Adam Gilchrist

Adam's Test Sixers

Adam Gilchrist is the current world leader in hitting sixes in Test match cricket. Following is a list of every six that Gilly has hit, the bowler who was hit for six, where the six went, when and where.

THE LIST - BOWLERS HIT FOR SIX BY GILLY IN TEST CRICKET (1-97)

  1. Saqlain Mushtaq- hit to mid wicket boundary in Gilly's Test No.2 v Pak Hobart 1999.
  2. Paul Wiseman - extra cover Test 7 v NZ Auckland 2000
  3. Mahendra Nagamootoo -straight drive Test 14 v WI Sydney 2001
  4. Harbhajan Singh - mid on Test 15 v India Mumbai 2001
  5. Harbhajan Singh - long on Test 15 v India Mumbai 2001
  6. Rahul Sanghvi - mid wicket Test 15 v India Mumbai 2001
  7. Rahul Sanghvi - long on Test 15 v India Mumbai 2001
  8. Ashley Giles - mid on Test 18 v Eng Edgsbaston 2001
  9. Mark Butcher - mid wicket Test 18 v Eng Edgsbaston 2001
  10. Mark Butcher - long on Test 18 v Eng Edgsbaston 2001
  11. Mark Butcher - square leg Test 18 v Eng Edgsbaston 2001
  12. Craig White - long on Test 18 v Eng Edgsbaston 2001
  13. Phil Tufnell - mid wicket Test 22 v Eng The Oval 2001
  14. Nathan Astle - long on Test 23 v NZ Brisbane 2001
  15. Daniel Vettori - long on Test 24 v NZ Hobart 2001
  16. Daniel Vettori - long off Test 25 v NZ Perth 2001
  17. Chris Cairns - straight drive Test 25 v NZ Perth 2001
  18. Andre Nel - square leg Test 29 v SA Johannesberg 2002
  19. Nicki Boje - mid wicket Test 29 v SA Johannesberg 2002
  20. Nicki Boje - extra cover Test 29 v SA Johannesberg 2002
  21. Neil McKenzie- square leg Test 29 v SA Johannesberg 2002
  22. Andre Nel - mid wicket Test 29 v SA Johannesberg 2002
  23. 23.Nei McKenzie - square leg Test 29 v SA Johannesberg 2002
  24. Nicki Boje - mid wicket Test 29 v SA Johannesberg 2002
  25. Nicki Boje - square leg Test 29 v SA Johannesberg 2002
  26. Paul Adams - straight drive Test 30 v SA Capetown 2002
  27. Paul Adams - mid wicket Test 30 v SA Capetown 2002
  28. Danish Kaneria - mid wicket Test 33 v Pakistan Sharjar 2002
  29. Ashley Giles - straight drive Test 35 v Eng Brisbane 2002
  30. Ashley Giles - straight drive Test 35 v Eng Brisbane 2002
  31. Richard Dawson - mid wicket Test 36 v Eng Adelaide 2002
  32. Richard Dawson - mid off Test 36 v Eng Adelaide 2002
  33. Mark Butcher - long off Test 37 v Eng Perth 2002
  34. Pedro Collins - mid wicket Test 40 v WI Georgetown 2003
  35. Vasbert Drakes - long on Test 40 v WI Georgetown 2003
  36. Marlon Samuels - mid wicket Test 41 v WI Port of Spain 2003
  37. Mervyn Dillon - mid wicket Test 41 v WI Port of Spain 2003
  38. Tino Best - midwicket Test 42 v WI Bridgetown 2003
  39. Tino Best - midwicket Test 42 v WI Bridgetown 2003
  40. Omari Banks - long off Test 42 v WI Bridgetown 2003
  41. Andy Blignaut -square leg Test 46 v Zim Perth 2003
  42. Ray Price - mid on Test 46 v Zim Perth 2003
  43. Ray Price - mid on Test 46 v Zim Perth 2003
  44. Trevor Gripper - long on Test 46 v Zim Perth 2003
  45. Ray Price - mid wicket Test 46 v Zim Perth 2003
  46. Anil Kumble - long on Test 49 v India Adelaide 2003
