Players with most fours in ODIs in a calendar year from 1971 to 2015

It is always luxury for any team who have players like AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle or say Brendon McCullum who hit sixes at their will but all the players cannot clear the boundary whenever they wish to in cricket but there are some players who hit fours as and when they want to like India’s Virender Sehwag who is known as “first ball four Sehwag” in ODIs. Players with good techniques always find the gaps on the ground and hit considerable number of fours for their respective teams.

We know Sachin Tendulkar has scored more fours in ODIs than any other player and he has also scored most fours in ODI cricket than any other batsman and to be precious the number is 2016. But most fans are unaware of the players who have scored most number of fours in a particular calendar year in ODI cricket.

Even if you are a cricket fanatic, some of the record holders will certainly surprise you. While legends like Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara are on this list, there are some you would least suspect of holding the record.

So, here is the table of players with most fours in ODIs in a calendar year from 1971 to 2015.

Here is a table which includes team-wise distribution of players with most fours in ODIs in a calendar year

Here is a table which includes batsmen who have hit most fours in a calendar year most times (twice or more).