Karl on the master blasters

There's a great article on CricInfo about 11 of test cricket's greatest six-hitters. Not surprisingly, Chris Cairns features. My favourite description is of Shahid Afridi:

What would the nature of the six-hitter truest to his art be like? Here is an estimate: he would eye the hit out of the ground from the very first ball he faced; take no heed of the match situation or the number of fielders on the boundary; and hit plenty of sixes without making too many runs, since he would also be out quickly most of the time going for broke. In other words, he'd be a bit daft.

Of course, Cairns has the record for most sixes in a test career (and is about to be passed by Adam Gilchrist). In the record for most in an innings, second on the list with 11 in an innings is Nathan Astle during his fantastic double century against England in 2002.