New Zealand’s star fast bowler Tim Southee achieved a rare feat during the second Test match against England as he equalled India’s legendary cricketer MS Dhoni in terms of Test sixes.
After England declared their innings on mammoth 435/8, New Zealan꧙d once again struggled to bat efficiently and ended Day 2 on 138/7. However, Southee (23) and Tom Blundell (25) are still on the crease for the hosts.
The right-arm pacer during his innings smashed two sixes and equalled Dhoni, who has a career tally of 78 maximums in the longest format. Now, Southee is just a touching distance from Kevin Pietersen, Matthew Hayden and all-time great Vivian Richards, who has 84 Test sixes to his name.
Dhoni retired from Test cricket back in 2014 and has scored 4876 runs at an avera🍨ge of 38.09 in 90 matches, including six tons and 33 fifties. On the other hand, Southee, so far, has scored 1898 runs at an average of 15.94 with five half-centuries. The N🥂ew Zealand skipper is the only player in the top 15 list of the highest six hitters, with an average of less than 20.
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That is some 𝗖𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗡 hitting 🏏
Tim Southee now equals MS Dhoni for number of Test match 6️⃣s with 78…
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Notably, England captain Ben Stokes recently surpassed Brendon McCullum to become the batter with the most ༒sixes in the red-ball format. Stokes achieved the feat during the first Test of the two-match series against New Zealand. 🍬While McCullum has 107 sixes to his name, the English all-rounder tops the list with 109 sixes.
Meanwhile, Southee also became the first New Zealand bowler to scalp 700 international wickets on Day 2 of the second Test against England. In the first innings of the match, he dismissed Ollie Robinson to reach the milestone.
