Jasprit Bumrah, Stuart Broad and a world record Test over

The Cricketer looks at a remarkable over on day two of the fifth Test between England and India at Edgbaston

Jasprit Bumrah dispatched Stuart Broad for the most expensive over in Test history as India piled the pain on England in the fifth Test at Edgbaston.

Two sixes, a quartet of boundaries and a single off the last legal delivery saw 29 runs come off the bat in a stunning takedown.

Brian Lara against South Africa and George Bailey - who took on James Anderson in Perth, had previously held the joint record with 28. Keshav Maharaj's assault on Joe Root in Port Elizabeth had gone for the same figure, with 24 coming off the bat.

Courtesy of five wides, after Broad cleared wicketkeeper Sam Billings, and a no-ball before Bumrah's first maximum meant the eight-ball over went for 35.

Broad has now bowled the most expensive over in Test and T20 international cricket, having been slammed for six consecutive sixes by Yuvraj Singh at the 2007 World T20, a record he holds with Akila Dananjaya.

The Cricketer recaps an extraordinary passage of play...

^{The full tale of a remarkable over (Alex Davidson/Getty Images)}

83.1: Broad to Bumrah. England have three men back on the hook. There's no secret about what's going to happen next. Yep, short and at the body. Bumrah swivels and the ball takes a bit of a top edge. Zak Crawley hurries around the boundary but his long, outstretched arm cannot reach the ball and it bounces once before crossing the rope.

83.2: Yuck. More short stuff - it's a new ball, fellas. This time it zips off the surface and way over Bumrah's head. Sam Billings can't reach it behind the stumps and off the ball scoots away for five wides.

83.2: Guess what, short again. Bumrah pulls and it sails away for six in front of the scoreboard. That's 16 off two balls. No, wait, 16 off one. Aleem Dar has his arm out, signalling a no-ball. Oh deary me.

83.2: Waist-high full toss, driven down the ground with absolute disdain by Bumrah. Surely that's another no-ball? No? Maybe an element of sympathy there for Broad.

It was a painful passage of play for Stuart Broad in more ways than one (Stu Forster/Getty Images)

83.3: This is absolute carnage. Four more for Bumrah, who is swiping at everything Broad throws at him, and making good contact each time. This one skews off fine and beats the very many boundary riders for four more. 

83.4: This is now the joint most expensive over in Test history. Bumrah somehow finds the gap at midwicket, which is quite the effort considering there is something of a queue of fielders out there in front of the Hollies. The Indian skipper ends up on his backside as he slips in cartoon-like fashion while heaving to leg.

83.5: Oh my days. Broad is having the worst over of his life - and he's been hit for six sixes in an over. It's grotty short stuff, giving enough space for Bumrah to free his arms and send another soaring six into the stands. Thirty-four runs off five balls.

83.6: Well, it's over. And in quite an unusual fashion. Bumrah traps the ball beneath his feet and scampers through for a single. Broad sprints down the pitch, underarms a shy at the stumps and his momentum then takes him clean through the wicket, ripping all three out of the ground as he does. The madness is done. For now.

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