List of first-class cricket records
Most runs in an over

List of first-class cricket records

Section Title: Most runs in an over
Table Section Text: None

Runs	Sequence	Batsman	Bowler	Match	Venue	Season

36	6 6 6 6 6 6	Garfield Sobers (Nottinghamshire)	Malcolm Nash (Glamorgan)	Glamorgan v Nottinghamshire	Swansea	1968

36	6 6 6 6 6 6	Ravi Shastri (Bombay)	Tilak Raj (Baroda)	Bombay v Baroda	Bombay	1984–85

34	4 6 6 0 4 4 4 6 (2 no-balls)	Ted Alletson (Nottinghamshire)	Ernest Killick (Sussex)	Sussex v Nottinghamshire	Hove	1911

34	4 0 4 4 6 6 6 4 (8-ball over)	Richard Edwards (New Zealand Governor-General's XI)	Joey Carew (West Indians)	Governor-General's XI v West Indians	Auckland	1968–69

34	6 4 6 6 6 6	Frank Hayes (Lancashire)	Malcolm Nash (Glamorgan)	Glamorgan v Lancashire	Swansea	1977

34	6 4 4 4 4 6 6 0 (2 no-balls contributed 2 extras each, so the over cost 38)	Andrew Flintoff (Lancashire)	Alex Tudor (Surrey)	Lancashire v Surrey	Manchester	1998

34	6 6 6 6 4 6	Craig Spearman (Gloucestershire)	Stephen Moreton (Oxford University Centre of Cricketing Excellence)	Oxford UCCE v Gloucestershire	Oxford	2005

The following instances are not usually included as records because the bowlers deliberately conceded runs in an attempt to manufacture an otherwise unlikely victory

75	0 4 4 4 6 6 4 6 1 4 1 0 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 4 0 1 (including 17 no-balls and only five legitimate deliveries; 2 no-balls not scored off contributed one each, so the over cost 77)	Lee Germon and R. M. Ford (Canterbury)	R. H. Vance (Wellington)	Canterbury v Wellington	Christchurch	1989–90

34	6 6 6 6 4 6	Matthew Maynard (Glamorgan)	Steve Marsh (Kent)	Glamorgan v Kent	Swansea	1992

34	6 6 4 6 6 6	Glen Chapple (Lancashire)	Tony Cottey (Glamorgan)	Lancashire v Glamorgan	Manchester	1993

34	6 4 6 6 6 6	Barry Touzel (Western Province B)	Frans Viljoen (Griqualand West)	Western Province B v Griqualand West	Kimberley	1993–94

Source: Wisden 2006, and Cricinfo. Last updated: 10 June 2006.

Sentence(s)

For 57 years, Ernest Killick's 34 was the most runs scored in an over of first-class cricket, until it was surpassed in 1968 by Sobers, who hit 36 off Malcolm Nash.

final_sentence: For 57 years, Ernest Killick's 34 was the most runs scored in an over of first-class cricket, until it was surpassed in 1968 by Sobers, who hit 36 off Malcolm Nash.