  47. Sachin Tendulkar - mid wicket Test 49 v India Adelaide 2003
  48. Kaushal Lokuarachichi - long on Test 53 v SL Kandy 2004
  49. Sanath Jayasuriya - mid on Test 53 v SL Kandy 2004
  50. Muttiah Muralitharan - long on Test 53 v SL Kandy 2004
  51. Rangana Herath - mid wicket Test 54 v SL Columbo 2004
  52. Rangana Herath - mid wicket Test 54 v SL Columbo 2004
  53. Lasith Malinga - mid wicket Test 56 v SL Cairns 2004
  54. Upul Chandana - long off Test 56 v SL Cairns 2004
  55. Anil Kumble - long on Test 57 v Ind Bangalore 2004
  56. Anil Kumble - long off Test 57 v Ind Bangalore 2004
  57. Harbhajan Singh - long on Test 57 v Ind Bangalore 2004
  58. Anil Kumble - mid wicket Test 59 v Ind Mumbai 2004
  59. Daniel Vettori - mid wicket Test 61 v NZ Brisbane 2004
  60. Daniel Vettori - mid wicket Test 61 v NZ Brisbane 2004
  61. Daniel Vettori - long on Test 61 v NZ Brisbane 2004
  62. Craig McMillan - square leg Test 61 v NZ Brisbane 2004
  63. Danish Kaneria - long on Test 64 v Pak Melbourne 2004
  64. Danish Kaneria - long on Test 65 v Pak Sydney 2005
  65. Mohammad Asif - square leg Test 65 v Pak Sydney 2005
  66. Mohammad Asif - straight drive Test 65 v Pak Sydney 2005
  67. Shahid Afridi - straight drive on Test 65 v Pak Sydney 2005
  68. Shahid Afridi - long on Test 65 v Pak Sydney 2005
  69. Daniel Vettori - long on Test 66 v NZ Christchurch 2005
  70. Daniel Vettori - mid wicket Test 66 v NZ Christchurch 2005
  71. Daniel Vettori - mid wicket Test 66 v NZ Christchurch 2005
  72. Daniel Vettori - mid wicket Test 66 v NZ Christchurch 2005
  73. Daniel Vettori - extra cover Test 66 v NZ Christchurch 2005
  74. Nathan Astle - mid wicket Test 66 v NZ Christchurch 2005
  75. Chris Martin - mid on Test 67 v NZ Wellington 2005
  76. Chris Martin - long on Test 67 v NZ Wellington 2005
  77. Daniel Vettori - long off Test 67 v NZ Wellington 2005
  78. Daniel Vettori - mid wicket Test 67 v NZ Wellington 2005
  79. Daniel Vettori - mid wicket -Test 67 v NZ Wellington 2005
  80. Paul Wiseman - long on - Test 68 v NZ Auckland 2005
  81. Matthew Hoggard - straight drive Test 72 v Eng Nottingham 2005
  82. Daniel Vettori - long on Test 74 v ICC Sydney 2005
  83. Daniel Vettori - mid wicket Test 74 v ICC Sydney 2005
  84. Daniel Vettori - mid wicket Test 74 v ICC Sydney 2005
  85. Daniel Vettori - midwicket Test 74 v ICC Sydney 2005
  86. Shaun Pollock- extra cover Test 80 v SA Sydney 2006
  87. Shaun Pollock - mid wicket Test 80 v SA Sydney 2006
  88. Mohammad Rafique - long on Test 84 v Bangladesh Fatullah 2006
  89. Enamul Haque - mid wicket Test 84 v Bangladesh Fatullah 2006
  90. Enamul Haque - long off Test 84 v Bangladesh Fatullah 2006
  91. Enamul Haque - long off Test 84 v Bangladesh Fatullah 2006
  92. Enamul Haque - mid wicket Test 84 v Bangladesh Fatullah 2006
  93. Enamul Haque - mid wicket Test 84 v Bangladesh Fatullah 2006
  94. Monty Panesar - long on Test 88 v Eng Perth 2006
  95. Monty Panesar - long on Test 88 v Eng Perth 2006
  96. Monty Panesar - long on Test 88 v Eng Perth 2006
  97. Matthew Hoggard - long on Test 88 v Eng Perth 2006

