Former South Africa spinner Robin Peterson reacted to Stuart Broad breaking his record of bowling the most expensive over in the history of Test cricket. The veteran Englishman conceded 35 runs with India's stand-in captain launching a blistering attack on him on Day 2 of the ongoing fifth Test match between the South Asian side and England at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Saturday. As Stuart Broad made the unwanted record his own, Robin Peterson claimed that he was “sad” to lose his record.
“Sad to lose my record today, oh well, records are made to be broken, I guess. Onto the next one,” Robin Peterson wrote on Twitter.
Sad to lose my record today 😜 oh well, records are made to be broken I guess. Onto the next one 🏏 #ENGvIND
— Robin John Peterson (@robbie13flair) July 2, 2022
19 years ago in December 2003, Brian Lara plundered 28 runs off South African left-arm tweaker Robin Peterson in a Test match against the Proteas at the Wanderers in Johannesburg.
The world record remained with Brian Lara for nearly two decades before being dismantled by Jasprit Bumrah on Saturday. The 28-year-old Indian cricketer destroyed Stuart Broad as the England pacer went on to concede 35-runs in an over.
While 29 of those runs came from Jasprit Bumrah’s bat, the remaining ones came through extras. Stuart Broad bowled a wide which wicketkeeper Sam Billings failed to collect and it cost the Three Lions bowler five runs. A no-ball further made a dent in his bowling figures.
After Jasprit Bumrah shattered his record, even Brian Lara took to Twitter to congratulate the India star.
“Join me in congratulating the young Jasprit Bumrah on breaking the record of Most Runs in a Single Over in Tests. Well done!” Brian Lara said on the micro-blogging platform.
Join me in congratulating the young @Jaspritbumrah93 on breaking the record of Most Runs in a Single Over in Tests. Well done!🏆#icctestchampionship #testcricket #recordbreaker pic.twitter.com/bVMrpd6p1V
— Brian Lara (@BrianLara) July 2, 2022
Stuart Broad now has the dubious distinction of bowling the most expensive over in both Tests and T20Is. In 2007, India’s Yuvraj Singh smashed him for six consecutive sixes as he gave away a total of 36 runs in a T20I over.
The India captain started with a four as the ball crossed the fine leg boundary. The English speedster then came up with a wide and high bouncer which wicketkeeper Sam Billings failed to collect, costing Stuart Broad four extra runs.
Stuart Broad conceded a maximum of the following delivery which turned out to be a no-ball.
Broad then bowled a high and wide bouncer that eluded wicketkeeper Sam Billings for four extra runs.
On the next three balls, Jasprit Bumrah smashed Stuart Broad for back-to-back boundaries before clobbering the fifth ball for another six. He finished the over with a risky single on the final ball.
Stuart Broad's tactics came in for some harsh criticism from former England skipper Michael Atherton.
“A slightly bonkers morning, wasn't it? Some curious tactics from England, right from the off when they decided to bowl short at Mohammed Shami. With Shami just starting out, you'd think England would try to pitch it up first and then go to the short ball,” Michael Atherton said on Sky Cricket.
“Jadeja scored an excellent hundred and then just carnage when Jasprit Bumrah came in. That over off Broad – I've never seen anything like it really!”
“There were echoes of the Lord's Test last year when England rather lost the plot,” he added.
Former India head coach Ravi Shastri was left surprised by Jasprit Bumrah's onslaught.
“Don't tell me I was again on the mic when 35 runs were scored. I thought I had seen it all, but not really. 36 from Yuvraj (Singh), 36 I had hit myself and today what I saw was bizarre. It's something you would have never imagined. A world record from Jasprit Bumrah, batting at No. 10, as captain of India for the first time,” Ravi Shastri said.
“You feel you've seen everything. But you must realize you are still a student in the game. Something will surprise you on another day. What I saw today was something absolutely bizarre. Jasprit Bumrah breaking the world record – getting 29 off his bat in a 35-run over,” he pointed out.
Jasprit Bumrah remained unbeaten on 31 off only 16 balls as the Indians ended their first innings for 416.
Jasprit Bumrah’s 31 not out is also the highest score by a debutant skipper who has batted at No.10 or lower.
Before Jasprit Bumrah’s heroics with the bat, Ravindra Jadeja completed his third Test hundred and his first on English soil.
In the end, the Indians were bowled out for 416 with Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah adding the bulk of runs scored by the Asian side on the second day of the Test match.
Meanwhile, Jasprit Bumrah wasn’t done for the day as after his world record-breaking performance with the bat, he led from the front with the ball too.
Jasprit Bumrah sent both England openers Alex Lees, Zak Crawley, and No.3 Ollie Pope back to the pavilion early, putting the home team on the backfoot with their score reading 44/3 at one point.
Nonetheless, the Ben Stokes-led side finished the day at 84/5 with the dangerman Joe Root back in the hut.
Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow stitched together a small partnership of 34 runs to steady the ship for a brief period but Mohammed Siraj succeeded in dismissing England’s best batter by a peach of a delivery.
Mohammed Shami then got rid of nightwatchman Jack Leach for a duck to put India in the driver’s seat in the Test on Day 2.
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