Top 10 most expensive overs in ODI history

Top 10 most expensive overs in ODI history

The whole world is crazy about the most expensive stuff existing on the planet earth. Most expensive players, most expensive cars most expensive useless things and the list goes on. While the trend gets the whole world enthralled why should cricket be left late? So the idea is to highlight the most expensive overs in ODI matches. And by most expensive overs we certainly did not mean the overs selling on huge price. Just kidding. Most expensive overs in cricket are obviously the ones giving away most runs in them. While T20 format is the fastest version of cricket with only 20 overs allocated to each side. A batsman gathering maximum number of runs in a single over in T20 makes sense. However, even One Day Internationals are no exception from the hit-hard decree.

In fact most expensive overs in ODIs are no less economical than the ones bowled in t20s. The world has witnessed a perfect six sixes in both formats of the limited cricket. In t20 format the feat was done by Yuvraj Singh while in ODIs Herschelle Gibbs holds the record of hitting six sixes in an over. It was in 2006 when the former South African charged down against the Netherlands bowler Daan van Bunge. Till this day no one has been able to repeat the heroics in ODI format. The list of most expensive overs however contains an over of 35 runs as well. In fact Thisara Perera, who hit 35 runs against Robin Peterson had the chance to break Gibbs’ record. The over that went for 35 runs was actually consisted of seven deliveries but Parera could not hit six sixes.

Moreover, a 30 run over in ODI match is not a special thing now a day. There have been various incidents in recent days when a player went on to collect as much as 30 runs from a single over. Top 10 most expensive overs in ODI history are as under.

Top 10 most expensive overs in ODI history

Runs	Batsmen	Bowler	Match	Venue	Year
36	HH Gibbs (666666)	DLS van Bunge	South Africa v Netherlands	St. Kitts	2006/07
35	NLTC Perera (6W66646)	RJ Peterson	Sri Lanka v South Africa	Pallekele	2013
34	AB de Villiers (4nb62nb44426)	JO Holder	South Africa v West Indies	Sydney	2014/15
32	Shahid Afridi (446666)	CM Bandara	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	Abu Dhabi	2007
31	KS Williamson (1) JEC Franklin (6646N4x2)	Rizwan Cheema HS Baidwan	New Zealand v Canada	Mumbai	2010/11
30	ST Jayasuriya (x4066661)	Aamer Sohail	Sri Lanka v Pakistan	Singapore	1995/96
30	ST Jayasuriya (666642)	CZ Harris	Sri Lanka v New Zealand	Sharjah	2000/01
30	M Boucher (41) JH Kallis (2W5666)	LP van Troost	South Africa v Netherlands	St. Kitts	2006/07
30	AD Mascarenhas (066666)	Yuvraj Singh	England v India	The Oval	2007
30	LRPL Taylor (46W6W246)	Abdul Razzaq	New Zealand v Pakistan	Pallekele	2010/11