
Allan Lamb
ENG
7
10
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
6
10
Steve Waugh
AUS
6
10
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
6
10
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
6
10
Dave Houghton
ZIM
6
11
Geoff Marsh
AUS
5
11
Carl Hooper
WI
5
11
David Capel
ENG
5
12
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
4
12
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
4
12
Ijaz Ahmed
PAK
4
12
Roger Harper
WI
4
12
Mike Gatting
ENG
4
12
David Boon
AUS
4
12
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
4
12
Ken Rutherford
NZ
4
13
Martin Crowe
NZ
3
13
Dipak Patel
NZ
3
13
Kevin Curran
ZIM
3
13
Greg Dyer
AUS
3
13
Roy Dias
SL
3
13
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
3
13
John Bracewell
NZ
3
13
Bill Athey
ENG
3
13
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
3
13
Winston Benjamin
WI
3
14
Ramiz Raja
PAK
2
14
Saleem Malik
PAK
2
14
Michael Holding
WI
2
14
Joel Garner
WI
2
14
Desmond Haynes
WI
2
14
Neil Foster
ENG
2
14
Ian Smith
NZ
2
14
John Wright
NZ
2
14
Ranjan Madugalle
SL
2
14
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
2
14
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
2
14
Eddo Brandes
ZIM
2
14
Andy Waller
ZIM
2
15
Peter Rawson
ZIM
1
15
Iain Butchart
ZIM
1
15
Andy Pycroft
ZIM
1
15
Chetan Sharma
IND
1
15
Roger Binny
IND
1
15
Maninder Singh
IND
1
15
Madan Lal
IND
1
15
Craig McDermott
AUS
1
15
Kiran More
IND
1
15
Raman Lamba
IND
1
15
Aravinda de Silva
SL
1
15
Sridharan Jeganathan
SL
1
15
Stephen Boock
NZ
1
15
Roshan Mahanama
SL
1
15
Chris Broad
ENG
1
15
Bruce French
ENG
1
15
Malcolm Marshall
WI
1
15
Jeff Dujon
WI
1
15
Gus Logie
WI
1
15
Phil Simmons
WI
1
15
Graham Gooch
ENG
1
15
Phil Edmonds
ENG
1
15
Saleem Yousuf
PAK
1
15
Aamer Malik
PAK
1
15
James Whitaker
ENG
1
15
Neil Fairbrother
ENG
1
16
Jack Richards
ENG
0
16
Rob Bailey
ENG
0
16
Jack Russell
ENG
0
16
Younis Ahmed
PAK
0
16
Rizwan-uz-Zaman
PAK
0
16
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
0
16
Mansoor Akhtar
PAK
0
16
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
0
16
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
0
16
Zahid Ahmed
PAK
0
16
Shakeel Khan
PAK
0
16
Zulqarnain
PAK
0
16
Asif Mujtaba
PAK
0
16
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
0
16
Ashraf Ali
PAK
0
16
Qasim Umar
PAK
0
16
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
0
16
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
0
16
Courtney Walsh
WI
0
16
Clyde Butts
WI
0
16
Carlisle Best
WI
0
16
Patrick Patterson
WI
0
16
Thelston Payne
WI
0
16
Tony Gray
WI
0
16
Winston Davis
WI
0
16
Eldine Baptiste
WI
0
16
Larry Gomes
WI
0
16
Martyn Moxon
ENG
0
16
Gladstone Small
ENG
0
16
Paul Downton
ENG
0
16
Tim Robinson
NZ
0
16
Greg Thomas
ENG
0
16
David Gower
ENG
0
16
Graham Dilley
ENG
0
16
Derek Pringle
ENG
0
16
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
0
16
Nick Cook
ENG
0
16
Graeme Labrooy
SL
0
16
Brendon Kuruppu
SL
0
16
Jeremy Coney
NZ
0
16
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
0
16
Martin Snedden
NZ
0
16
Vinothen John
SL
0
16
Duleep Mendis
SL
0
16
Asoka de Silva
SL
0
16
Don Anurasiri
SL
0
16
Kosala Kuruppuarachchi
SL
0
16
Peter Taylor
AUS
0
16
Mike Veletta
AUS
0
16
Tim May
AUS
0
16
Tony Dodemaide
AUS
0
16
Tom Moody
AUS
0
16
Ken MacLeay
AUS
0
16
Glenn Bishop
AUS
0
16
Andrew Zesers
AUS
0
16
Ashantha de Mel
SL
0
16
Bruce Reid
AUS
0
16
Simon Davis
AUS
0
16
Tim Zoehrer
AUS
0
16
Sidath Wettimuny
SL
0
16
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
0
16
Guy de Alwis
SL
0
16
Arshad Ayub
IND
0
16
Sanjay Manjrekar
IND
0
16
Allan Border
AUS
0
16
Peter Sleep
AUS
0
16
Mike Whitney
AUS
0
16
Dirk Wellham
AUS
0
16
Greg Ritchie
AUS
0
16
Greg Matthews
AUS
0
16
Chandrakant Pandit
IND
0
16
Raju Kulkarni
IND
0
16
Bharat Arun
IND
0
16
Merv Hughes
AUS
0
16
Anshuman Gaekwad
IND
0
16
Arun Lal
IND
0
16
Shivlal Yadav
IND
0
16
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
0
16
Gopal Sharma
IND
0
16
Lalchand Rajput
IND
0
16
Sadanand Viswanath
IND
0
16
Ali Shah
ZIM
0
16
Malcolm Jarvis
ZIM
0
16
Grant Paterson
ZIM
0
16
Phil Horne
NZ
0
16
Andrew Jones
NZ
0
16
Danny Morrison
NZ
0
16
Ervin McSweeney
NZ
0
16
John Traicos
SA
0
16
Kevin Arnott
ZIM
0
16
Jeff Crowe
NZ
0
16
Evan Gray
NZ
0
16
Willie Watson
ENG
0
16
Robin Brown
ZIM
0
16
Babu Meman
ZIM
0
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