New Zealand bowler Tim Southee equaled Chris Gayle's batting record with a stormy innings of 23 runs, leaving Jacques Kallis behind.

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Tezzbuzz|14-12-2024

Most Test Sixes: New Zealand's legendary bowler Tim Southee made a special record on Saturday (December 14) on the first day of the third and final Test match being played against England at Seddon Park in Hamilton, although he achieved this record by batting I have achieved.

Saudi, batting in a explosive style, played an innings of 23 runs in 10 balls, in which he hit 1 four and 3 sixes.

The Saudi has overtaken Jacques Kallis and reached joint fourth place in the list of players who have hit the most number of sixes in Test cricket.

Saudi has now hit 98 sixes in Tests and has equaled West Indies' legendary batsman Chris Gayle. Whereas the great South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis had hit 97 sixes in his entire career.

Ahead of Saudi, only Ben Stokes, Brendon McCullum, Adam Gilchrist are in this list.

Let us tell you that this is the last match of Saudi's Test career. In the second innings of this test, he will also have a chance to touch the figure of 100 sixes.

It is noteworthy that after being invited to bat first in this match, New Zealand has scored 315 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in the first innings. Captain Tom Latham scored 63 runs, Will Young scored 42 runs in 92 balls and Kane Williamson scored 44 runs in 87 balls. At the end of the first day, Mitchell Santner remained unbeaten after playing a explosive inning of 50 runs in 54 balls.

For England, in the first innings on the first day, Gus Atkinson and Matthew Potts took 3 wickets each, Braydon Carse took 2 wickets and Ben Stokes took 1 wicket.

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