Talk:Over (cricket)

How many?
how many balls played in 1 over and what is the most you can score in two overs? can any one help me There are 6 balls in a over. Assuming there are no wides or no balls the maximum number of runs in two overs is 72. Though the average for Test is probably about 4-8 runs in two overs, 6-12 in one day and 16-20 in twenty20 cricket. No player has got 72 runs of 2 consecutive overs although Gibbs and Sobers have managed to get 36 in a over. Gibbs did it against the Netherlands while Sobers scored his against Glamorgan.

Number of balls in an over
Since 1979/80, all Test cricket has been played with six balls per over. However, overs in Test cricket originally had four balls per over, and there has had varying number of balls per over around the world up to 1979/80, generally the same as the number of balls per over in force in other first-class cricket in that country.[3]

Would it be correct that the number of balls in an over was standardised to 6 because when a match is televised there is an advertisement at the end of each over, and having 6 balls in an over provided just the right number of advertisements per hour to make the televising of cricket viable finacially for the television networks? 8 ball overs would not provide time for enough advertisements. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.9.151.254 (talk) 04:45, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

UAE?
Was test cricket actually played in the UAE prior to 1979? What about Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe? If the answer is no, I'm not sure whether there's much point mentioning them. Bangladesh is a more complicated case, considering they were part of Pakistan before 1971 but Pakistan used 6 during that period the answer may be test matches were played before 1971 in what was then East Pakistan, but alwasy with 6. Nil Einne (talk) 16:49, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

Bowlers being removed mid-over?
This line doesn't make sense: --- In the event that a bowler is injured, or is sent out of the attack by the umpire (for disciplinary reasons, such as bowling beamers), during the middle of an over, a teammate completes any remaining deliveries with adding six runs to the opposite team. - The text "adding six runs to the opposite team" should be removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.101.178.86 (talk) 00:58, 11 March 2021 (UTC)