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County Championship 2024: Ollie Robinson Registers Second-Most Expensive Over In First-Class Cricket

England’s Ollie Robinson had a day to forget in the County Championship after registering an unwanted reco🦂rd to his name, bowling the second-costliest over in First-Class cricket history, giving away 43 runs

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England pacer Ollie Robinson. Photo: AP
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England’s Ollie Robinson had a day to forget in the County Championship after registering an unwanted record to his name, bowling the second-costliest over in First-Class cricket history, giving away 43 runs. (More Cricket News)

The right-arm pacer has featured in 20 Tests for Engla༒nd, bowled a total of nine deliveries to complete the over. 

At the County Ground in Hove, Robinson, repr🅷esenting Sussex against Lancashire♉, was hit for five sixes with three of them coming off no balls, as well as three fours by Louis Kimber where they were chasing a target of 446. 

Robinson’s forgettable figures🌠 in his 13th over ꦏread: 6, 6nb, 4, 6, 4, 6nb, 4, 6nb, 1.


The costliest over in the history was recorded back in the 1989-90 season when former New Zealand off-spinner leaked a whopping 77 runs during a Shell Trophy game between Canterbury and Wellington at Lancasterཧ Park in Christchurch. 

Robinson joined the list as second, while London-born Alex Tudor, who gave away 38 runs, is third.&nওbsp;

Top 3 most runs conceded of an over in history

  1. Rober🍎t Vance - 77 runs - Wellꦿington vs Canterbury (1989-90)

  2. Olllie Robinson - 43 ru🥃ns - Sussex vs Leicestershire (2024)

  3. ♛Alex Tudor - 38 runs - Surrey vs Lancashire (1998)