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A History of Balls to an Over in First-Class Cricket
by Philip Bailey
Philp Bailey first produced this list in ACS Journal No. 7,
I am grateful to him for allowing the reproduction on the ACS Website.
Link to Balls per over in Test Cricket
| In England |
Balls per Over |
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Balls per Over |
| pre 1889 |
4 |
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1889 - 1899 |
5 |
1900 - 1938
except: Surrey v London County
MCC v Nottinghamshire
both 5 balls
The change to 6 was not passed by MCC
until after Notts match had started |
6 |
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1939 |
8 |
| 1945 - date |
6 |
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| In Australia |
Balls per Over |
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Balls per Over |
1850/51 - 1886/87
except Victoria v Tasmania, 1870/71
Tasmania v Victoria, 1872/73
South Australia v Tasmania, 1877/78
South Australia v Victoria, 1883/84, All 6 balls |
4 |
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1887/88
S Australia v Victoria, 4 balls
Victoria v NSW, 6 balls
NSW v Victoria (Sydney), 4 balls |
- |
1888/89
Victoria v NSW, Australia v NSW, S Australia & Victoria, all 4 balls
NSW v Victoria, Victoria v Tasmania, Victoria v S Australia, Australia v Rest, all 6 balls, |
- |
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1889/90 - 1914/15
except: NSW v Sheffield XI (2 matches) 1891/92 and Victoria v Tasmania 1898/99, all 5 balls |
6 |
1918/19 - 1978/79
except
First-class matches, MCC Tour 1920/21
Victoria v MCC, March 1929
Australia v England Tests, 1928/29
Australia v W Indies Tests, 1930/31
Australia v S Africa, Tests, 1931/32
Australia v England, Tests, 1932/33
all 6 balls |
8 |
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1979/80 - date |
6 |
| In South Africa |
Balls per Over |
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Balls per Over |
| 1888/89 |
4 |
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1889/90 - 1898/99 |
5 |
| 1902/03 - 1936/37except: SA City of Johannesburg v Rest of SA, 1936/37, 8 balls |
6 |
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1937/38 - 1957/58 |
8 |
| 1958/59 - date |
6 |
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| In India |
Balls per Over |
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Balls per Over |
| 1889/90 - 1899/1900 |
5 |
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1900/01 - 1945/46 |
6 |
1946/47
except: Zonal Quadrangular & India v Rest, 8 balls |
6 |
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1947/48
except: Maharashtra Past & Present v Rest of India, 8 balls |
6 |
| 1948/49 - 1960/61 |
6 |
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1961/62
except: Duleep Trophy, 8 balls |
6 |
| 1962/63 |
8 |
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1963/64 - date |
6 |
| In New Zealand |
Balls per Over |
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Balls per Over |
1859/60 - 1894/95
(See separate list) |
- |
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1895/96 |
6 |
1896/97
except: Otago v Canterbury, 5 balls |
6 |
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1897/98 - 1917/18 |
6 |
1918/19 - 1926/27
except: Otago v Southland 8 balls, 1918/19 |
8 |
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1927/28 - 1936/37
except: NZ v Rest games, 8 balls |
6 |
| 1937/38 - 1943/44 |
8 |
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1944/45 to 1966/67 |
6 |
1967/68
except: Canterbury v NZ XI, 8 balls |
6 |
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1968/69 - 1978/79 |
8 |
| 1979/80 - date |
6 |
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| In North America |
Balls per Over |
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(Bermuda/Canada/USA) |
Balls per Over |
| 1878 |
4 |
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1880 |
6 |
| 1881 |
5 |
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1882 |
4 |
| 1883 |
4 & 6 |
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1884 |
4 |
| 1885 |
4 & 5 |
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1886 |
4 & 5 |
| 1890 - 1893 |
5 |
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1894 |
5 & 6 |
| 1895 -1896 |
5 |
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1897 - 1913 |
6 |
| 1951 |
8 |
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1972 - date |
6 |
| In West Indies |
Balls per Over |
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Balls per Over |
1864/65 - 1899/1900
except: 1871/72 Barbados v Demarera
Barbados 6 balls, Demarera 5 balls
1865/66 all 6 balls
1882/83 & 1887/88, 4 balls |
5 |
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1900/01 - 1937/38 |
6 |
1938/39
except: Comb Univ tour, 6 balls |
8 |
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1940/41 - 1946/47 |
8 |
1947/48
except: Brit Guiana v Jamaica, 8 balls |
6 |
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1948/49 - 1949/50 |
6 |
1950/51
except: Brit Guiana v Jamaica, 8 balls |
6 |
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1951/52 - date |
6 |
| In Argentina |
Balls per Over |
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In Bangladesh |
Balls per Over |
| All |
6 |
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All |
6 |
| In Kenya |
Balls per Over |
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In Malaysia |
Balls per Over |
| All |
6 |
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All |
6 |
| In Namibia |
Balls per Over |
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In Nepal |
Balls per Over |
| All |
6 |
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All |
6 |
| In Netherlands |
Balls per Over |
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In United Arab Emirates |
Balls per Over |
| All |
6 |
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All |
6 |
| In Zimbabwe |
Balls per Over |
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| All |
6 |
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| In Pakistan |
Balls per Over |
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| 1947/48 - 1972/73 |
6 |
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1973/74 to 1978/79
except: Pakistan v Rest of World (2) 1973/74, 6 balls and All Indian tour matches 1978/79, 6 balls |
8 |
| 1979/80 - date |
6 |
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| In Sri Lanka (Ceylon) |
Balls per Over |
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| 1925/26 - 1974/75 |
6 |
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1975/76 to 1977/78
except: Presidents XI v Wadekar's XI
1975/76, 6 balls |
8 |
| 1978/79 - date |
6 |
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(Article: Copyright © 2005 ACS)
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