Alauddin Babu leaks record 39 runs in an over

DHAKA, Oct 1: Abahani Limited seamer Alauddin Babu gave 39 runs in an over in the Walton Dhaka Premier Division Cricket league Tuesday which became a world record in List ‘A’ cricket history.

Sheikh Jamal`s Zimbabwean all-rounder Elton Chigumbura hammered hapless medium pacer Alauddin Babu over the long on four times. The rest 11 came from two fours, two wide deliveries and a no ball.

Babu gave away five off the first ball which was a no-ball, and then bowled a wide. Off the next five balls, Chigumbura alternated between sixes and fours, before Alauddin bowled another wide and was finished off with a six.

Chigumbura completed the mayhem with an unbeaten 69 off 54 balls with four fours and five sixes as Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club grab a 28-run victory over Abahani Limited.

Alauddin ended up conceding a whopping 93 in his 10 overs, but not all the Abahani bowlers were this profligate. Al-Amin Hossain took four wickets for 38 runs. 

Alauddin`s 39 was the most runs conceded in an over in List A cricket, beating the Netherlands legspinner Dan van Bunge, who leaked six sixes in an over to Herschelle Gibbs in the 2007 World Cup.

It is also the most in Dhaka Premier Division history, beating Naeem Islam`s 36 (six sixes) off Marshall Ayub in the 2009-10 season, also at the Shere Bangla National Stadium.

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