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Most sixes in 1997: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The most sixes in 1997 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
1997
259 entries
1
39
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
12 clear of Shahid Afridi
2
27
Shahid Afridi
GER
12 off the lead
3
24
Ijaz Ahmed
PAK
15 off the lead
● LEADS
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
39 · 12 ahead of Afridi
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Jayasuriya is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
13
The mark at number ten — 249 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
India
9 of the top 50 · 11 teams represented
Most sixes — full list
259 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
39
2
Shahid Afridi
GER
27
3
Ijaz Ahmed
PAK
24
4
Hansie Cronje
SA
21
5
Sourav Ganguly
IND
20
5
Brian Lara
WI
20
6
Carl Hooper
WI
18
6
Inzamam-ul-Haq
PAK
18
7
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
17
7
Aravinda de Silva
SL
17
8
Moin Khan
PAK
15
8
Robin Singh
IND
15
9
Ajay Jadeja
IND
14
9
Saeed Anwar
PAK
14
10
Lance Klusener
SA
13
11
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
12
11
Mark Waugh
AUS
12
12
Chris Cairns
NZ
11
12
Alistair Campbell
ZIM
11
13
Guy Whittall
ZIM
9
13
Craig Evans
ZIM
9
13
Craig McMillan
NZ
9
13
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
9
14
Nathan Astle
NZ
8
14
Pat Symcox
SA
8
14
Roshan Mahanama
SL
8
15
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
7
15
Shane Warne
AUS
7
15
Navjot Sidhu
IND
7
16
Stuart Williams
ZIM
6
16
Matt Horne
NZ
6
17
Daryll Cullinan
SA
5
17
Adam Parore
NZ
5
17
Grant Flower
ZIM
5
17
Dave Houghton
ZIM
5
17
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
5
17
Alec Stewart
ENG
5
17
Abey Kuruvilla
IND
5
17
Steve Waugh
AUS
5
18
Ricky Ponting
AUS
4
18
Matthew Elliott
AUS
4
18
Rahul Dravid
IND
4
18
Rajesh Chauhan
IND
4
18
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
4
18
Franklyn Rose
WI
4
18
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
4
18
Robert Croft
ENG
4
18
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
4
18
Greg Blewett
AUS
4
18
Adam Gilchrist
AUS
4
18
Shaun Pollock
SA
4
18
Jacques Kallis
SA
4
18
Stephen Fleming
NZ
4
19
David Richardson
SA
3
19
Jonty Rhodes
SA
3
19
Stuart Law
AUS
3
19
Romesh Kaluwitharana
SL
3
19
Kennedy Otieno
KEN
3
19
Adam Hollioake
ENG
3
19
Habibul Bashar
BAN
3
19
Athar Ali Khan
BAN
3
19
Wasim Akram
PAK
3
19
Waqar Younis
PAK
3
20
Nayan Mongia
IND
2
20
Saba Karim
IND
2
20
Ian Healy
AUS
2
20
John Crawley
ENG
2
20
Graeme Hick
ENG
2
20
Roland Holder
WI
2
20
Sherwin Campbell
WI
2
20
Andy Caddick
ENG
2
20
Graham Thorpe
ENG
2
20
Tony Suji
KEN
2
20
Aasif Karim
KEN
2
20
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
2
20
Paul Strang
ZIM
2
20
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
2
20
Simon Doull
NZ
2
20
Marvan Atapattu
SL
2
20
Michael Bevan
AUS
2
20
Herschelle Gibbs
SA
2
20
Adam Bacher
SA
2
20
Dipak Patel
NZ
2
20
Roger Twose
NZ
2
21
Bryan Young
NZ
1
21
Lee Germon
NZ
1
21
Daniel Vettori
NZ
1
21
Gary Kirsten
SA
1
21
Andrew Hudson
SA
1
21
Matthew Hayden
AUS
1
21
Hashan Tillakaratne
SL
1
21
Chris Harris
NZ
1
21
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
1
21
Sajeewa de Silva
SL
1
21
Russel Arnold
SL
1
21
Ravindra Pushpakumara
SL
1
21
Chaminda Vaas
SL
1
21
Dulip Liyanage
SL
1
21
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
1
21
Andy Whittall
ZIM
1
21
Eddo Brandes
ZIM
1
21
Heath Streak
ZIM
1
21
Andy Flower
ZIM
1
21
Rudi Bryson
SA
1
21
Craig Wishart
ZIM
1
21
Andy Waller
ZIM
1
21
Steve Tikolo
KEN
1
21
Mike Atherton
ENG
1
21
Mervyn Dillon
WI
1
21
Courtney Browne
