India vs England 2022: 'It was pretty unlucky' - James Anderson on Stuart Broad's 35-run over against Jasprit Bumrah

James Anderson backed his bowling partner Stuart Broad, who was on the receiving end of an unwanted record on day two of the fifth Test against India at Edgbaston on Saturday. Coming in to bat at No. 10, India's stand-in captain Jasprit Bumrah made light of a bowler of Broad's calibre, hitting him for four boundaries and two sixes in an over, while six runs came off extras. In the 84th over of the match, captain Bumrah started off by hitting a boundary, hooking Broad into the gap for four. Next, the veteran English paceman bowled a wayward delivery to concede five wides.

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Jasprit Bumrah blitzed England with the bat and then blew away their top order with the ball to put India in a strong position in the rearranged fifth Test at Edgbaston on Saturday. Only 38.5 overs could be played on the rain-hampered second day and Bumrah dominated much of it, first with the bat

Broad's next ball was a no-ball, which went for a six. After that Bumrah wreaked havoc hitting Broad for three consecutive boundaries and in the process taking India's total past the 400-run mark. Off the second-last ball of the over, Bumrah went on to hit another six, followed by a single on the last ball. The total runs conceded in the over read 35, the most ever in a single over in Test cricket. Anderson, who took his 30th five-for in Test cricket, revealed that Broad's over wouldn't have been under discussion if one of Bumrah's shots landed into the fielder's hands.

"Yeah, it is just one of those things. On another day, one of those top edges goes straight to hand. If that gets taken, nobody talks about the over," said Anderson at the post-match press