# Most Expensive Over Bowled in Test Cricket: Stuart Broad Hit for 35 Runs

URL: https://technosports.co.in/most-expensive-over-bowled-in-test-cricket/  
Published: 2024-03-30  
Updated: 2024-03-30  
Author: Arsh Das

During a memorable day at Edgbaston in 2022, in the adjusted fifth Test match between England and India, Stuart Broad delivered Test cricket’s costliest over, leaking 35 runs. Remarkably, Indian skipper [Jasprit Bumrah](https://technosports.co.in/jasprit-bumrahs-return-team-india-asia-cup-2023/) scored 29 of these runs, outdoing Brian Lara’s previous record of [28 runs off Robin Peterson’s](https://x.com/WisdenCricket/status/1543180248921038848?s=20)over in 2003—the highest in Test cricket until this incident.

Bumrah is known for his impressive bowling, but showed on this occasion that he can dominate with the bat too.

**Breaking Down the 35-Run Over (4, 5w, 7nb, 4, 4, 4, 6, 1)**

The over began with Bumrah edging a four on a hook shot that evaded fine-leg. Broad then bowled a bouncer that sailed past keeper Sam Billings for five wides. A combination of a top-edge over third man for six and a no-ball added seven runs off the next delivery.

Bumrah continued his assault with three successive fours, using a full toss, an inside edge, and a power shot to square leg. Broad’s nightmare over continued as Bumrah dispatched the next ball for a six over deep backward square leg, cementing this as Test cricket’s most expensive over. On the final delivery, Broad managed to limit Bumrah to a single, offering a brief moment of relief.

> The most expensive over in the history of Test cricket!  
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> Jasprit Bumrah smashed Stuart Broad for 35 runs on this day last year. [pic.twitter.com/7G5Bvdh52H](https://t.co/7G5Bvdh52H)
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> — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) [July 2, 2023](https://twitter.com/mufaddal_vohra/status/1675342622150496256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Bumrah concluded his fiery cameo with 31 runs off 16 balls, helping India reach a total of 416 before being dismissed by James Anderson, who claimed his 32nd five-wicket haul (five for 60) in Tests, by taking out Mohammed Siraj. But his innings was memorable for being the most expensive over bowled in test cricket.

## Stuart Broad Holds the Record for the Most Expensive T20 Over Too

This costly over wasn’t Broad’s first entry into cricketing notoriety. He had previously conceded 36 runs in a T20 International over to India’s Yuvraj Singh during the 2007 T20 World Cup in Durban, where Singh achieved six sixes in a single over. This T20 record was matched in 2021 when Kieron Pollard of the West Indies hit Akila Dananjaya of Sri Lanka for six consecutive sixes, mirroring Yuvraj’s feat.