Tim Southee overtook MS Dhoni
On Sunday he took the cricket world by storm, surpassed the record of Indian former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. On the third day of the second Test, Southee goes hard on the English pacer Stuart Broad, and hammered Broad for a massive six. Southee smashed 73 off just 49 deliveries, hitting five boundaries and six sixes.Southee hits 82 sixes in Test cricket
With that innings, Southee now has the total of 82 sixes in the longest format of the game. With this he now has went pass the record of MS Dhoni's record of hitting 78 sixes in Test cricket. The likes of Sachin Tendulkar(69), Rohit Sharma(68) and Kapil Dev(61) aren't even close to Southee on the list. Read More :- Women’s T20 World Cup 2023: South Africa to face ‘Mighty Australia’ in final; Read schedule HERE109 (sixes) - Ben Stokes*
107 (sixes) - Brendon McCullum
100 (sixes) - Adam Gilchrist
98 (sixes) - Chris Gayle
97 (sixes) - Jacques Kallis
91 (sixes) - Virender Sehwag
88 (sixes) - Brian Lara
87 (sixes) - Chris Cairns
84 (sixes) - Vivian Richards
82 (sixes) - Tim Southee*
82 (sixes) - Andrew Flintoff
82 (sixes) - Matthew Hayden
81 (sixes) - Misbah-ul-Haq
81 (sixes) - Kevin Pietersen
78 (sixes) - MS Dhoni
Match report
Coming back to the game, England scored a massive 435/8 on the scoreboard in the first innings. England rides on the brilliant 186 from Harry Brook assisted by a solid 153 from Joe Root. Despite Southee's heroics with the bat, the Kiwis could only put up 209 in their first innings and were enforced a follow on.
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