WI
1
21
Robert Samuels
WI
1
21
Patterson Thompson
WI
1
21
Ian Bishop
WI
1
21
Phil Simmons
WI
1
21
Courtney Walsh
WI
1
21
Junior Murray
WI
1
21
Alan Mullally
ENG
1
21
Peter Martin
ENG
1
21
Dominic Cork
ENG
1
21
Nick Knight
ENG
1
21
Ben Hollioake
ENG
1
21
Ali Brown
ENG
1
21
Nasser Hussain
ENG
1
21
Ramiz Raja
PAK
1
21
Hasibul Hossain
BAN
1
21
Akram Khan
BAN
1
21
Aminul Islam
BAN
1
21
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
1
21
Mark Taylor
AUS
1
21
Sunil Joshi
IND
1
21
Aaqib Javed
PAK
1
21
Mohammad Hussain
PAK
1
21
Anil Kumble
IND
1
21
Javagal Srinath
IND
1
21
Aamer Sohail
PAK
1
21
Akhtar Sarfraz
PAK
1
22
Manzoor Akhtar
PAK
0
22
Woorkeri Raman
IND
0
22
Salil Ankola
IND
0
22
Mohammad Ramzan
PAK
0
22
Arshad Khan
PAK
0
22
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
0
22
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
0
22
Sajid Ali
PAK
0
22
Mujahid Jamshed
PAK
0
22
Mohammad Wasim
PAK
0
22
Zahoor Elahi
PAK
0
22
Mohammad Zahid
PAK
0
22
Ali Naqvi
PAK
0
22
Rashid Latif
PAK
0
22
Kabir Khan
PAK
0
22
Ijaz Ahmed
PAK
0
22
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
0
22
Mohammad Akram
PAK
0
22
Saleem Elahi
PAK
0
22
Shahid Nazir
PAK
0
22
Hasan Raza
PAK
0
22
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
0
22
Vikram Rathour
IND
0
22
Vinod Kambli
IND
0
22
Sairaj Bahutule
IND
0
22
Noel David
IND
0
22
Nilesh Kulkarni
IND
0
22
Debasis Mohanty
IND
0
22
Harvinder Singh
IND
0
22
Tom Moody
AUS
0
22
Paul Reiffel
AUS
0
22
Justin Langer
AUS
0
22
Brendon Julian
AUS
0
22
Michael Slater
AUS
0
22
Glenn McGrath
AUS
0
22
Michael Kasprowicz
AUS
0
22
Jason Gillespie
AUS
0
22
Andy Bichel
AUS
0
22
Shaun Young
AUS
0
22
Simon Cook
AUS
0
22
Adam Dale
AUS
0
22
Darren Lehmann
AUS
0
22
Naimur Rahman
BAN
0
22
Shahriar Hossain
BAN
0
22
Enamul Haque
BAN
0
22
Minhajul Abedin
BAN
0
22
Khaled Mashud
BAN
0
22
Asif Mujtaba
PAK
0
22
Saiful Islam
BAN
0
22
Sheikh Salahuddin
BAN
0
22
Mafizur Rahman
BAN
0
22
Jahangir Alam
BAN
0
22
Shafiuddin Ahmed
BAN
0
22
Saleem Malik
PAK
0
22
Graham Lloyd
ENG
0
22
Dougie Brown
ENG
0
22
Matthew Fleming
ENG
0
22
Chris Silverwood
ENG
0
22
Mark Butcher
ENG
0
22
Dean Headley
ENG
0
22
Mike Smith
SCO
0
22
Ronnie Irani
ENG
0
22
Mark Ealham
ENG
0
22
Mark Ramprakash
ENG
0
22
Jimmy Adams
WI
0
22
David Williams
WI
0
22
Adrian Griffith
WI
0
22
Ottis Gibson
WI
0
22
Cameron Cuffy
WI
0
22
Floyd Reifer
WI
0
22
Rawl Lewis
WI
0
22
Philo Wallace
WI
0
22
Nixon McLean
WI
0
22
Laurie Williams
WI
0
22
Jack Russell
ENG
0
22
Devon Malcolm
ENG
0
22
Phil Tufnell
ENG
0
22
Craig White
ENG
0
22
Darren Gough
ENG
0
22
Martin Suji
KEN
0
22
Mohammad Sheikh
BAN
0
22
Alpesh Vadher
KEN
0
22
Joseph Angara
KEN
0
22
Adam Huckle
ZIM
0
22
Gavin Rennie
ZIM
0
22
Dirk Viljoen
ZIM
0
22
Dipak Chudasama
KEN
0
22
Hitesh Modi
KEN
0
22
Louis Koen
SA
0
22
John Rennie
ZIM
0
22
Everton Matambanadzo
ZIM
0
22
Pommie Mbangwa
ZIM
0
22
Stuart Carlisle
ZIM
0
22
Bryan Strang
ZIM
0
22
Ruwan Kalpage
SL
0
22
Jayantha Silva
SL
0
22
Sanjeeva Ranatunga
SL
0
22
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
0
22
Lanka de Silva
SL
0
22
Upul Chandana
SL
0
22
Justin Vaughan
NZ
0
22
Blair Pocock
NZ
0
22
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
0
22
VVS Laxman
IND
0
22
Dodda Ganesh
IND
0
22
Anthony Stuart
AUS
0
22
Michael Di Venuto
AUS
0
22
Ian Harvey
AUS
0
22
Fanie de Villiers
SA
0
22
Brett Schultz
SA
0
22
Brian McMillan
SA
0
22
Paul Adams
SA
0
22
Mark Boucher
SA
0
22
Derek Crookes
SA
0
22
Shayne O'Connor
NZ
0
22
David Sewell
NZ
0
22
Andrew Penn
NZ
0
22
Allan Donald
SA
0
22
Craig Spearman
NZ
0
22
Geoff Allott
NZ
0
22
Danny Morrison
NZ
0
22
Heath Davis
NZ
0
22
Gavin Larsen
NZ
0
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