Stuart Broad is widely regarded as one of the greatest English fast bowlers of all time. He is second on the country’s wicket-taking charts in Test cricket, with 604 scalps to his name from 167 matches. The right-arm pacer tends to leak runs on a few occasions, as he did during the 2007 T20 World Cup when he conceded six sixes to Yuvraj Singh. 

Lightning indeed struck twice during England’s Test match against India at Edgbaston in 2022. During Day 2 of their game against the Men in Blue, Broad went on to concede 35 runs off an over, with stand-in captain Jasprit Bumrah scoring the bulk of the runs against him. 

Things got off to a terrible start when he conceded 16 runs off one legal delivery. The first ball of the over was hit for a four by Bumrah. What followed afterwards was an absolute disaster as far as England and Broad were concerned. The next delivery was deemed an overhead wide, with wicketkeeper Sam Billing unable to jump and grab the ball, resulting in five wides. It went from bad to worse for Broad after Bumrah top-edged yet another bouncer for a six, only for umpire Aleem Dar to declare the delivery a no-ball.

Bumrah was in no mood to provide a respite to Broad, who went on to hit three consecutive boundaries off the next three deliveries. After the first two boundaries, the Nottinghamshire bowler changed angles and came on to bowl from around the wicket. However, the result remained the same as Bumrah pulled to a deep square leg boundary to hit another four. 

Bumrah saved the best shot for last. Broad bowled yet another bouncer, which the right-handed pulled away with one leg in the air, reminiscing the shots played by the West Indies players from the past like Gordon Greenidge. The final ball of the over went for a single, resulting in 35 runs from the over, a world record. 

The previous record was held by Brian Lara and George Bailey, who both scored 28 runs off the bowling of Robin Peterson and James Anderson, respectively.

Despite India’s best efforts with the ball, England would go on to win the Test match by seven wickets after chasing down 378 runs in the fourth innings during the early days of the infamous ‘Bazball’ era.