The most expensive over in professional cricket’s history is not 36 or 38 but 77 runs. Here’s what happened: Wellington and Canterbury were playing against each other in February 1990 and Wellington needed to win to ensure they secured the title. Wellington set a 4th innings target of 291 runs for Canterbury to chase in 56 overs. Canterbury’s batting collapsed and they were reduced to 108-8. However, Wellington could not dismiss the 9th wicket and with Canterbury’s score at 196-8 and 2 overs remaining, the match seemed to be heading towards a draw.
The Wellington team then hatched a plan and thought if they gave enough loose balls to Canterbury and somehow got them closer to the target, Canterbury might risk their last 2 wickets going for glory. So, Bert Vance a New Zealand batter who was nearing retirement and had no bowling figures to worry about started bowling. Vance proceeded to bowl a succession of no-balls, and of his first 17 deliveries only one - the second - was legitimate. Full-toss after full-toss was lobbed down from two or three yards down the track. Lee Germon the Canterbury batter brought up his hundred off the 6th ball, and in all, he took 70 off the over, including eight sixes and five fours. Roger Ford faced two balls midway through the carnage and scored five.
The real problems, however, were off the pitch, where the bewildered scorers and scoreboard operators lost track of what was happening and at one point resorted to consulting with spectators to try to resolve the chaos. Even the umpire was left bewildered, only allowing five legitimate deliveries before calling an end to proceedings. The penultimate over had gone for 77.
The Drama did not end there. Nobody knew but Canterbury needed 18 off the last over, and Lee Germon scored 17 off the first five balls levelling the scores.
But with the scoreboard rendered inactive as the scorers still battled to make sense of Vance's over, Ford blocked the last delivery of the match and the match was drawn. Only when the players returned to their changing rooms did the position become clear.
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The Wellington team then hatched a plan and thought if they gave enough loose balls to Canterbury and somehow got them closer to the target, Canterbury might risk their last 2 wickets going for glory. So, Bert Vance a New Zealand batter who was nearing retirement and had no bowling figures to worry about started bowling. Vance proceeded to bowl a succession of no-balls, and of his first 17 deliveries only one - the second - was legitimate. Full-toss after full-toss was lobbed down from two or three yards down the track. Lee Germon the Canterbury batter brought up his hundred off the 6th ball, and in all, he took 70 off the over, including eight sixes and five fours. Roger Ford faced two balls midway through the carnage and scored five.
The real problems, however, were off the pitch, where the bewildered scorers and scoreboard operators lost track of what was happening and at one point resorted to consulting with spectators to try to resolve the chaos. Even the umpire was left bewildered, only allowing five legitimate deliveries before calling an end to proceedings. The penultimate over had gone for 77.
The Drama did not end there. Nobody knew but Canterbury needed 18 off the last over, and Lee Germon scored 17 off the first five balls levelling the scores.
But with the scoreboard rendered inactive as the scorers still battled to make sense of Vance's over, Ford blocked the last delivery of the match and the match was drawn. Only when the players returned to their changing rooms did the position become clear.
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00:00The most expensive over in professional cricket's history is not 36 or 38 but 77 runs.
00:06Here's what happened.
00:07Wellington and Canterbury were playing against each other in February 1990
00:11and Wellington needed to win to ensure they secured the title.
00:14Wellington set a fourth inning's target of 291 runs for Canterbury to chase in 56 overs.
00:20Canterbury's batting collapsed and they were reduced to 108 for 8.
00:24However, Wellington could not dismiss the 9th wicket
00:27and with Canterbury's score at 196 for 8 and 2 overs remaining,
00:32the match seemed to be heading towards a draw.
00:35The Wellington team then hatched a plan and thought
00:38if they gave enough loose balls to Canterbury and somehow got them closer to the target,
00:43Canterbury might risk their last two wickets going for glory.
00:47So Bert Vance, a New Zealand batter who was nearing retirement
00:51and had no bowling figures to worry about, started bowling.
00:54Vance proceeded to bowl a succession of no balls and of his first 17 deliveries,
00:59only one, the second, was legitimate.
01:02Full toss after full toss was lobbed down from 2 or 3 yards down the track.
01:06Lee Germont, the Canterbury batter, brought up his 100 off the 6th ball
01:11and in all, he took 70 of the over, including 8 sixes and 5 fours.
01:15Roger Ford faced two balls midway through the carnage and scored 5.
01:19The real problems, however, were off the pitch,
01:22where the bewildered scorers and scoreboard operators lost track of what was happening
01:27and at one point resorted to consulting with spectators to try to resolve the chaos.
01:32Even the umpire was left bewildered,
01:34only allowing 5 legitimate deliveries before calling an end to proceedings.
01:39The penultimate over had gone for 77. The drama did not end there.
01:44Nobody knew but Canterbury needed 18 of the last over
01:47and Lee Germont scored 17 of the first 5 balls, levelling the scores.
01:51But with the scoreboard rendered inactive as the scorers still battled to make sense of fances over,
01:56Ford blocked the last delivery of the match and the match was drawn.
02:00Only when the players returned to their changing rooms did the position become clear.