Joe Carter and Brett Hampton, the Northern Districts pair, smashed the List A record books in Hamilton on Wednesday taking 43 off an over bowled by Central Districts’ Willem Ludick in a Ford Trophy fixture, a domestic one-day tournament in New Zealand.
This was the most conceded in an over in List A cricket as they toppled the 39 conceded by Alauddin Babu, a Bangladesh first-class cricketer, in a Dhaka Premier League match in 2013. At the other end of the record then was former Zimbabwe captain Elton Chigumbura, who smashed four sixes and three fours in a seven-ball over, courtesy a no-ball.
Carter and Hampton were so locked in during their record-breaking over that even they lost count of the times they sent the ball flying.
Brett Hampton. Pictures courtesy: Twitter
The sequence of runs were 4, nb6, nb6, 6, 1, 6, 6, 6.
“It was right at the end and it was a see ball, hit ball scenario,” Hampton said. “We got a couple of free no balls which helped us get going and then I passed it on to Joey to finish off the rest of it.
“At the end of it we came together and discussed ‘how many did we actually get on that?’ We said 39 but we forgot the four. It was pretty special.”
That was an understatement from a modest Hampton, who added that it was “good to get a few out of the middle” along with the win.
It was Carter’s maiden Ford Trophy century and a timely knock at that, coming after four indifferent seasons for Northern Districts in the one-day format.
“It just feels good to actually contribute,” the 25-year-old said. “I’ve obviously had some frustrating times but it was good to make one count and put us in a good position.”