THE Pakistan player Misbah-ul-Haq has hit the biggest six of the ICC World Twenty20 up to the end of the two group stages, with the ball estimated by computer to have travelled 111 metres. That is a very big clonk, covering almost twice the boundary distance.

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New technology used by ESPN Star Sports has been calculating how far sixes would probably have travelled. Misbah hit his biggest six against Australia in an innings of 66 off 42 balls at Wanderers in Johannesburg, which has relatively thin air.
 
It could be argued that Justin Kemp’s 107 metres at Durban for South Africa against New Zealand was just as impressive. His colleague Albie Morkel fired a six off Chris Schofield in Cape Town that probably carried 106 metres, the ball clearing the stadium and adjoining railway line before landing in the nearby brewery.
 
In total during the 23 matches played, batsmen have hit 219 sixes and 594 fours. Five of the longest 11 sixes were hit in Durban, four in Johannesburg and two in Cape Town.

Biggest sixes (to Sept 21, after Super Eight stage)
 
1   111m        Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan) v Australia, Johannesburg         
2   107m        Justin Kemp (S Africa)   v New Zealand, Durban
3   106m        Albie Morkel (S Africa)  v England, Cape Town
4   105m        Yuvraj Singh (India)     v England, Durban
5   105m        Albie Morkel (S Africa)  v India, Durban
6   104m        Darren Maddy (England)   v New Zealand, Durban
7   103m        Yunus Khan (Pakistan)    v Sri Lanka, Johannesburg
8   102m        Albie Morkel (S Africa)  v England, Cape Town
9=  101m        Chris Gayle (W Indies)   v South Africa, Johannesburg
9=  101m        Craig McMillan (NZ)      v England, Durban
9=  101m        Shoaib Malik (Pakistan)  v Australia, Johannesburg