Top 3 Australian Captains With Most Sixes in a Test Inning
In the first Test of Ashes 2023, Pat Cummins quietly took four wickets and played a remarkable inning to take his team to victory. Cummins hit a four past third-man in the 93rd over to secure a famous Ashes victory for Australia at Edgbaston on Tuesday and was promptly dubbed the “new Mr. Cool” by experts. Pat Cummins’ unbeaten 74-ball 44 broke several records, including hitting the second-highest number of sixes in a Test inning for an Australian captain.
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Ian Chappell – 4
Ian Chappell was an undefeated captain in Test series for Australia. He led the team from 1971 to 1975, winning 15 Tests and losing five in his 30-Test tenure. His finest performance as a player and captain was against Pakistan at Adelaide Oval in 1972. Chappell scored an impressive 196 off 243 balls, including 21 fours and four sixes at a strike rate of 80.65. Australia won the match by an innings and 114 runs, scoring a total of 585.
Pat Cummins – 5
In the second innings at Edgbaston, no one from England or Australia hit more than one six, except for Cummins who smashed two of them in the final innings while chasing a difficult target with only two wickets in hand. Both of these sixes were against Joe Root’s part-time off-spin. Despite Moeen Ali being unable to bowl, Stokes trusted Root to hold one end and he had already gotten Alex Carrey out.
Despite hitting three sixes earlier, Cummins wasn’t discouraged and went on to hit two more, one against Stuart Broad and two against Moeen, in his 38 (62) innings. This helped Australia narrow England’s first-innings lead.
Ricky Ponting – 6
In 2005, Ricky Ponting, Australia’s greatest captain, scored a rapid 110-ball 105 against New Zealand in Auckland, which tops the list. Coming in at 8/1 in the second over, he started his innings with a six off his first ball. Ponting went on to smash five more sixes, scoring his fastest century in Tests off just 105 balls. After New Zealand scored 292 in the first innings, Australia responded with 383. Ponting played a superior innings in the second innings, scoring an unbeaten 86 runs off 84 balls with 12 fours and two sixes, as New Zealand set a goal of 164. Consequently, Australia won the Test by nine wickets.
