The batsmen who have scored the most runs for their teams during the longest innings of Test cricket are among the best ever. They knew when to take advantage of a bowler. The bowlers made an effort to be economical, but the hitters were too skilled to miss out on chances to score. So let\u2019s look at the test cricket innings with the most expensive overs.<\/p>\n
IND v ENG: Jasprit Bumrah \u2013 35 runs<\/span><\/p>\n During the second day of the rescheduled fifth Test between England and India at Edgbaston on July 1, Stuart Broad<\/a> bowled the most expensive over in Test cricket, conceding 35 runs in an over. Jasprit Bumrah<\/a>, the captain of India, scored 29 of those runs, including three fours and two sixes, to surpass Brian Lara\u2019s previous record of 28 runs in an over against South Africa\u2019s Robin Peterson in 2003. Additionally, that was the expensive\u00a0test cricket over.<\/p>\n In this final over of the third day of this test match from South Africa\u2019s Robin Pieterson, Brian Lara<\/a> was at the pinnacle of his imperious form. Graeme Smith gambled, and the outcome was disastrous for South Africa. In the over\u2019s opening ball, Brian Lara hit a well-timed four. Then, in the following two balls, he smashed huge sixes to up the ante. Finally, in the over\u2019s final three balls, Lara once more hit three sharp fours to make it a 28 run over, which helped him reach his double hundred.<\/p>\n On Day 3 of the third Test match between England and South Africa at St. George\u2019s Park in Port Elizabeth, England\u2019s captain Joe Root<\/a> claimed four wickets. On Day 4, though, all-around spin bowler Keshav Maharaj<\/a> took him to account.<\/span><\/p>\n Before blasting back-to-back sixes off Root, Maharaj hammered three consecutive boundaries. Four byes were recorded on the final delivery, and Root retired from the fray. Before being run out by Sam Curran, Maharaj went on to score his second Test fifty.<\/p>\n In one of the most memorable innings in test cricket, George Bailey<\/a> hit James Anderson<\/a> for a whopping 28 runs in Perth, which was something no one ever imagined would happen to him in his entire career. George Bailey hit two sixes in the first two balls of the over. The next two balls went for two runs each, but George Bailey once more hit James Anderson out of the ground for two big sixes in the final two balls of the over.<\/p>\n Even though he was only a part-time bowler, Shahid Afridi<\/a> was more effective than the top pitchers. With the bat, he was incredibly unreliable. On his day, he could destroy any bowling offence, though.<\/p>\nSA v WI: Brian Lara \u2013 28 runs<\/h4>\n
SA v ENG: Keshav Maharaj \u2013 28 runs<\/h4>\n
AUS v ENG: George Bailey \u2013 28 runs
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\n<\/span><\/h4>\nIND vPAK: Shahid Afridi \u2013 27 runs<\/h4>\n