Highest recorded instances of runs scored off a single delivery

Graeme Aldridge to Andre Adams – 12 runs

The miracle pulled off by Andre Adams

In a State T20 league match between Auckland Aces and Northern Districts Knights at Seddon Park in Hamilton on 28th January 2007, Kiwi international player Andre Adams pulled off the seemingly impossible task of scoring 12 runs off 1 ball to win the game for the Aces in a dream finish.

With the match already virtually in the bag, the unfortunate bowler Graeme Aldridge managed to bowl a waist-high full toss, which took Adams’ bat’s edge and sped to the fence. To Eldridge’s horror, the ball had also been signalled as a no ball, awarding two runs to the opposing team according to the rules of the tournament.

With the equation brought down to an achievable six off one ball, Adams picked up a length ball and dispatched it for a six over long off for one of the most sensational finishes to a cricket match anywhere.