WATCH- Louis Kimber hits Ollie Robinson for a record 43 runs in an over; scores 243 in 127 balls in County Championship

Kimber broke the record for most sixes as well, hitting 21 maximums.

Kimber broke the record for most sixes as well, hitting 21 maximums.| XSussex and England pacer Ollie Robinson entered the record books in an unwanted fashion during his team’s County Championship game against Leicestershire in Hove.

Leicestershire batter Louis Kimber was the one who smoked a record 43 runs in one over of Robinson as his team nearly chased down tha target of 464 runs, falling short by 18 runs.

Louis Kimber smashed five sixes three fours and a single off Robinson’s over, with three of the five sixes coming off no-balls resulting in a 9-ball over. The destruction took place during the 59th over of the Leicestershire innings, which resulted in wicketkeeper-batter bringing up his century in just 62 deliveries.

Watch the carnage here:

27-year-old Kimber produced one of the most memorable innings in County Championship history, scoring the second fastest double-hundred in terms of balls faced (100) in FC cricket and hitting the most sixes (21), apart from the most runs in an over record.

The previous record for most runs in an over in Championship cricket was of 38 runs held by Lancashire's Andrew Flintoff off Surrey's Alex Tudor in 1998 and Surrey's Dan Lawrence off Worcestershire's Shoaib Bashir just two days ago.

Kimber faced just 127 balls and 206 of his runs came in boundaries with 20 fours and 21 sixes, breaking Ben Stokes' Championship record of 17 sixes set in 2022.

 
 

By Jatin Sharma - 26 Jun, 2024

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