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It's rainin' fours and sixes

By Harish Kotian
October 10, 2003 19:00 IST
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Matthew Hayden's record-breaking 380 in the first innings of the first Test against Zimbabwe was a show of batsmanship of the highest quality.

Matthew HaydenThe big, burly left-hander from Queensland put the Zimbabwean bowling to the sword as fours and sixes rained all over the Western Australia Cricket Association Ground in Perth.

Hayden hit a total of 11 sixes and 38 boundaries, making for a total of 218 runs, or more than 50 per cent (57.37 to be precise), in boundaries.

But Hayden fell just short of the all-time record set by Englishman John Edrich in the third Test against New Zealand at Leeds in 1965.

Edrich, also a left-hander, slammed 52 fours and five sixes (a total of 238 runs) in boundaries in his score of 310 not out in England's first innings total of 546 for 4 declared.

Below is the list of batsmen who have scored maximum runs in fours and sixes in a single Test innings:

Runs 6's 4's Batsman Score For Vs Venue Year
238 5 52 J H Edrich 310* Eng NZ Leeds 1965
218 11 38 M Hayden 380 Aus Zim Perth 2003/4
206 9 38 Inzamam-ul-Haq 329 Pak NZ Lahore 2002
196 10 34 W R Hammond 336* Eng NZ Auckland 1932/3
190 3 43 G A Gooch 333 Eng Ind Lord's 1990
184 0 46 D G Bradman 334 Aus Eng Leeds 1930
180 2 43 D G Bradman 304 Aus Eng Leeds 1934
180 0 45 B C Lara 375 WI Eng St John's 1993/4
Note: Runs indicate total runs scored in boundaries and sixes.
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