Stats: Evin Lewis - The six hitting machine

Lewis scored his 2nd T20I hundred in the only T20I against India while his maiden century was also against the same opposition.

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West Indies’ Evin Lewis plays a shot. (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

After scoring only 67 runs in 4 innings in the ODI series against India, Evin Lewis came out strong in the one-off T20I to smash an unbeaten 125 in the 191-run chase at Jamaica. During his innings, Lewis smashed 12 sixes and was just 2 behind the record in T20I cricket. However, the 12 sixes are the most by any player for Windies and most against India in a T20I inning.

Most sixes by an individual in a T20I inning:

PlayerTeamRunsBallsFoursSixesOppositionGroundDate
Aaron FinchAustralia156631114EnglandSouthampton29-Aug-2013
Richard LeviSouth Africa117*51513New ZealandHamilton19-Feb-2012
Evin LewisWindies125*62612IndiaKingston9-Jul-2017
Chris GayleWindies100*48511EnglandMumbai16-Mar-2016
Chris GayleWindies11757710South AfricaJohannesburg11-Sep-2007
Corey AndersonNew Zealand94*41210BangladeshMount Maunganui8-Jan-2017

 

Lewis scored his 2nd T20I hundred and has scored both of them against the Indians. He scored 100 off 49 balls in last year’s T20I series with the help of 9 sixes. He has hit a total of 21 sixes in T20Is against India in just 3 innings. Only 4 players (Gayle vs 3 oppositions) including Lewis so far have hit 20 or more sixes in T20I cricket against a single opposition.

Most sixes against a single opposition in T20I cricket:

PlayerOppositionInnsRunsBallsFoursSixes
Chris GayleSouth Africa73071572425
Chris GayleEngland103492233224
Aaron FinchEngland73211782522
Evin LewisIndia32321171221
Chris GayleAustralia82991872520
Shane WatsonIndia83021911820

 

The Windies’ left-handed batsman has so far hit 57 boundaries in T20Is out of which 37 are sixes which meant that he scored 17 sixes more than the number of fours he has hit in this format so far. Among the players who have hit 15 and more sixes in T20Is, no player has a bigger difference between the number of sixes and fours than Lewis.

Players who have hit more sixes than fours in T20I career: (Min: 15 career sixes)

PlayerTeamMatchesInningsFoursSixesDifference
Evin Lewis Windies1313203717
Albie Morkel South Africa5038293910
Yusuf Pathan India221811176
Tanwir Afzal Hong Kong21189156
Rakep Patel Kenya221916204

 

Lewis, who has played 274 balls in his T20I career has scored 417 runs with the help of 37 sixes. At an average, he hits a six every 7.41 balls and the sixes he has hit occupies 34.74 percentage of his career runs. Among the players who have hit a minimum of 10 sixes, no other player takes less than 8 balls per six and has over 30 percent of career runs scored in sixes in the format.

Average balls per six for a player in T20I cricket:

PlayerTeamInningsBalls facedFoursSixesAverage Balls taken for a Six
Evin LewisWindies1327420377.41
Craig McMillanNew Zealand71178148.36
Yusuf PathanIndia1816111179.47
Justin OntongSouth Africa101096119.91
Carlos BrathwaiteWindies1313910149.93

 

The highest percentage of career runs scored with sixes in T20I cricket:

PlayerTeamInningsRunsFoursSixesPercentage of runs in Sixes
Evin LewisWindies13417203734.74
Albie MorkelSouth Africa38572293929.03
Chris GayleWindies4815371319927.87
Colin MunroNew Zealand29601413827.5
Yuvraj SinghIndia511177777427.39

(Stats as on July 10, 2017)

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