Louis Kimber rips up Championship file books by hitting 43 in a single over

Kimber hit 21 sixes and reached his double century from 100 balls.

Louis Kimber hit Ollie Robinson for a file 43 in a single over en path to a sensational double century, however Leicestershire fell 18 runs in need of victory in opposition to Sussex.

The 27-year-old’s 127-ball 243 ripped up the Championship file books as he scored the quickest double hundred from balls confronted (100), hit probably the most sixes (21) and probably the most runs in a single over when he plundered 43 off England seamer Robinson.

Leicestershire have been 4 down heading into day 4 and wanted 325 of their pursuit of 464, with quantity eight Kimber main the cost to virtually information the Foxes to an unlikely victory.

The fireworks got here within the 59th over as Kimber scored 43 runs off Robinson to surpass the file for many runs scored in an over.

There have been 9 balls within the over, with Robinson overstepping thrice, and Kimber struck two sixes and 6 fours, the fifth of which he lower low previous cowl to carry up a 62-ball hundred.

Kimber then smashed a fuller supply from Robinson via the covers earlier than taking a single off the final ball to maintain the strike.

Surrey bowler Alex Tudor conceded 38 runs in a single over – with Andrew Flintoff scoring 34 of them – in 1998, whereas Worcestershire’s Shoaib Bashir conceded the identical quantity two days in the past when Surrey’s Dan Lawrence hit 5 successive sixes.

Kimber hit 41 boundaries in complete, with 21 of them sixes as he broke Ben Stokes’ Championship file of 17.

However he fell agonisingly in need of dragging his aspect to victory when he was bowled by Nathan McAndrew with 19 extra wanted for victory.

Kimber mentioned: “You don’t get many days like that in your profession, it was unbelievable actually. It’s only a disgrace we couldn’t recover from the road, however personally you need to get pleasure from days like that. It was good enjoyable.

“I simply tried to be optimistic and see what occurred. I bought a little bit of luck right here and there however you want that. Many of the lads have informed me to recollect it as a result of days like this don’t come round too usually.

“My cellphone has been buzzing and the information I’ve damaged are fairly cool. All of the Sussex gamers congratulated me and informed me I didn’t should be on the shedding aspect. They have been very gracious and over 4 days in all probability deserved to win.

“I can’t keep in mind hitting the ball as cleanly as I did at present earlier than. I bought right into a type of bizarre zone once I wasn’t pondering an excessive amount of besides attempting to hit the ball the place I wished to. It was a tremendous feeling.”