Eight runs from one ball: Andrew Symonds produced one of Test cricket’s strangest feats, but it still wasn’t the highest ever
What happened
In an extraordinary cricket moment, Andrew Symonds managed to score eight runs from a single ball during a 2008 Test matchup with New Zealand. This bizarre achievement happened when Symonds pulled the ball and capitalized on multiple overthrows by the New Zealand players. This instance stands out as one of the sport's rare scoring marvels, with few recorded cases of similar occurrences.
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