Eight runs from one ball: Andrew Symonds produced one of Test cricket’s strangest feats, but it still wasn’t the highest ever
In an extraordinary cricket moment, Andrew Symonds managed to score eight runs from a single ball during a 2008 Test matchup with New Zealand. This bizarre achievement happened when Symonds pulled the ball and capitalized on multiple overthrows by the New Zealand players. This instance stands out as one of the sport's rare scoring marvels, with few recorded cases of similar occurrences.
In a bizarre and rare feat of scoring in Test cricket, Andrew Symonds managed to score eight runs from a single delivery during Australia's Test match against New Zealand at the Gabba in Brisbane in 2008-09. The extraordinary sequence involved an all-run four followed by four overthrows, with New Zealand fast bowler Iain O'Brien at the center of the drama.
O'Brien had seen Symonds dropped off the previous delivery before eventually dismissing him just two balls later. This incident, which produced the fourth known instance of eight runs being scored from a single ball in Test cricket at that point, still doesn't hold the record for the highest single-delivery score.
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- 1 ball, 8 runs: How Andrew Symonds pulled off one of cricket’s rarest feats timesofindia.indiatimes.com
