[Records] Tuk Tuk … Six: Misbah’s 100th one!

Do you know that there is an addition in the list of players who have hit more than 100 sixes, and the new comer is the batsman who is famous as ‘Mr. Tuk Tuk’ by his country’s fans. Yes! Misbah-ul-Haq achieved the milestone yesterday against Scotland.

[caption id="attachment_988" align="alignright" width="300"] Misbah is the 10th Pakistani player to have hit 100 international sixes (Photo: AFP)[/caption]

Misbah scored 83 off 80 in the match played at Edinburgh. His victorious innings included two sixes and the second six was actually the 100th six of his career. So, Misbah has now become the 10th Pakistani player to have achieved the feat.

In his 12-year international career, Misbah has been capped 39 Tests, 115 ODIs and 39 T20s, hitting 27, 47 and 26 sixes in the respective format. This makes his total number of sixes 100.

Shahid Afridi, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Wasim Akram, Abdur Razzaq, Mohammad Yousuf, Saeed Anwar, Ijaz Ahmed and Younis Khan have also got more than 100 sixes under their belts. Misbah reached the mark in the least number of matches.

Shahid Afridi with 392 international sixes is not only Pakistan’s but the world’s number one player to have hit most number of sixes. Below is the list of Pakistani players whose careers are studded with most sixes in international matches.

Batsman	Matches	Runs	Best score	Ave	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Shahid Afridi	440	9781	156	24.21	11	46	41	949	392
Inzamam-ul-Haq	499	20581	329	43.32	35	129	35	2076	193
Wasim Akram	460	6615	257*	18.73	3	13	45	571	178
Abdur Razzaq	341	7409	134	28.94	6	30	19	632	168
Mohammad Yousuf	381	17300	223	45.52	39	97	26	1747	142
Saesd Anwar	302	12876	194	41.00	31	68	23	1473	111
Ijaz Ahmed	310	12876	211	33.94	22	49	21	948	110
Younis Khan	360	14205	313	38.08	27	76	38	1360	105
Imran Khan	263	7516	136	35.45	7	37	14	538	100
Misbah-ul-Haq	193	6569	161*	42.38	3	44	10	546	100