New Zealand duo smashes 43 in an over, creates List A world record

Joe Carter and Brett Hampton took 43 off an over bowled by Central Districts' Willem Ludick in a Ford Trophy fixture.

Published : Nov 07, 2018 20:00 IST

Joe Carter and Brett Hampton, the Northern Districts pair, smashed the List A record books in Hamilton on Wednesday.
Joe Carter and Brett Hampton, the Northern Districts pair, smashed the List A record books in Hamilton on Wednesday.
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Joe Carter and Brett Hampton, the Northern Districts pair, smashed the List A record books in Hamilton on Wednesday.

Run rates are climbing, but this was something else. Welcome to the world of Joe Carter and Brett Hampton, the Northern Districts pair, who smashed the List A record books in Hamilton on Wednesday.

The pair took 43 off an over bowled by Central Districts' Willem Ludick in a Ford Trophy fixture, the most conceded in an over in List A cricket.

 

This toppled the 39 conceded by Alauddin Babu, a Bangladesh first-class cricketer, in a Dhaka Premier League match in 2013. At the other end of the record then was former Zimbabwe captain Elton Chigumbura, who smashed four sixes and three fours in a seven-ball over courtesy a no-ball.

Back to Hamilton, Hampton started the onslaught with a four followed by two sixes off two waist-high no-balls. He then hit a third six off a legitimate delivery before taking a single to give Carter the strike.

Carter, playing in only his fifth List A matches, smashed the last three balls for six to blaze into the record books. 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.

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