Top 10 longest sixes in International Cricket

Cricket has, over the years been regarded as a gentleman’s game, where finesse and technique are at the epitome when it comes to the batsmen. Technically gifted and crafty players have been held in high regards and there have been many instances where six-hitting has been attributed to an act of exhibition of brute force by a player.

While it does take some arm strength to hit the ball into the stands, it is a combination of power, technique and timing that takes a hit from being just another six to become a shot that is remembered for years to come. In a game of cricket, as important it is to take singles, rotate the strike and make sure that the scoreboard keeps ticking, sometimes it is that one six that differentiates between the team that ends up on the winning side and the one that loses.

And, there are only a select few players who have the capability to hit the ball sailing into the stands for a memorable maximum at will. So, here we will have a look at the 10 such players whose hits surpassed every other ever in the history of international cricket in terms of the distance it travelled

Here is the list of 10 longest sixes in international cricket History:

10. Shahid Afridi - Pakistan vs Australia, 2005 ODI- 118 m

There’s a reason that Shahid Afridi’s six-hitting abilities are held in such high regard by fans of cricket all across the board. And, this time for his second entry, Afridi is in with a 118 metre six that he hit against the Australian bowlers in 2005.

During that inning of Pakistan, Afridi hit many balls that flew over the boundary rope for a six but only one delivery was such that it travelled that long-distance and ended up bringing Afridi’s name in the record books for the second time.

All hell broke loose on the Australian bowlers when Afridi came on to bat in that match, as it seemed there was no force that could stop him from hitting boundaries for fun. In that match, the most memorable thing that came was this inning by Afridi and more importantly the six that shot him into every discussion in the cricketing circles for days to come.