5 biggest overs in Test cricket in terms of maximum runs scored off one over

#2 28 runs (James Anderson vs George Bailey – 87^th over)

The Ashes, 3^rd Test, Perth, Australia, 2013

Bailey went on to match Lara’s record of 28 runs in a single over

After four years of torment, Australia responded in perfect fashion as they bruised and battered England to win back the Ashes urn in 2013. And the win came much earlier than expected as Australia took an unaissable 3-0 lead in the 5 match series by winning the Test match at Perth by 150 runs.

As they defeated the Englishmen by 150 runs, there were tears among the Australian players and fans, and it was evident how much the victory meant to them.

Mitchell Johnson’s reign of terror was the cause of the demise of the English batsmen throughout the series. The Englishmen had no answer to the blood-curdling display of world-class fast bowling.

Throughout the third test match, Australia looked the better team. After scoring a highly respectable total of 395 in their first innings, they bowled England out for 251 as the fast bowlers ripped through the English middle-order.

Australia were going strong in the 2^nd innings as well, led by two amazing centuries by David Warner and Shane Watson. With the score being 340-6, Mitchell Johson joined George Bailey at the crease and England were looking to close out the innings by bowling the Australians out. Instead, George Bailey went on the counter as he smashed a James Anderson over for 28 runs, which to date is the joint biggest over in Test cricket in terms of maximum runs scored off one over.

His record-breaking over included three sixes and two fours. Out of the three sixes, one hit the side-screen, one was hit over long-on, and the third was over long off. Australia immediately decided to declare their innings after that and set England a target of 504 to achieve.