Saturday, March 13, 2010

The 77-run over

When Bert Vance went for 77, in what must rank as one of the oddest overs in first-class క్రికెట్

When people are asked what is the most number of runs to come off one over, thoughts turn to Tilak Raj and Malcolm Nash, who both conceded 36, to Ravi Shastri and Garry Sobers respectively. But in February 1990, Bert Vance went for more than twice that number in what ranks as one of first-class cricket's oddest ఓవర్స్.


Much like Steve O'Shaughnessy's 35-minute hundred in 1983, Vance's over is consigned to being a footnote in the record books, although the 182-run ninth-wicket stand remains a Canterbury record.

The over went as follows (the balls in bold are the legitimate ones) - 0444664614106666600401

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