Most sixes in a Test match series

In the five-match 2013-14 Ashes series between Australia and England, no fewer than 65 sixes were recorded in the scorebook. Australia, who won the series 5-0, contributed 40 maximums - the most sixes by one team in a Test match series - with the visitors hitting 25. Chief contributors were Australians Brad Haddin (9), George Bailey (8) and Shane Watson (6) and England's Ian Bell (6) and Stuart Broad (6). Three of Bailey's eight sixes came in one over during the 3rd Test in Perth, Australia, on 16 December 2013 when he equalled the Test record for the most runs scored off one over, hitting England's James Anderson for 28 runs (4-6-2-4-6-6). West Indies batsman Brian Lara (4-6-6-4-4-4) hit South African bowler Robin Peterson for 28 runs in one over at New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 14 December 2003. The previous record for most sixes in a Test match series (51 in the 2005 Ashes series in England) was broken when Australia's Brad Haddin hit his team's 52nd six of the series during the first innings of the 4th Test on 27 December 2013. Haddin's maximum was also the 37th six hit by Australia in the series, equalling the team record set by Pakistan against India in 2005-06. Australia broke the record for the most sixes by one team in a Test match series in the 5th Test when Steve Smith hit Australia's 38th six of the series on 3 January 2014. Ryan Harris added two more sixes in the match to extend the team record to 40.

A full breakdown of the sixes hit during the 2013-14 Ashes series in Australia:

1st Test, Brisbane: Australia 8 (Johnson 3, Bailey 2, Clarke 1, Haddin 1, Warner 1) England 0

2nd Test, Adelaide: Australia 13 (Haddin 5, Bailey 3, Harris 2, Lyon 1, Warner 1, Watson 1) England 8 (Bell 4, Pietersen 3, Broad 1) - 21 sixes in a match is the sixth highest total in Test history (27 is the record).

3rd Test, Perth: Australia 15 (Watson 5, Bailey 3, Warner 3, Haddin 2, Smith 2) England 4 (Bell 1, Carberry 1, Pietersen 1, Stokes 1) - Bailey's sixes came off one James Anderson over (4-6-2-4-6-6), equalling the Test record for the most runs scored off one over.

4th Test, Melbourne: Australia 1 (Haddin 1) England 5 (Bairstow 3, Pietersen 1, Stokes 1)

5th Test, Sydney: Australia 3 (Harris 2, Smith 1) England 8 (Broad 5, Stokes 2, Bell 1)

Australia (total 40): Brad Haddin 9, George Bailey 8, Shane Watson 6, David Warner 5, Ryan Harris 4, Mitchell Johnson 3, Steve Smith 3, Michael Clarke 1, Nathan Lyon 1.

England (total 25): Ian Bell 6, Stuart Broad 6, Kevin Pietersen 5, Ben Stokes 4, Jonny Bairstow 3, Michael Carberry 1.