New Delhi. In cricket, how many runs can be scored on one ball (without a no-ball or wide ball), most cricket fans will answer this question that it is 6 runs. But you will be surprised to know that on some occasions in Test cricket, 8 runs have been scored on one ball without wide/no-ball. This has been possible due to the larger size of one side of a particular ground, the coincidence of fewer fielders being deployed on one side of the ground and overthrow. An Indian batsman also has the achievement of scoring 8 runs on one ball.
Apart from this, on one occasion, when the batsman was scoring three runs, the ball thrown by the opposition player hit the helmet kept on the field for use by the wicketkeeper/fielder, and 5 runs were awarded and a total of 8 runs were scored.
The batsman scored 4 runs, same number of runs were scored from overthrow
England’s Patsy Hendren was the first to score 8 runs on one ball in Test cricket. According to Espncricinfo and Wisden, this happened in the Test played between England and Australia in Melbourne in the year 1928-29. In the first innings of this Test, Hendren hit a powerful shot on the ball of Australia’s left-arm fast bowler Percy Hornibrook. The ball did not cross the boundary but the batsman scored four runs by running before it could be fielded. Unfortunately, no player could stop the throw thrown by the fielder and the ball went out of the boundary line for a four. 4 runs of overthrow (4+4 total 8 runs) were also added to the batsman’s account. In this Test, England made a big score of 519 runs in the first innings with the help of Jack Hobbs’ 142, Morris Leyland’s 137 and Hendren’s 95 runs but with the help of Tim Hall’s 8 wickets, Australia was successful in winning the match by 5 wickets.
This is how India’s Vijay Hazare ‘scored’ 8 runs
In the 1951-52 test match between India and England in Bombay (now Mumbai), Indian team captain Vijay Hazare also scored 8 runs in a single ball in the same manner. During India’s first innings, Hazare played an off drive on the ball of opposition fast bowler Brian Santham. Fred Rigway stopped the ball before it crossed the boundary but during this time the batsman ran 4 runs. In an attempt to get Pankaj Rai out, who was batting with Hazare, Rigway overthrew and the batsman got 4 extra runs. The runs of overthrow are credited to the batsman’s account. In this match which ended in a draw, Hazare scored 155 runs with the help of 19 fours in the first innings and was run out.
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John Wright got 8 runs on Pasco’s ball
In the year 1980, Melbourne ground witnessed such an occasion. During the second innings of the Test between New Zealand and England, Kiwi batsman John Wright hit a shot on the ball of Len Pasco and ran four runs. During this, Australia’s wicketkeeper Rodney Marsh collected the fielder’s throw and tried to run out the batsman. He aimed at the stumps but missed the target and the ball went out of the boundary line. In this way, Wright also got four runs from the overthrow. Wright, who was also the coach of Team India, scored 44 runs in the second innings of this Test, which included three fours and one four from an overthrow.
Symonds got 8 runs on one ball
Similarly, in the 2008-09 Brisbane Test, Australia’s Andrew Symonds has also ‘scored’ 8 runs on one ball. Symonds pulled the ball of Kiwi bowler O’Brien and scored three runs. While the fielder was throwing the ball, the batsman took advantage of a loose throw and collected one more run. Wicketkeeper McCullum had to run a long distance to collect this overthrow. McCullum tried to aim at the wicket but missed the target and the ball went out of the boundary and four more runs were added to the batsman’s account in the form of overthrow. Symonds scored 8 runs on a single ball.
Lara missed a double century due to a change in the rules
One such incident is associated with the great West Indies batsman Brian Lara, in which Lara was deprived of a double century due to a change in the rule. In the first innings of the 2005 Port of Spain Test between West Indies and South Africa, Brian Lara scored 3 runs by hitting a shot on the ball of left-arm spinner Nicky Boje. While collecting and throwing the ball, Mark Boucher’s throw collided with the helmet kept near the wicketkeeper, due to which the umpire awarded 5 extra runs as a penalty. These 5 runs were added to the account of the Indies team as ‘extras’. Until some time before this incident, the runs received in case of the ball hitting the helmet were also credited to the batsman’s account, but later this rule was changed. In the match, Lara scored 196 runs with the help of 25 fours. If the rule had not been changed, these 5 runs would have gone to his account. In this situation, Lara’s score would have been 201 runs instead of 196 and he would have been successful in scoring a double century.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : July 23, 2024, 05:31 IST