South Africa created history: In Test cricket, batsmen play with a lot of patience and try to play big innings. This is the reason why fours and sixes are rarely hit during a Test match, but there have been many occasions when batsmen have hit a lot of fours and sixes in a Test match while batting like an ODI. Something similar happened in the first innings of the second match of the two-Test series being played between Bangladesh and South Africa, where the South African batsmen together hit so many sixes that a new record was created.
Let us tell you that in the first innings of the second test against Bangladesh, all the South African batsmen together hit a total of 17 sixes. With this he broke his own 14 year old record. In the year 2010, South Africa had achieved the feat of hitting 15 sixes in an innings of a test match against West Indies.
Most sixes hit by South Africa in an innings of a test match
Number of sixesOpposition TeamLocationYear17BangladeshChittagong202415West IndiesBasseterre201012AustraliaCape Town200912IndiaCenturion2010
Apart from improving its record, South Africa has also equaled the record of Australia, which is at third position in terms of hitting most sixes in a Test innings. Australia had hit 17 sixes in an innings of a Test match against Zimbabwe 21 years ago in 2003. New Zealand holds the record for most sixes in an innings.
Most sixes by a team in a Test innings
Number of sixesTeamOpposition teamPositionYear22New ZealandPakistanSharjah201418IndiaEnglandRajkot202417AustraliaZimbabwePerth200317South AfricaBangladeshChattagram202416Sri LankaIrelandGall2023
What happened in the match?
Apart from Tony De Georgi and Tristan Stubbs, Wiaan Mulder scored brilliant centuries for the South African team. Tony De Georgi played the highest innings of 177 runs. He hit 12 fours and 4 sixes in this brilliant innings. At the same time, Tristan Stubbs scored 106 runs with the help of 6 fours and 3 sixes. Whereas, Mulder played an innings of 105 runs on the basis of 8 fours and 4 sixes.
The second Test between Bangladesh and South Africa is being played at the Zahoor Ahmed Choudhary Stadium in Chittagong from October 29. In the first Test, South Africa defeated Bangladesh by 7 wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the series. At the end of the second day’s play, Bangladesh have scored 38 runs after losing four wickets in nine overs and they are still behind by 537 runs.
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