Stuart Broad has conceded the most runs in a single lap in Test HISTORY, as India captain Jasprit Bumrah skinned England’s 35-pointer at every corner on the second day at Edgbaston.
- Stuart Broad has conceded the most runs in a single stroke in the history of test cricket
- Broad made 35 runs in a disastrous match against Indian captain Jasprit Bumrah
- Bumrah crushed Broad throughout the park in an eight-ball-long over
By Faaez Samadi for Mailonline
Posted: 13:24, 2 July 2022 | Updated: 3:23 PM, July 2, 2022
England would have expected to quickly close India’s first entrances on Saturday morning for not too many more races.
But India captain Jasprit Bumrah had other ideas when he annihilated Stuart Broad, sending him to 35 runs in a single over.
It is the most expensive in the history of test cricket. Of those races, 29 were attributed to Bumrah himself, while six more were extras.
Stuart Broad conceded the most expensive in the history of test cricket against India
Broad was crushed by a 35-race mammoth by Indian captain and tailender Jasprit Bumrah
England felt frustrated enough for India to do many races in the morning before Bumrah’s crossings, but Broad’s nightmare put the icing on the cake.
The reaper, who has 550 test wickets in his name, ended up throwing a ball of eight and probably the worst of his illustrious career in England, although Broad had previously been beaten by six sixes in an over by Yuvraj Singh in a Twenty20 clash with India in 2007.
Rubbing mountains of salt on the wound is that the demolition of Broad was not carried out by one of India’s many elite hitters, but by his number 10 and first fast bowler, who happily threw his bat in front of everything that came to him.
India smashed England on the second day at Edgbaston, with Broad of more than eight balls
Bumrah hooked Broad’s first ball of the over for four, with a large top edge almost caught by Zak Crawley on the edge, but instead rolling on the rope.
The next ball was a gorilla that was considered wide, flew over goalkeeper Sam Billings and went to the fence, costing five runs. The ball then got even worse, a non-ball that Bumrah hit over the rope, and cost seven more runs.
Broad changed tac and made a fuller bowl, but it made no difference, as the next three deliveries were thrashed each to various parts of Edgbaston’s field by four.
Broad’s last ball ended up lying on the ground trying to run out of Mohammed Siraj
Bumrah then broke the record that Broad never wanted to throw a short ball over the limit for six, and finally ended the penalty with a single from the last installment in which Broad almost finished with the other batsman in the game. ‘India, Mohammed Siraj.
Broad broke the previous record of 28 races in a Test over, held by South African spinner Robin Peterson, who was similarly destroyed by the West Indies in 2003.
Along with Peterson he is one of England’s all-time greats and Broad’s longtime partner James Anderson, who also reached the 28th in a clash against Australia in 2013.
The historic end of Broad: a ball-by-ball count
Ball 1: Four runs
Apparently, Broad decided to attack Bumrah with short balls, but the first was hit by four just out of reach of boundary fielder Zak Crawley.
Ball 2: Five wide
Bouncing out of reach of both Bumrah and goalkeeper Sam Billings, the ball went to the limit with a fifth run hooked from the outside.
Ball 3: no ball (one run), six runs
Bumrah overcame another hook over Billings ’head for six, with a Broad ball without a ball that re-wrote an extra run and left him with five deliveries yet to play.
Ball 4: Four runs
Broad finally threw a legitimate second ball, but over-corrected with the goal of getting a fuller length and saw a full throw crash to the ground and just before the four-yard line.
Ball 5: Four runs
An inner edge beyond the trunk of the leg found the limit once again and surpassed India’s 400 totals.
Ball 6: Four runs
The most extraordinary shot of the lot, Bumrah re-stuck through the yeast, but lost his footing in the process and narrowly avoided his strains. Television cameras captured Virat Kohli and other hysterics on the balcony of India.
Ball 7: Six runs
After matching the unwanted record of 28, Broad still had the two extra balls to throw, the first of which was hit by six more.
Ball 8: A run
Bumrah kept the strike going by digging a yorker for a simple denunciation and running. Broad tried to run out of Mohammed Siraj at the goalkeeper’s end as both batters threw themselves ahead, on their credit, helping Bumrah to his feet with a smile.
Broad avoided further punishments by taking the catch to eliminate the last Siraj man to James Anderson’s neighbor.
By Tom White, PA sports data journalist