OTD: 43 runs registered from a single over— know more about this unbroken record so far

It was the moment when a record was created and, till today, has yet to be broken. During a County Championship match between Sussex and Leicestershire. Sussex won the match by 18 runs, but it was a Leicestershire batsman who broke the previous record of most runs in a single over.

The match was on a June day in 2024, under a blue, sunny sky, with runs pouring in Hove. Leicestershire needed 464 runs to win the target. Usually, these kinds of targets are looking out of the range. But when a team has in-form batters to bat on a batting-friendly surface, then the scenario can be different.

Louis Kimber was batting like crazy. If he could stay on the pitch for a few more deliveries, the result could be different. The right-handed batter played an incredible 243-run innings against 127 balls. With 20 boundaries and a whopping 21 over-boundaries, his strike rate took just over 191. Timber in an over of Ollie Robinson broke all the limits.

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Fours and sixes accompanied by no balls

Robinson came to bowl and leaked a jaw-dropping 43 runs. 6 balls, 43 runs may sound beyond possibilities, but it actually happened. How? At the end of over 58, Leicestershire was on 238/7. After the 59th over, the scoreboard was ticking at 281/7. The 59th over was like 6, 6nb, 4, 6, 4, 6nb, 4, 6bn, 1—in this way Kimber updated the history in his own style.

The record is yet to be broken. According to a report by ESPNcricinfo, "Kimber was circumspect initially and scored 26 off his first 30 balls before a calculated assault on offspinner Carson, whom he hit for 20 in an over, took him to a 37-ball fifty."

Summary of the scoreboard:

Sussex: 442 and 296/6d (Alsop 81*, Hunt 65, Currie 2-28) 

Leicestershire: 275 and 445 (Kimber 243, Coles 3-95, Carson 3-99) 

Sussex won the match by 18 runs.