Top 10 Longest Six in Cricket

1)-Albert Trott -- Albert Trott played for both England and Australia during the 18th century. Albert had hit a six that crossed the pavilion of the Lord's cricket ground. The length of the six was 164 meters long. It was the longest six in the cricket history of world cricket. Even after a century has passed, the record of such a long six has not yet been broken.

2)- Chris Lynn -- Sixes in world cricket are usually hit in every match, but there is a long discussion about those sixes which are tall and tall. One such six was seen in the BBL tournament being played in Australia. Batting was Chris Lynn of Brisbane Heat, and Hobart Hurricane's super-fast bowler was  ShaunTait on the bowling attack. Lynn hit the ball from the top of mid-wicket at such a long distance that the ball reached the roof of the stadium, with perfect timing on the Tat's 147 km/h ball. The length of these six was 121 meters.

3)- Kore Anderson---- In 2014, Kore Anderson, who holds the record for scoring the second-fastest century in ODI cricket, hit a 120 meter long six of India's bowler Ishant Sharma. The six were so long; the ball went outside of the stadium.

4)- Yuvraj Singh --- In the T20 World Cup in 2007, Yuvraj Singh of India hit a long six off Brett Lee during the innings of 70 runs against Australia.

5)- Daniel Christian --- In the year 2015, Daniel Christian hit a 117 meter long six. In this match, the Hurricanes batted first and scored 173 runs on nine-wicket.

6)- M.S. Dhoni--- This six hit by Dhoni had a match against Australia in the CB series in the year 2011-12. The six were hit in the direction of the long-off boundary, which was a very big boundary of the stadium. But these six hit by Dhoni easily crossed that boundary and covered the entire 112 meters.

7)- Ejaz Ahmad --- Ejaz Ahmad hit this six when Pakistan played against England in 1999; while chasing the score, Ejaz Ahmad hit a six that the ball went across the stadium, causing a new ball to be brought into the stadium. In this match, he hit one six another. In last, Pakistan won this match from England with the help of Ejaz Ahmad inings.

8)- Chris Gayle --- In the 2010 world cup T20 match, which was played between India and West Indies in Barbados. Gayle hit such a big six of Yusuf Pathan. The ball went outside the stadium. 

9)- Shahid Afridi --- During the 2005 tour of Australia, Pakistani's Shahid Afridi hit a big six in Perth. The ball of Afridi hit the biggest dome in the stadium. It was one of the biggest sixes in cricket history.

10)-M.S.Dhoni---M.S. Dhoni had hit a long six once before. This is the year of 2008 against New Zealand. Dhoni, with his helicopter shot, hit a jagged six of deep mid-wicket boundary, which went for and fell in the stands.

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