OTHER RELEVANT FACTS

  1. The 97 sixes currently represents 582 runs. In other words 11% of the 5290 test runs Gilly has scored have been hit over the fence.
  2. Most memorable sixes –
    1. Wellington NZ 2005 when he broke the glass window in the Members Stand - there was that great photo of the broken window.
    2. Johannesburg 2002 when he just missed the sign for a million rand.
    3. Hitting Ashley Giles for six in Brisbane in 2002, second ball in his second innings when on a test pair.
    4. Depositing Harbhajan Singh over the barbed wire in Mumbai in 2001.
    5. 3 sixers in 4 balls against Monty Panesar in Ashes deciding test match in Perth, December 2006.
    6. Possibly biggest six was against Ray Price, Zimbabwe in Perth in 2003 - hit roof of stand and went a mile in the air after he was beaten in the flight!.
  3. Gilly heads the all time list of test batsman for most sixes in a test career and is poised to be the first in test history to achieve 100 sixers in their test career. No other keeper makes the top 50 players. Next best is Moin Khan at No 52 with 27 sixes. Rod Marsh is next best Australian on 24.

(We must make some allowance for fact that ropes have been introduced in last 20 years. But this is not always relevant eg the WACA in December 2006 all sixers were hit over the fence. Other grounds like Wanderers and sub continent are the same. Most of Gilly's have gone over the fence in any event.)

Top Sixes Test Career List

97 AC Gilchrist Australia 39 NJ Astle New Zealand
88 BC Lara West Indies 38 NS Sidhu India
87 CL Cairns New Zealand 36 MA Holding West Indies
84 IVA Richards West Indies 35 SK Warne Australia
76 A Flintoff England 34 KP Pietersen England
76 ML Hayden Australia 34 SM Pollock South Africa
70 CH Lloyd West Indies 33 WJ Cronje South Africa
67 IT Botham England 33 RJ Hadlee New Zealand
67 CG Greenidge West Indies 33 Mohammad Rafique Bangladesh
63 CL Hooper West Indies 33 JR Reid New Zealand
61 N Kapil Dev India 32 GS Sobers West Indies
57 ST Jayasuriya Sri Lanka 31 CH Gayle/td West Indies
57 RT Ponting Australia 31 DPMD Jayawardene Sri Lanka
57 Wasim Akram Pakistan 30 MJ Slater Australia
55 Imran Khan Pakistan 28 AR Border Australia
55 JH Kallis South Africa 28 KR Miller Australia
54 CD McMillan New Zealand 27 KF Barrington England
50 Shahid Afridi Pakistan 27 MD Crowe New Zealand
48 PA de Silva Sri Lanka 27 WR Hammond England
48 Inzamam-ul-Haq Pakistan 27 KJ Hughes Australia
48 Javed Miandad Pakistan 27 Moin Khan Pakistan
46 HH Gibbs South Africa 27 Wasim Raja Pakistan
46 Mohammad Yousuf Pakistan 26 SM Gavaskar India
42 SC Ganguly India 25 DJ Cullinan South Africa
42 ME Trescothick England 25 GA Gooch England
41 V Sehwag India 25 FS Trueman England
41 SR Tendulkar India      
41 ME Waugh Australia      
40 JL Langer Australia      
40 A Ranatunga Sri Lanka      

3. Wicketkeepers in comparison

IA Healy 5 KC Sangakkara
16
MV Boucher 11 RC Russell 0
AC Gilchrist 97 A Flower 20
RW Marsh 24 DJ Richardson 2
AJ Stewart 10 Moin Khan 27
PJL Dujon 11 JHB Waite 1
APE Knott 6 GO Jones 12
Wasim Bari 2 Rashid Latif 5
RD Jacobs 23 KS More 2
TG Evans 7 WAS Oldfield 1
AC Parore 12 HP Tillakaratne 1
SMH Kirmani 3 RS Kaluwitharana 6
DL Murray 7 Kamran Akmal 2
ATW Grout 0 JM Parks 15

Top 28 keepers in test match history have scored a total of 331 test sixes between them of which Gilly has scored 97 or around 30% of the actual total.

Top 5 Australian test keepers have scored 127 test sixers between them of which Gilly has scored 97 or 76% of the total.

AC Gilchrist 97
R Marsh 24
I Healy 5
W Oldfield 1
W Grout 0
4. Don Bradman scored 6 sixes in his test career.