Who is the most stylish 6 hitter?

[riad]

For Bangladesh I love our little Mushy in that category.
For outside do not have any obvious pick.

What say you?

[Rana Melb]

Razzakkkkk

[Modad]

Riyad Mullah

[jeesh]

Used to be Alok Kapali. Probably the most elegant batsman. Too bad he didnt do justice to his talent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBxXSGjHejQ

[Zunaid]

Originally Posted by jeesh
Used to be Alok Kapali. Probably the most elegant batsman. Too bad he didnt do justice to his talent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBxXSGjHejQ

I will second that.

Mushy distant 2nd.

[koushik]

For Me its Sourav Ganguly & Gayle

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[MohammedC]

Originally Posted by koushik
For Me its Sourav Ganguly & Gayle

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They dont play for Bangladesh. We want to know about Bangladeshi batsmen ?


Most stylish Bangladeshi six hitter is Anamul.

[Fazal]

The list cannot be complete with the name Motin.

6 or not, I thought he is the most estylish bangldeshi batsman.

[roman]

Gilchrist..simply mind blowing. Also love Corey

From bd..Tamim. The way he hit Zahir in 2007 WC was simply astounding

[Fazal]

For 6s, ususally I don;t look for style, I look for brute power... that excites me more. Therefore I enjoy gayle, Afridi, Perara hitting 6s. In case of Bangladesh, I liked Mashrafee's 6s. Hopefully Zia can do that in future.

[BD_TigerZ]

Abdur "Nayok, Nostralamus, Senior statesman, Denzarus" Razzak

[Naimul_Hd]

My favs are:

Shahriar Hossain Biddyut
Mohammed Rafique
Alok Kapali
Tamim Iqbal
Mushfiqur Rahim
Shakib Al Hasan

[Shaan]

In bd alok, ash, Rahim and anamul's six hitting eye pleasing. International ponting, gili, Fleming,Lara and ganguly's sixes were eye pleasing. I like timing sixers then muscle power sixes.

[kalpurush]

Originally Posted by koushik
For Me its Sourav Ganguly & Gayle

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I used to like Ajay Jadeja a lot!


For Bangladesh, Alok, Ashfool and Opi

[MHRAM]

Aftab anyone?

[riad]

Originally Posted by jeesh
Used to be Alok Kapali. Probably the most elegant batsman. Too bad he didnt do justice to his talent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBxXSGjHejQ

Oh yes I forgot that innings.
Yes Kapali also looked really nice in hitting 6's.

[Nadim]

Anamul Bijoy

[simon]

in terms of power-distance : Tamim
in terms of stylishness/classiness : Mushfique
in terms of effortlessness-timing : Bijoy & Alok
in terms of blindness : Zia
in terms of brutal power: Mash
in terms of flukeness : Phorhad

my favorite are Mushy & Bijoy

[Vua]

http://youtu.be/dHRsPPO9z9A?t=6m57s
Alok!

I would also have to mention Ashraful

[Bonglababu]

These days I like Alex Hales, Anderson, Faulkner and Maxwell
In our team Mushfiqur Rahim

[Navo]

This thread got me thinking - who has hit the most sixes for Bangladesh? How regularly does a batsman hit a six, in all forms of the game? Just going by the names mentioned above...

(Aggregate Test/ODI/T20i)

Shakib - 9176 BF in 228 innings - 60 sixes - 153 deliveries faced/per six
Tamim - 9312 BF in 221 innings - 72 sixes - 129 deliveries faced/per six
Mushfiq - 9098 BF in 222 innings - 67 sixes - 136 deliveries faced/per six
Ashraful - 11243 BF in 311 innings - 62 sixes - 181 deliveries faced/per six
Alok - 3103 BF in 107 innings - 14 sixes - 222 deliveries faced/per six
Aftab - 3704 BF in 127 innings - 58 sixes - 64 deliveries faced/per six
Mahmudullah - 4524 BF in 148 innings - 38 sixes - 119 deliveries faced/per six
Nasir - 3122 BF in 73 innings - 28 sixes - 112 deliveries faced/per six
Anamul - 1161 BF in 31 innings - 22 sixes - 53 deliveries faced/per six
Mashrafe - 2823 BF in 189 innings - 81 sixes - 35 deliveries faced/per six (0.43)
Rafique - 3298 BF in 170 innings - 63 sixes - 52.3 deliveries faced/per six (0.37)
Zia - 236 BF in 23 innings - 16 sixes - 15 deliveries faced/per six

A caveat: I confess that the value of 'deliveries faced/per six' is limited as it doesn't take into account a player's batting position, overall batting average, strike rate, the match situation, etc. I also admit that I am uncertain whether Statsguru accounts for all the deliveries faced by the aforementioned players before 2004 as ball-by-ball information was more sketchy then.

