Incredible figures from Bangladesh where 65 wides and 15 no balls saw the opposition claim a win in just four legal deliveries
Bowler concedes 92 in just four deliveries
A Bangladesh bowler has taken his protest at umpiring decisions to extreme measures, giving away 92 runs in just four legal deliveries to concede a match.
The Dhaka Second Division Cricket League match between Axiom and Lalmatia quickly descended into farce in the second innings as the protest unfolded.
Opening bowler Sujon Mahmud delivered an incredible 15 no balls and 13 wides – each of which went to the boundary to concede 65 runs. His four legal deliveries were hit for 12 runs.
The 32-ball over saw Axiom complete a 10-wicket win in just 0.4 overs, having racked up 92.
Image Id: 830EC4DA896B42C18BEC752E479FA6F5 Image Caption: The scorecard from the 92-run overLalmatia had earlier been bowled out for 88 in only 14 overs, but the team was in uproar at what they believed were unfair decisions from the on-field umpires.
“It started at the toss. My captain was not allowed to see the coin and we were sent to bat first and as expected, the umpires' decisions came against us,” Lalmatia general secretary Adnan Rahman Dipon told the Dhaka Tribune.
“My players are young, aged around 17, 18 and 19. They could not tolerate the injustice and thus reacted by giving away 92 runs in four deliveries.”
The most runs conceded in an over in international cricket is 36 – a six from every ball – which has happened in both limited overs formats, and twice in first-class cricket but never (yet) in a Test match.
The most runs off an over in a first-class match is the 77 Wellington's Bert Vance conceded against Canterbury in 1990. A series of full-tosses and no-balls dotted the 22-ball over as Wellington tried to induce Canterbury to chase a target in the hope of forcing a result.
In ODI cricket, Herschelle Gibbs blasted six straight sixes off Netherlands bowler Daan van Bunge in the 2007 World Cup in St Kitts, while in T20 internationals Yuvraj Singh sent Stuart Broad into the stands off six consecutive balls in the 2007 World T20 in Durban.
The most runs from an over in Test cricket is 28, which has been reached twice – by Brian Lara off Robin Peterson's bowling at the Wanderers in 2003, and by George Bailey who took the long handle to James Anderson in Perth during the 2013-14 Ashes whitewash.
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