The Over That Turned It
Six balls that decided everything.
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2016
Nineteen off six
Ben Stokes had bowled two overs for nine runs. The third one lost England a World Cup.
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2007
Four in four, and it was not an over
The most extraordinary sequence in one-day bowling spanned two overs, was watched by 5,220 people, and did not win the match.
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2007
Thirty-six from one over, eighteen at the end
Yuvraj Singh took 36 off Stuart Broad at Durban. India won by 18, which means the over was the match twice over.
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2005
Two wickets in an over, two runs at the end
Flintoff removed Langer and Ponting in the same over at Edgbaston. England then won by the smallest margin in Ashes history, having given away forty extras.
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1992
Two balls at Melbourne
Wasim Akram bowled Allan Lamb and Chris Lewis with consecutive deliveries in a World Cup final. England were 141 for 4 and never recovered.
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1960
Seven balls at the Gabba
Australia needed six from the last over of the first tied Test, with three wickets standing. The over was eight balls long and the match ended on the seventh, with two men run out at the same score.
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1999
Seventeen needed
India needed 17 with four wickets left at Chennai in 1999 when Sachin Tendulkar was caught for 136. The last three wickets fell for four runs and Pakistan won by 12. The card gives Tendulkar the match award and gives the over that turned it to Saqlain Mushtaq.
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1990
Four sixes, twenty-four needed
India needed 24 to avoid the follow-on at Lord’s in 1990 with one wicket left. Kapil Dev defended two balls from Eddie Hemmings and hit the next four for six. The card notes it, and then records India losing by 247 anyway.
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2001
Handled the ball, then stumped
Australia were 340 for three at Chennai in March 2001 when Steve Waugh was out handled the ball and Ricky Ponting was stumped next ball. They lost seven for 51, India won by two wickets, and Harbhajan Singh took fifteen in the match and 32 in the series.