Tim Southee broke the record of most Test sixes by MS Dhoni, Misbah-ul-Haq and many other legendary cricketers

Most sixes in Test cricket: The two-Test series played between England and New Zealand was tied at 1-1. In the series, England won the first match by 267 runs. In the second match, England lost by one run. In the second Test, New Zealand captain Tim Southee did wonders in batting. Saudi is a fast bowler by profession, but while batting in New Zealand’s first innings of the second Test, he scored a blistering 73 off 49 balls.

His innings included a total of 5 fours and 6 sixes. And his strike rate was 148.98. As soon as he hit 6 sixes in this innings, Saudi overtook many veterans in Test cricket. With these sixes, he completed 82 sixes in his Test career. Has come at number 10 in terms of hitting maximum sixes in Saudi Test. At the same time, in this list, England’s Test captain Ben Stokes is at number one with 109 sixes.

Saudi overtook these giants

Before the second Test match played against England, a total of 76 sixes were registered in the name of Tim Southee. But with his 6 sixes, he has left behind former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, former England batsman Kevin Pietersen, former Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq and former Australian player Matthew Hayden.

Dhoni has hit a total of 78 sixes in his Test career, Kevin Pietersen 81, Misbah-ul-Haq 81, and Matthew Hayden 82. Now Saudi has come above him with 82 sixes.

England lost the match by following on

In this match, England gave a follow-on to New Zealand. After this, the English team had to face defeat by 1 run. England became the second team to lose by following on. Due to this, this shameful record has been recorded in the name of Australia.

Tim Southee’s international has been like this so far career

Team Southee has played a total of 92 Tests, 154 ODIs and 107 T20 Internationals in his international career so far. He has taken 359 wickets in Tests, 210 in ODIs and 134 wickets in T20 Internationals.

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