In the game against England, Tim Southee, who was playing his 107th and last Test for New Zealand, achieved the milestone.
Tim Southee, a veteran of New Zealand, blasted his 98th sixe in Hamilton on Saturday, matching West Indies star Chris Gayle’s record and moving up to joint-fourth place on the all-time list. Southee achieved the milestone during the match against England at Seddon Park while playing his 107th and last Test match for New Zealand. Southee scored a fast-paced 10-ball 23 that contained one four and three sixes. The all-time record is led by England captain Ben Stokes, who has hit 133 sixes in 110 Test matches thus far. Former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum is next, having hit 107 sixes in 101 games.
Adam Gilchrist, a former vice captain of Australia who has struck 100 sixes in 96 Test matches, is ranked third.
On the first day of the third and final Test match against England in Hamilton on Saturday, New Zealand reached 315 for 9 after failing to build on a rock-steady start.
After openers Tom Latham (63) and Will Young (42) put up 105 for the opening stand after being invited to bat, the tourists rallied with the ball, led by seamers Matthew Potts and Gus Atkinson.
However, six wickets fell for 89 runs at Seddon Park in the afternoon, undoing the good work of the morning with a barrage of wayward strokes.Mitchell Santner gave the home team some momentum with his late hitting, which included a straight six off the last ball of the day to reach a half-century.
Santner and the scoreless Will O’Rourke will return at 50 not out.
With some disciplined seam bowling, England managed to maintain their hopes of completing a 3-0 series clean sweep.
By benching top scorer Latham and danger man Kane Williamson (44) to celebrate his recall at Chris Woakes’ expense, Potts (3-75) made an impression.
Atkinson (3-55) reached 51 wickets in his career, second only to Australian seamer Terry Alderman’s record of 54 in 1981 for the most Test wickets in a rookie season.Those who benefited from New Zealand’s careless middle-order batting included Atkinson.
Fielders on the off-side caught Rachin Ravindra (18), Daryl Mitchell (14), Tom Blundell (21) and Glenn Phillips (5) for failing to keep the ball down.
With 228 runs, or 72% of their total, going past limits, it demonstrated a do-or-die mentality.
Prior to giving up the series at a 2-0 deficit, Latham and Young recovered some batting determination that had been mostly lacking in significant defeats in Christchurch and Wellington.Young scored 40 of his 42 runs from boundaries before being cleverly caught by Harry Brook at second slip, giving him his lunch score.
It surpassed the previous mark of 18 and concluded the finest opening stand of the seam-dominated series from either team.
After surviving two challenging dropped catches by Ben Duckett at third slip when on 12 and 53, Latham quickly edged down the leg side off Potts.
Soon after tea, Williamson (44) lost his crucial wicket after playing painfully off Potts, unable to kick the ball clear as it soared onto his stumps.In his 107th and final Test match, veteran spinner Tim Southee wowed his home audience with a lightning-fast 23 off 10 balls.
The 36-year-old bowler is getting closer to being the fourth player to clear the ropes 100 times in Test cricket after hitting three sixes to bring his career total to 98.
