Northern Districts pair hit 43 runs in one over to break List A world record

Most runs in an over World Record: What started with an inside edge past the keeper for a boundary ended with three consecutive sixes, six in total, because of two no balls and a single in between to mark one of the most bizarre overs in List A cricket

One is always better than two. Ask Joe Carter and Brett Hampton. The Northern Districts pair blasted 43 runs to break the List A record of most runs off an over in a Ford Trophy fixture in Hamiton, New Zealand on Wednesday.

What started with an inside edge past the keeper for a boundary ended with three consecutive sixes, six in total, because of two no balls and a single in between to mark one of the most bizarre overs in List A cricket. It was bowled by Central District’s right-arm medium pacer Willem Ludick.

Carter and Hampton bettered the previous record held by former Zimbabwe captain Elton Chigumbura, who took 39 runs off Bangladesh first-class cricketer Alauddin Baby in a Dhaka Premier League match in 2013. smashed four sixes and three fours in a seven-ball over courtesy a no-ball.

4, 6+nb, 6+nb, 6, 1, 6, 6, 6
43-run over ✔️
List A world record ✔️
Congratulations Joe Carter and Brett Hampton!#ndtogether #cricketnation pic.twitter.com/Kw1xgdP2Lg

— Northern Districts (@ndcricket) November 7, 2018

The Northern District pair did hit six sixes and a boundary. The The over read: 4,6nb,6nb,6,1,6,6,6. Ludick's bowling figures nosedived from 9-0-42-1 to 10-0-85-1.

Carter carried on to register his maiden List A century while his partner Hampton missed his by 5 runs. The duo added 178 runs for the sixth wicket - a Northern Districts record surpassing the 150 set by BJ Watling and Peter McGlashan.