| Batting position | Most sixes in a Test innings |
|---|---|
| No. 1 | Yashasvi Jaiswal – 12 |
| No. 2 | Matthew Hayden / Brendon McCullum – 11 |
| No. 3 | Kusal Mendis – 11 |
| No. 4 | Inzamam-ul-Haq – 9 |
| No. 5 | Nathan Astle / Brendon McCullum – 11 |
| No. 6 | Ben Stokes – 11 |
| No. 7 | Adam Gilchrist – 8 |
| No. 8 | Wasim Akram – 12 |
| No. 9 | Razaullah – 9 |
| No. 10 | Tim Southee – 9 |
| No. 11 | S Shillingford – 5 |
Razaullah is therefore the latest name to enter this unusual list, holding the record for the most sixes by a No. 9 batter in a Test innings.What makes the feat even more remarkable is that he achieved it on his Test debut.The Pakistan batter’s nine sixes came during his astonishing 81 off 63 balls against England at Edgbaston. He arrived at the crease with Pakistan still two runs short of making England bat again, but instead of merely surviving, he launched an extraordinary counterattack alongside Mohammad Abbas.The Pakistan debutant also matched the record for the most sixes in a Test innings in England. Ben Stokes had hit nine against Australia at Lord’s during the 2023 Ashes.Razaullah’s effort also equalled Tim Southee’s record for the most sixes by a batter on Test debut. Southee had struck nine maximums against England at Napier in 2008.Razaullah’s nine maximums included three sixes in one over against Gus Atkinson, while another six off Jofra Archer took him to his half-century from just 43 balls. His next maximum, also off Archer, took Pakistan beyond 400.The No. 9 batter eventually fell for 81, but by then he had helped Pakistan turn a seemingly inevitable innings defeat into a 129-run first-innings lead.His name now sits alongside some of Test cricket’s most destructive hitters in a batting-position record that runs from No. 1 through No. 11.