Most runs off one over
Runs Batsman Bowler Match Location Year
28 BC Lara (466444) RJ Peterson West Indies v South Africa Johannesburg 2003-04
27 Shahid Afridi (666621) Harbhajan Singh Pakistan v India Lahore 2005-06
26 CD McMillan (444464) Younis Khan New Zealand v Pakistan Hamilton 2000-01
26 BC Lara (406664) Danish Kaneria West Indies v Pakistan Multan 2006-07
26 MG Johnson (446066) PL Harris Australia v South Africa Johannesburg 2008-09
25 AME Roberts (46266L) IT Botham West Indies v England Port-of-Spain 1980-81
25 B Sutcliffe (66061) & RW Blair(600) HJ Tayfield New Zealand v South Africa Johannesburg 1953-54
25 NJ Astle (666L0) & CL Cairns (41) AR Caddick New Zealand v England Christchurch 2001-02
25 RR Sarwan (44444nb40) MM Patel West Indies v India Basseterre 2006
25 AB de Villiers (66661w) AB McDonald South Africa v Australia Cape Town 2008-09

Notes:

1. Roberts scored 24 off the bat - the last ball (marked L) was a leg-bye

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Andrew Symonds holds the record for most number of sixes hit in a first-class match. He slammed 20 for Gloucestershire against Glamorgan in Abergavenny in 1995. He struck 16 in his first innings score of 254, and four more in the second innings, when he made 76.

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