Azhar Mahmood third biggest sixes hitter Friday, September 26, 2008
LONDON: Former Pakistani all-rounder Azhar Mahmood has finished as the third biggest sixes hitter in various formats of the 2008 English cricket season.

However, Essex’s Graham Napier took the top place with 36 sixes from 327 deliveries with his county colleague Ravi Bopara in the second position in the Sixes league.Napier’s feat is the second highest haul of maximums in the history of the league, behind Ian Blackwell who hit a record 45 sixes in 2005.

Bopara came second with 27 maximums from 748 deliveries. Azhar who played for Kent and Somerset’s Marcus Trescothick both cleared the rope 25 times, finishing third and fourth respectively due to the number of balls faced.

The 28-year-old Napier’s assault on the league began in June with a blistering 25 sixes during the month, including a Twenty20 world-record breaking 16 sixes in his unbeaten 152 against Sussex in the Twenty20 Cup at The Ford County Ground.

Meanwhile, Bopara’s big-hitting exploits were boosted by his 10 sixes in his 201 not out against Leicestershire in the Friends Provident Trophy at Leicester in June and seven in 59 balls during his 112 not out against Derbyshire at Derby in July.

This achievement caps a fine 2008 season for Napier, during which his six-hitting was augmented by his forming of a consistently potent new-ball partnership with David Masters, the success of which underpinned the County’s winning of the Friends Provident Trophy and the NatWest Pro40 Division Two title.


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Nice, he was actually a decent all rounder, even his bowling in the 2007 World Cup wasn't all that bad.

Yeah, it's sad..They maked him play for the world cup..His first World cup 2007 match against Ireland..His econ was 3.00..Pretty good just the upset of losing made them lose this fine all-rounder..

He was one of my favorites, really liked hit batting.

I remembered seeing him play back in the days, when I was kid, with the likes of Wasim,Waqar and I thought he was going to be a next big thing, but it didnt end up that way. Big thanks goes to PCB

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Still remember his match winning knock in South Africa that helped us tie the series in the 98 season. Also his century on debut against SA again was a thing of beauty. He started really strong in the test scene and continued to save us coming in at the 7th spot.
His ODI perfomances were also strong in the beginning, and he even destroyed West Indies in Sharjah i believe by taking 6-18, but his weakness against spin and his struggles with fitness ultimately made him lose out to Razzaq. Its a shame that Pakistani players generally lack the motivation and the conditioning to come back even better than before like the Australians, because losing him and Razzaq has been bad for our team.
* Sorry for any misstatement of facts. I am only speaking from memory.

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