Most runs scored by a player in a Test match off one over (male)

According to Official Guinness Records,

Two batsman have plundered 28 runs off one Test match over: Brian Lara (Trinidad and Tobago), playing for the West Indies against South Africa at New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 14 December 2003, and George Bailey (Australia) against England at the WACA (Western Australian Cricket Association) in Perth, Australia, on 16 December 2013. Lara hit Robin Peterson for 4-6-6-4-4-4 and Bailey punished James Anderson with a scoring sequence of 4-6-2-4-6-6.

For a complete list of 2013 records, please visit 2013 Guinness Records in South Africa.

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