| Runs | Batsman | Bowler | Match | Venue | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | GS Sobers (six sixes) | MA Nash | Nottinghamshire v Glamorgan | Swansea | 1968 |
| 36 | RJ Shastri (six sixes) | Tilak Raj | Bombay v Baroda | Bombay | 1984-85 |
| 34 | EB Alletson (4,6,6,0, 4,4,4,6) | EH Killick (two no-balls) | Nottinghamshire v Sussex | Hove | 1911 |
| 34 | FC Hayes (6, 4, 6, 6, 6, 6) | MA Nash | Lancashire v Glamorgan | Swansea | 1977 |
| 34↑ | A Flintoff (6, 4, 4, 4, 4, 6, 6, 0) | AJ Tudor (two no-balls) | Lancashire v Surrey | Manchester | 1998 |
| 34 | CM Spearman (6, 6, 6, 6, 4, 6) | SJP Moreton* | Gloucestershire v Oxford UCCE | Oxford | 2005 |
| 32 | I Botham (4, 6, 6, 4, 6, 6) | IR Snook | England XI v Central Districts | Palmerston | 1983-84 |
| 32 | PWG Parker(4, 6, 6, 6, 6, 4) | AI Kallicharan | Sussex v Warwickshire | Birmingham | 1982 |
| 32 | IR Redpath (6, 6, 6, 6, 4, 4) | N Rosendorff | Australians v Orange Free State | Bloemfontein | 1969-70 |
| 32 | CC Smart (6, 6, 4, 6, 6, 4) | G Hill | Glamorgan v Hampshire | Cardiff | 1935 |
| 32 | Khalid Mahmood (6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 2) | Naved Latif | Gujranwala v Sargodha | Gujranwala | 2000-01 |
↑Altogether 38 runs were scored off this over, the two no-balls counting for two extra runs each under ECB regulations.
*This was Moreton's first over in first-class cricket
Notes: The following instances have been excluded because of the bowlers' compliance:
34 - MP Maynard off SA Marsh, Glamorgan v Kent at Swansea, 1992; 34 - G Chapple off PA Cottey (Chapple scored a further 32 off Cottey's next over), Lancashire v Glamorgan at Manchester, 1993;
34 - FB Touzel off FJJ Viljoen, Western Province B v Griqualand West at Kimberley, 1993-94.
There were 35 runs off an over received by AT Reinholds off HT Davis, Auckland v Wellington at Auckland 1995-96, but this included 16 extras and only 19 off the bat.
In a match against KwaZulu-Natal at Stellenbosch in 2006-07, WE September (Boland) conceded 34 in an over: 27 to M Bekker, six to K Smit, plus one no-ball.
In a match against Canterbury at Christchurch in 1989-90, RH Vance (Wellington) deliberately conceded 77 runs in an over of full tosses which contained 17 no-balls and, owing to the umpire's understandable miscalculation, only five legitimate deliveries.
The greatest number of runs scored off an eight-ball over is 34 (4, 0, 4, 4,6, 6, 6, 4) by RM Edwards off MC Carew, Governor-General's XI v West Indians at Auckland, 1968-69.