Nevertheless, I think it gives some idea of how often a batsman has been able to successfully hit a six. What it doesn't reveal is how many matches the aforementioned deliveries are spread over! For instance, Zia's one six per 15 balls faced sounds impressive but the fact that he only plays about 10 deliveries per innings means that the likelihood of actually hitting a six each time he comes out to bat is slim.

So, Mashrafe has the highest aggregate of sixes so far. It's interesting that Alok Kapali's sixes have left such an impression on people's minds given that he's only hit 14 of them in international cricket!

In their short spell in international cricket, Zia and Anamul have hit sixes very frequently but their sample size is still small. In contrast, Aftab and Rafique have hit sixes with regularity over an extended period of time.

Coming back to the topic of this thread though, I personally think Anamul and Ashraful are the most stylish six hitters. One can hope that Sabbir will be too one day.

[riad]

Interesting info ...

Hopeful for Anamul.
Surprised about A. Kapali [only 14 6's??]

Originally Posted by Navo
This thread got me thinking - who has hit the most sixes for Bangladesh? How regularly does a batsman hit a six, in all forms of the game? Just going by the names mentioned above...

(Aggregate Test/ODI/T20i)

Shakib - 9176 BF in 228 innings - 60 sixes - 153 deliveries faced/per six
Tamim - 9312 BF in 221 innings - 72 sixes - 129 deliveries faced/per six
Mushfiq - 9098 BF in 222 innings - 67 sixes - 136 deliveries faced/per six
Ashraful - 11243 BF in 311 innings - 62 sixes - 181 deliveries faced/per six
Alok - 3103 BF in 107 innings - 14 sixes - 222 deliveries faced/per six
Aftab - 3704 BF in 127 innings - 58 sixes - 64 deliveries faced/per six
Mahmudullah - 4524 BF in 148 innings - 38 sixes - 119 deliveries faced/per six
Nasir - 3122 BF in 73 innings - 28 sixes - 112 deliveries faced/per six
Anamul - 1161 BF in 31 innings - 22 sixes - 53 deliveries faced/per six
Mashrafe - 2823 BF in 189 innings - 81 sixes - 35 deliveries faced/per six (0.43)
Rafique - 3298 BF in 170 innings - 63 sixes - 52.3 deliveries faced/per six (0.37)
Zia - 236 BF in 23 innings - 16 sixes - 15 deliveries faced/per six

A caveat: I confess that the value of 'deliveries faced/per six' is limited as it doesn't take into account a player's batting position, overall batting average, strike rate, the match situation, etc. I also admit that I am uncertain whether Statsguru accounts for all the deliveries faced by the aforementioned players before 2004 as ball-by-ball information was more sketchy then.

Nevertheless, I think it gives some idea of how often a batsman has been able to successfully hit a six. What it doesn't reveal is how many matches the aforementioned deliveries are spread over! For instance, Zia's one six per 15 balls faced sounds impressive but the fact that he only plays about 10 deliveries per innings means that the likelihood of actually hitting a six each time he comes out to bat is slim.

So, Mashrafe has the highest aggregate of sixes so far. It's interesting that Alok Kapali's sixes have left such an impression on people's minds given that he's only hit 14 of them in international cricket!

In their short spell in international cricket, Zia and Anamul have hit sixes very frequently but their sample size is still small. In contrast, Aftab and Rafique have hit sixes with regularity over an extended period of time.

Coming back to the topic of this thread though, I personally think Anamul and Ashraful are the most stylish six hitters. One can hope that Sabbir will be too one day.

[Jadukor]

Alok Kapali is remembered for his heroics in ICL. He did play a damn good tournament despite the questionable quality of bowling.

[BengaliPagol]

Is it just me or did everyone forget about Shabbir Rahman?

[Fazal]

Good data Navo.

I missed Anamul. Looks like most likely Anamul will beat every one pretty soon and will be undisputed Sixer of BD team.

And yes, his 6s are pretty good and still fresh in my mind.