Monday, January 14, 2008

Longest over in ODI

The unlucky bowler who sent down the longest known over in international cricket was Mohammad Sami of Pakistan, with the third over of the Asia Cup match against Bangladesh in Colombo in 2004. It included four no-balls and seven wides, and the sequence of the over was: wd-4-2-nb-wd-nb1-0-wd-wd-0-wd-nb-wd-wd-nb-0-4. Ironically, Sami's previous over had been a wicket maiden, so he came off with the bizarre figures of 2-1-22-1. Pakistan officials explained that he was trying to remodel his action and was struggling for rhythm. The longest over in a Test is believed to be one of 15 deliveries - including nine no-balls - by Curtly Ambrose for West Indies against Australia at Perth in 1996-97

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