It is common for bowlers to err with lines to give away wides in cricket, but Australian all-rounder John Hastings defied all limits during a WCL 2025 game against Pakistan Champions. The medium-pacer bowled 12 wides and a no-ball in a marathon over to test the patience of the Pakistan batters.
Off-spinner Saeed Ajmal recorded astonishing figures of 6/16 in 3.5 overs to bowl out the Aussies with Pakistan openers Sharjeel Khan and Sohaib Maqsood remaining unbeaten on 32 and 28, respectively, to finish the match with more than 12 overs in the bank.
But both Pakistani batters were disappointed not to get the winning runs, with Australian medium pacer John Hastings taking the credit with his marathon over. Coming in as the impact substitute to bowl the eighth over with 20 more runs required, the former Australian all-rounder ended up creating an impact, giving away the remaining runs with a ball remaining.
He started the over with five consecutive wides before finally delivering the first legal delivery of the over in the sixth. After giving away a single and a four, he again erred with two wides and a no-ball in the next four balls. He ended the over in the same pattern as he started, with five more wides taking Pakistan to their target. The Australian players, including Brett Lee, were shocked as they went through the unbelievable proceedings with a stone face.
Twitter was rolling on the floor laughing as the 18-ball over from Hastings tested the patience of the batters before disappointing them as they could not finish with a shot off the bat.
Brother are you serious?
— Why_Benstokes (@benstokes94425)
Wait a minute! Who are you?
This must be match fixing
— danian timm (@ddt_golf25)
John Hastings bowling 12 wides in one over.
Never ending it!
Unbelievable over by John Hastings which ended the match. Over is still going on and will never be completed.
— Saad Butt (@CricBellz)
Hahaha! Yes we did!
Anyone watching the WCL and Aussies v Pakistan?
— 𝗳Ƨ𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲🌙 (@F_Society01A)
The Australian impact player John Hastings came on to bowl with Pakistan needing 19 runs, he ended up conceding 19 runs, 13 deliveries of which were wides and a no-ball.
He ended the game by another wide delivery. 18 balls later.
LOL!
John Hastings & Shoaib Malik Today
— TradeCric (@TradeCric)
What a fix Man
Why?
John Hastings!
— Abdul Wasey Naik (@WaseyNaik)
What the hell did I just watch?
Very bad!
John Hastings! Gotta feel for him
— J (@vistrrr)
Just miss!
Longest over in the history of cricket:
— Ahmad Haseeb (@iamAhmadhaseeb)
🇳🇿 Bert Vance - 22 balls in 1990.
🇦🇺 John Hastings - 18 balls today in WCL.*
🇵🇰 Mohammad Sami - 17 balls in 2004.
🇹🇹 Curty Ambrose - 15 balls in 1997.
Legend for a reason!
1 Over 11wides,1 No Ball,18 Ball Bowled hardest day for John hastings.🙂🥲
— Elvish (@Elvish84773443)
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