Biggest six hitters outside the subcontinent

[ramkumar_gr]

Balaji and Pathan hit some biggies as well.

Balaji, the one he hit off Shoaib Akthar was breathtaking.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Wasn't that the shot which Mark Waugh couldn't get to, even though he was like 6 yards away from the ball? We should nominate it in the greats thread.

That's the one, yeah. It tied the scores, then both of the next two balls Donald was stupid. Firstly he ran when there was no run and Lehmann missed the stumps, and then he didn't run when ther was one and of course was run out.

 

[ramkumar_gr]

Charles Covetry, whenever he comes to the crease, ODI or tests, you can be rest assured
of some very big hits.

 

[Lyell_Chris]

Chris Cairns' father Lance could hit further than Chris. He hit 6 sixes in an over once and also hit a one handed six

 

[wahindiawah]

I would say Flintoff!!

Zulu use to be superb, too bad he's not around anymore.

 

[sqwerty]

Phil Tufnell was a beast

 

[sqwerty]

Flintoff obviously hits them big but he's a bloody big unit himself.

Pound for pound guys like Ponting stand up to the rest of them.

 

[Steulen]

Blignaut

 

[age_master]

I'd probably argue that and say that better six hitters come from other parts of the world than the sub-continent...

Flintoff is a unit and can belt the living crap out've it.
Symonds is a strong man and can smash them to all parts.
Kluesner was amazing in his time.
Brett Lee is fantastic at lashing out.
Gilchrist is equal to dhoni at least when he wants to be (the thing that makes him so much better is that he can bat in any situation)
Mark Waugh used to be pretty elegant in smashing sixes.
The list goes on

agree with all those, Pieterson would be up there too along with Astle, Cairns and Oram

 

[age_master]

ofcourse Brian Lara hits some pretty big ones too.

 

[Josh]

Lee, Gilchrist, White (when he gets on to 'em, they go), Gayle, Pietersen (hate saying it tho, it's all he does)

 

[andyc]

I was surprised by Hussey's ball that would have been six that hit the roof against ROW, cause he didn't really strike me as a big hitter. And Gillespie's six in the Ashes was pretty brutal.

 

[open365]

^so was Hussey.

He's more of a clean hitter than a 6 hitter,that one was a bit of a one off,he just swung and it went.

 

[magsi23]

if you think of a six and dont think of AFRIDI impossible

 

[PY]

Couple of the English chaps hit the ball a long way.

I've just watched the Ashes DVD this afternoon and remembered Pietersen at Lord's, he walloped the ball MILES into the air and it struck the second balcony above the members.

Think the best I saw this afternoon was the strike from Freddie which Barney and Marc mentioned! That went friggin' miles, it's not often in an international match the ball clears the stands in England.

Another one people won't think much of is Tresco (he's not the biggest hitter obviously), when he puts his considerable belly behind it. Against Pakistan in the ODI series a couple of years back he hit a missile which was almost still rising when it hit the 3rd floor of the stand. Mark Nicholas started squeaking as per usual and one of the other commentators (I think) said he'd not seen anything like it since Lance Cairns was about.

I really want to see this Lee strike, sounds monumental. Think going downtown Zulu was the most fearful striking I've seen, four or six it was going to smoke you in the crowd.

 

[Blaze]

Chris Cairns' father Lance could hit further than Chris. He hit 6 sixes in an over once and also hit a one handed six

He never hit 6 sixes in an over.. That was in one game, not an over.

 

[steds]

Blackwell is an outstanding hitter, i would say one of the biggest six-hitters in England cricket history.

Now all he needs to do is learn to bat.

 

[steds]

Charles Covetry, whenever he comes to the crease, ODI or tests, you can be rest assured
of some very big hits.

What you can be more assured of is that he'll get out.

 

[steds]

Phil Tufnell was a beast

Best post I've read all day. Brilliant.

 

[aussie]

well their is Flintoff, Kemp, Symonds, Cairns, Klusener, Lee...