Prior to Monday 26 June, the biggest Super Over score in the history of cricket had jointly been held by West Indies Men and West Indies Women, at 25 runs apiece.
But this time it was the West Indies who were on the receiving end of a thunderous six-ball effort, as they were beaten in the Super Over by Netherlands in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe.
An encounter to remember!
— ICC (@ICC) June 26, 2023
What a performance from Netherlands ?? #CWC23 | #WIvNED pic.twitter.com/KWXRHhiUKF
Logan van Beek was the man to do all of the damage, hitting every single ball of the Super Over to the boundary, with three fours and three sixes setting a new all-time record of 30 runs.
It was an extraordinary effort and helped the Netherlands to a famous win over West Indies, coming after the Dutch side had produced a phenomenal run chase of 374/9 to finish the regulation overs with a tie.
LOGAN VAN BEEK.... YOU CHAMPION!
— VK 18 FAN (@Deba3264_) June 26, 2023
4,6,4,6,6,4 in the Super Over against Jason Holder to take the Netherlands to 30. One of the craziest striking in the Super Overs.#ICCWorldCupQualifiers #WorldCup2023pic.twitter.com/8SGgkdyPIi
A match for the ages ??
— ICC (@ICC) June 26, 2023
Netherlands clinch a thriller in the Super Over against West Indies ??#CWC23 | #WIvNED: https://t.co/nJHz2HouZx pic.twitter.com/oY9KTiPu6g
That score was comfortably the highest ever scored by the Netherlands in their ODI history, but they needed another record to complete the famous win.
Jason Holder was the unfortunate bowler on the receiving end of Van Beek’s fireworks.
Holder had been the pick of the West Indies bowlers earlier in the match, going for just 59 runs from his ten overs, with comfortably the best economy rate across the team.
Logan van Beek in the Super Over against West Indies:
— ICC (@ICC) June 26, 2023
With the bat: 4 6 4 6 6 4 ??
With the ball: 8/2 with one ball to spare ??
SENSATIONAL ??#CWC23 | #WIvNED: https://t.co/nJHz2HouZx pic.twitter.com/FXuUd0R56J
And the match had only been tied thanks to Holder's excellent catch off the very last ball of the Netherlands innings, with the scores already tied.
But he didn’t hit his yorkers in the Super Over, offering up two full tosses in the first two deliveries. And a confident Van Beek went 4, 6, 4, 6, 6, 4 to make history in Harare.
Netherlands have pulled off a heist ??
— ICC (@ICC) June 26, 2023
After scoring 30 in the Super Over, Logan van Beek defends with the ball ??#CWC23 | #WIvNED: https://t.co/nJHz2HouZx pic.twitter.com/jFif3hayon
Riding that wave of adrenaline, it was Van Beek who took the ball for Netherlands in the Super Over too.
And although his first delivery disappeared for a maximum, two singles were followed by two wickets as he completed an exceptional individual effort on a famous day for his team.
NETHERLANDS: Max ODowd, Vikramjit Singh, Wesley Barresi, Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Scott Edwards(w/c), Logan van Beek, Clayton Floyd, Shariz Ahmad, Aryan Dutt, Ryan Klein, Vivian Kingma, Saqib Zulfiqar, Michael Levitt, Noah Croes
WEST INDIES: Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Johnson Charles, Shai Hope(w/c), Nicholas Pooran, Roston Chase, Rovman Powell, Jason Holder, Keemo Paul, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Yannic Cariah, Keacy Carty, Shamarh Brooks, Romario Shepherd